Past Canadian Glaciology Network meetings
September 22 2026, 10am PDT
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Recap of summer field work by various members/groups (see Meeting Minutes)
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Talk by Brian Menounos & Jeff Crompton on the Place Glacier outburst floods in Pemberton, BC
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Zoom recording (password: F.n!qK)
May 21 2026, 10am PDT
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Talk #1: Charlie Bourque (UNBC)
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"The impact of red snow algae and black carbon on glacier melt"
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Talk #2: Keegan Bellamy (University of Maine)
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"Spatial and Temporal Variability of Temperate Snowpack Properties in northern Maine and southeast Alaska with Multi-offset Ground-penetrating Radar"
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Zoom recording (password: z5EgP=)
February 19 2026, 10am PST
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Talks on work submitted to the Annals of Glaciology "Vanishing Glaciers" collection
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Talk #1: Chloé Monty (SFU)
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Title: “On the demise of Whistler, Horstman and Blackcomb Glaciers, southwest British Columbia, Canada: historical use, recent change and future prospects within a mountain resort”
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Talk #2: Jeff Crompton (Geological Survey of Canada)
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Title: “Helm Glacier projected to vanish within a decade”
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Zoom recording (password: Sa3=2K)
December 10 2025, 9am PST
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Talk by Benoît Lauzon (PhD Candidate at U Ottawa): "Recurrent surge dynamics and ongoing acceleration at Devon Ice Cap's Southeast basin, Canadian Arctic"
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Group discussion topic: the new federal budget & implications for cryosphere research, strategies and opportunities for funding.
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Meeting minutes & Zoom recording (password: egc8*Q)
October 17 2025, 6pm PST
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In-person talk by Roger Wheate (UNBC) at the Northwest Glaciologists Meeting in Kananaskis, Alberta, titled: "A generation of mapping glacier change from optical satellite imagery, 1995-2025"
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Zoom recording (password: .3H!ib)
September 24 2025, 9am PST
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Recap/debrief of summer fieldwork from various groups (see Meeting Minutes)
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Zoom recording (password: &V1KhE)
June 26 2025, 9am PST
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Discussion with guest speaker David Hik (Polar Knowledge Canada)
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Outlook for science & research funding in Canada
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Canada’s involvement in the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation and the upcoming International Polar Year
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2025 ACC State of the Mountains Report
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Talk by Christina Draeger (UBC): “Towards Robust Projections of Glacier Change Across Western Canada: Climate Downscaling, Surface Energy Balance Models, and Neural Networks”
April 10 2025, 9am PST
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Discussion of field work plans for spring/summer 2025 (see slides)
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Talk by Dia Martinez-Gracey (SFU): "Developing a proxy-based predictive model of glacier thermal structure"
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Meeting minutes & zoom recording (password: C7uNRt)
February 6 2025, 10am PST
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Talk by Bob Sandford (UN): Addressing the role of glaciologists in the policy making amidst the UN IYGP (Transcript of Bob's Speech)
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Talk by Katie Robinson (SFU): "Reconstructing the mass balance and runoff from a highly-glacierized catchment in Yukon, Canada"
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Hester Jiskoot: Announcement on Vanishing Glaciers AOG Collection
December 5 2024, 10am PST
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First official meeting of the Canadian Glaciology Network!