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Call for nominations for the Patterson Medal  / Appel de proposition pour la médaille Patterson

(1 Feb / fév 2010)

Call for Nominations for the Parsons Medal / Appel de proposition pour la médaille Parsons

National Occupational Standards for Meteorologists - ECO Canada: Meteorological Contacts Needed

ECO Canada currently needs help building its list of contacts to be drawn upon for participation in consultations, focus groups, and survey taking. Your help would be appreciated in building a base contact list - they have asked if you would be willing to fill out their Roster of Meteorological Professionals & Technologists, available at:

www.eco.ca/meteorology

There is an interesting role for retired meteorologists described on this site as well.

(6 January 2010)

RISE in North America 2010

Research groups in the U. S. and in Canada interested in hosting a German research assistant in the summer of 2010 are invited to submit project offers on www.daad.de/rise-northamerica

(21 December 2009)

Five-Society Letter on Climate Change, 26 November 2009  /

Lettre des cinq sociétés au sujet du changement du climat, le 26 novembre 2009

pdf document pdf

CFCAS's mandate has been extended by one year to March 31, 2012 /

Le mandat de la FCSCA a été prolongé d'une année, jusqu'au 31 mars 2012

Two CMOS Members Become Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada

(19 September 2009)

Brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance by the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) pdf document pdf Mémoire au Comité permanent des finances de la Chambre des communes par la Société canadienne de météorologie et d’océanographie (SCMO) (September 14 septembre 2009)

WMO Meeting Co-sponsored by CMOS

(1 August 2009)

EC Awards Ceremony June 17, 2008 : The Recipients

* Initiated positive, far reaching actions that have contributed to the wellness of Environment Canada employees;
* Performed duties under extraordinary circumstances while respecting the human element;
* Managed work in a way that eliminated excessive workload and related stress;
* Encouraged and supported employees' aspirations to achieve a work-life balance; or,
* Lead by example in establishing a balance between work and personal life.

Peter Bowyer, Meteorological Services Canada

When Peter Bowyer noticed that morale at work was low, he did not feed the vicious cycle by complaining about it. Instead, he did something about it. He approached management with an intriguing proposal to deliver lunch-hour sessions on the Art and Science of Balancing Life. This 12-part health and wellness series included topics like a common sense approach to diet and exercise. Based on his own experiences and advice he had gleaned from self-help gurus, Peter packaged practical information in palatable portions, ideal for a lunch-hour break. An entertaining and energetic speaker, his sessions were well attended, not due just to their content, but also to Peter's delivery style and good nature. His talks had an impact on his co-workers, many of whom supported Peter's nomination with personal letters. The role of morale booster is not new to Peter. In 2005, he took on the full-time role of Executive Coordinator for the Government of Canada's Workplace Charitable Campaign (GCWCC), of which Environment Canada was the lead. He proved to be an inspiration not only to Environment Canada but throughout the federal public service in Nova Scotia. It was one of the most successful campaigns in the province's history, in no small part due to Pete's energy and his message about the impact of giving. Peter has always demonstrated incredible passion for his work on marine weather and hurricanes, and provided national and international leadership in this area. At the same time, he has personified a deeply rooted respect and love for family and non-work activities that others have consistently admired and used as a model for work-life balance. For his exceptional support, example and initiatives which have contributed to the overall wellness of Environment Canada employees, Peter Bowyer is honoured with the Barbara Hoglund Citation of Excellence.

(8 July 2009)

CMOS Congress - Halifax, NS - Photos

http://www.cmos.ca/collage2009congress.html

If you forget this address, just go to "Photos" on our main page.

If you were at Congress you may be in the collage.  Please contact: webmaster@cmos.ca  if you would like a high resolution copy of any photo.  Also, please help us out with identification of many people.

Finally, if you have any photos you took at Congress which are different from the collage, please let us know and we will be glad to share them.

CMOS Webmaster

(June 24, 2009)

CMOS Congress - Halifax, NS

• fertilization of the oceans with iron is an unlikely strategy to capture atmospheric carbon dioxide created by human activity,
• confirmation and monitoring of continued loss of global sea and glacial ice by the "Grace" satellite was described,
• present and future geostationary satellite systems remain the single best tool available for accurate hurricane forecasting
• for the first time, results from experiments on the impact of vast African duststorms on oceanic weather were described, based on observations from the Cape Verde Islands which lie off Africa near the genesis area of many tropical storms,
• the role of the Grand Banks and Flemish Cap in the Atlantic deep water currents was explained, and
• results from new satellites which measure greenhouse gas emissions were shown.  They graphically illustrated the global extent of large plumes of carbon dioxide from China and from burning forests in the Amazon area (these results indicated a visible lessening of Chinese emissions in the past two years with the current financial recession suspected as the cause).

Several awards were announced and presented during the Congress. These included the Society's prizes and awards as well as the Environment Canada Patterson Medal for a major achievement in meteorology, and the Fisheries and Oceans Parsons Medal for oceanography.  The names, and photos (where available) of all the winners are now posted here.  At the Awards Banquet on Wednesday evening, Phil "The Forecaster" Chadwick entertained the delegates with one of his trademarked "Weather, Life, Art & Tom Thomson" talks.

CMOS Webmaster

(June 4 & 14, 2009)

Notice:  The 2009 CMOS photo contest is cancelled.  The contest will be reinstated in 2010.  Check in the fall of 2009 for further details. /

note: Le concours de photographie SCMO 2009 est annulé.  On va retenir le concours en 2010.  Visitez en l'automne 2009 pour plus de détails.

Opportunity to attend Project Atmosphere - summer meteorology workshop

The deadline for applications is March 31, 2009. This opportunity is open to elementary and high school teachers. If you would like more information or have questions please contact cmos@cmos.ca

(10 Feb 2009)

Nation-wide contest for students and teachers  / Concours à l’échelle du pays pour les étudiants et professeurs

(December 4 décembre 2008)

An Open Letter on Climate Change Science to all Canadian Elected Government Leaders / Lettre ouverte concernant la science des changements climatiques à tous les dirigeants gouvernementaux élus au Canada

See / voir Media / médias

CMOS Congress - Kelowna BC

• not only is climate change real and here now, but the most pressing task ahead is to adapt to the changes as well as continue mitigation efforts;
• multi-year sea ice is disappearing from the Arctic in huge amounts, seasonal re-freezing each winter is masking this;
• a water shortage is looming, even in Canada where we are thought to have so much fresh water;
• USA cutbacks are poised to seriously affect the continuity of existing meteorological and oceanographic satellite coverage;
• global non-renewable energy supplies are dwindling as demand continues to increase, creating an unsustainable scenario which will bring us to a critical shortage much sooner than most governments will admit; and
• numerical weather prediction science is now well enough developed that more data observations and the cost of faster computers are all that stand in the way of producing good numerical forecasts for difficult points such as Whistler, BC.

Several awards were announced and presented during the Congress. These included the Society's prizes and awards as well as the Environment Canada Patterson Medal for a major achievement in meteorology and the Fisheries and Oceans Parsons Medal for oceanography. The names, and photos (where available) of all the winners are posted elsewhere on this web site. See 2007 "Winners of Prizes and Awards".

On the final day of the Congress, delegates were treated to the latest available information about weather and dust conditions on Mars. Dr. Peter Taylor, long-time member and supporter of CMOS is a lead investigator of Canadian built temperature and pressure sensors which are aboard the Phoenix lander which touched down on Mars on the first day of the Congress.

A photo collage from the Congress is now available.  Anyone with "private" photos that could fit into the collage is urged to contribute them to:  webmaster@cmos.ca.  Help is also needed with many identifications (see "?") beside some photo links.

CMOS Webmaster

(30 May 2008 & 5 June 2008)

NSERC Report (GSC 09 Environmental Earth Sciences Committee) - 2008

(20 May 2008)

 

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