Previous Speakers

Jim Christian, CCCma

Title: Ocean Biogeochemistry in the Canadian Earth System Model
Location: Geography Seminar Room – B215 David Trupin Building

Thursday, October 12, 2017:

Randy Scharien, Department of Geography

Title: Linking winter and spring thermodynamic sea ice states: application to seasonal sea ice melt pond fraction prediction

Location: The Welcome Centre Room in University Centre (Near Mystic Market)


Wednesday, April 5, 2017: Doors open at 15:00, presentation at 15:30

Terry Prowse
Department of Geography and
Water & Climate Impacts Research Centre

Location: Grad House, David Clode Room

Wednesday, March 22, 2017: Doors open at 15:00, presentation at 15:30

Randy Scharien
Department of Geography

Title: “Observational needs for sea ice models: novel approaches for closing the gap using satellite remote sensing”
Location: Grad House, David Clode Room

Wednesday, March 8, 2017: Doors open at 15:00, presentation at 15:30

Christian Seiler
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium

Title: “Biases and projections of explosive cyclones in global and regional climate model”
Location: Grad House

Wednesday, February 22, 2017: Doors open at 15:00, presentation at 15:30

Neil Swart
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
Environment and Climate Change Canada

Location: Grad House, David Clode Room


Wednesday, December 07, 2016: Doors open at 15:00, presentation at 15:30

Kasia Tokarska, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

Title: “Can we still limit the global warming to 1.5ºC?” (View Abstract)
Location: Grad House

Thursday, December 01, 2016: Doors open at 15:00, presentation at 15:30

Trevor Hancock, School of Public Health and Social Policy

Title: “Climate Change and Health: Impacts, implications and responses” (View Abstract)
Location: Cadboro Commons, Campus View
This event is sponsored by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions.

Thursday, November 17, 2016: Doors open at 15:00, presentation at 15:30

Jennifer Jackson, Hakai Institute

Title: “Physical oceanography of British Columbia’s central coast near Calvert Island from 2012 – 2016” (View Abstract)
Location: Grad House

Wednesday, November 2, 2016: Doors open at 15:00, presentation at 15:30

Amber Holdsworth, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

Title: “Understanding the Dynamics of the Nocturnal Boundary Layer: an Illustration of Idealized Modelling” (View Abstract)
Location: Grad House

Thursday, October 20, 2016: Doors open at 15:00, presentation at 15:30

Trevor Murdock, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium

Title: “A climate scientist, an engineer, and an adaptation expert walk into a coffee shop…” (View Abstract)
Location: Grad House

Thursday, October 6, 2016: Doors open at 16:00, presentation at 16:30

Gregory M. Flato
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
Environment and Climate Change Canada

Title: “The Changing Arctic Climate: From Science to Scenarios” (View Abstract)
Location: Grad House
This event is sponsored by the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS)

 


Wednesday July 13, 2016

Speaker: Thomas Pedersen, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Title: “Responding to the Climate Change Challenge is a Social Imperative and an Economic Opportunity” (View Abstract)
Location: Cadboro Commons (Haro Room)

 


Wednesday March 30, 2016

Speaker: Francis Zwiers, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium
Title: “Changing Extremes – is it real or just imagined?” (View Abstract)
Location: Cadboro Commons

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Speaker: Michael Whiticar
Title: “Understanding and Tracking Some Critical Methane Interactions between Geo-, Hydro-, Cryo- and Atmosphere” (View Abstract)
Location: Grad House

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Speaker: Bill Merryfield, CCCma
Title: “Prediction and impacts of the great 2015-16 El Niño: A pre-postmortem”
Location: Grad House

Wednesday, Feb 17, 2016

Speaker: Nadja Steiner, CCCma
Title: “Climate change impacts on Arctic marine ecosystems”
Location: Grad House

Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016

Speaker: Adam Monahan, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Title: “Does the Climate Play Dice with the Weather?”
Location: Grad House


Friday December 11 , 2015

Speaker: Andrew Weaver, MLA, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Title: “Political Challenges and Opportunities to Climate Change Mitigation: A View from the Front Lines”
Location: Cadboro Commons (Haro Room)

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Speaker: Roberta Hamme, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Title: “Neon, it’s not just for signs anymore: What noble gases can tell us about ocean carbon” (View Abstract)
Location: Grad House Restaurant

Monday, November 16, 2015

Speaker: Nathan Gillett, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
Title: “Understanding the causes of Arctic climate change”
Location: Grad House Restaurant

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Speaker: David Atkinson, Department of Geography
Title: “Physical Stressors and the Northern Coastal Context” (View Abstract)
Location: Grad House Restaurant

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Speaker: Colin Goldblatt, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Title: “Palaeoclimate and the evolution of Earth’s Atmosphere” (View Abstract)
Location: Grad House Restaurant

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Speaker: Johannes Feddema, Chair, Department of Geography
Title: “Modeling Urban Systems in an Earth System Model” (View Abstract)
Location: University Club