Speaking of Science
The Ting Series on Understanding Climate Change
Climate Change in Canada’s
North and the Arctic Ocean
Free Public Lecture
7:00 pm, Thursday
January 17, 2008
Room 7000
Simon Fraser University at
Harbour Centre
515 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC
As seating is limited,
reservations are
recommended. To reserve,
email cs-science@sfu.ca or
telephone 778-782-5466.
This is the second
lecture in the Ting
Series on Understanding
Climate Change. To be
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for information about
future lectures and
dialogues, please
contact Continuing
Studies in Science:
email cs-science@sfu.ca or
telephone 778-782-5466.
Eddy Carmack, Research Scientist, State of the Oceans,
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Dr. Eddy Carmack, recipient of the 2007 Massey Medal,
is an internationally respected expert on the Arctic
Ocean and climate change. He will discuss what we may
expect in the future in the sub-Arctic and Arctic Oceans
surrounding Canada as the result of climate change,
including impacts on biodiversity, resources and people
living in the North today at the second lecture of The Ting Series on
Understanding Climate Change.
A senior research scientist at the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Victoria, Dr. Carmack
has over the past forty years participated in over 60 field studies in Western Canada,
Siberia, Antarctica and the Arctic, including the first scientific crossing of the Arctic
Ocean via the North Pole. With a knack for making science accessible, Dr. Carmack is
committed to building awareness about the interconnectedness of the oceans and
the need to prepare for climate change.
For the International Polar Year, Carmack is leading an ambitious study of Canada’s
three oceans. Scientists aboard two icebreakers will document the ocean’s physical
properties, such as currents and life forms ranging from bacteria to whales. They will
travel a 12,000- kilometer course, from Victoria through the Northwest Passage to
Halifax. Their goal is to develop a large-scale picture of the ecosystems in the Arctic
and subarctic seas: “What we are exploring is that part of Canada that is most poorly
understood. It’s almost like the last great wilderness area of the world ocean.”
For more information:
• www.rcgs.org/rcgs/awards/awards_massey07.asp
www.sfu.ca/cstudies/science
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