CRRC 2026 Schedule

Print | PDF

Day 1: Jan. 29

Opening Ceremony and Ice Breaker Session: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Opening ceremony and ice breaker session with networking, introductory games, light refreshments and more at the Savvas Chamberlain Music Building.

Day 2: Jan. 30

Opening Remarks and Coffee: 8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m.

Opening Keynote: 9:10 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Arctic lakes and ponds are passing critical ecological thresholds induced by climate warming: A paleoenvironmental assessment.

Coffee Break: 10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Oral Sessions: Hydrology in the North: 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

• Using the Canadian Hydrological Model to Simulate Sublimation During a Blowing Snow Event, Brampton Dakin (10:15 a.m.)
• Multi-Decadal Changes in Summer Flow for Two Watersheds of the Western Canadian Arctic, Nadia Abumazen (10:27 a.m.)
• Overlooked and underrated: Snowmelt runoff rivals influence of river floodwaters on lake-level rise at a cold region freshwater delta, Arisha Imran (10:39 a.m.)
• Assessing Lake Model Performance on Thermokarst Lakes in the Western Canadian Arctic, Alexander Fogal (10:51 a.m.)
• Implications of Beaver Dams on the Hydrology of Arctic Watersheds, Jackson Seto (11:03 a.m.)
• Hydrological Modeling of Lake-Rich Arctic Watersheds: Insights from Big Bear Lake in Trail Valley Creek, Arnab Singh (11:15 a.m.)

3-Minute Thesis: 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

• Determining Habitat Drivers and Demographic Structure in an Expanding Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) Range, Christine Dunbar (11:30 a.m.)
• Stressed Streams Venlafaxine and hypoxia exposure on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Mustajab Khalid (11:33 a.m.)
• Seeds of Change: Impacts of Permafrost Thaw on Tundra Shrub Reproduction, Spenser Morouney (11:36 a.m.)
• Analysis of the Temporal Variation in Sediment Metal(loid) Concentrations from a Pond in the Whooping Crane Nesting Region, Wood Buffalo National Park, Molly Dobrik (11:39 a.m.)
• Assessing the toxicity of copper exposure on juvenile Arctic char in Arctic relevant conditions, Natalie M. Nykamp (11:42 a.m.)
• Remote Sensing of Algae Bloom Dynamics on the Great Slave Lake, Andy Sekoh (11:45 a.m.)
• Multi-scale mapping of landscape change over discontinuous permafrost, Will Bender (11:48 a.m.)
• The Coupled Influence of Press and Pulse Disturbances on Boreal Peatland Hydrology, Amber Buston-White (11:51 a.m.)
• Assessing Nutrient Concentrations in Transitional Moats of Burned and Unburned Peat Plateaus in The Scotty Creek Drainage Basin, Northwest Territories, Carter Sarson (11:54 a.m.)
• Refining Cell Culture Test Methods for Environmental Protection, Logan Dammer (11:57 a.m.)
• The Influence of Source Water Origins on Alpine River Systems in Tongait KakKasuangita SilakKijapvinga (Torngat Mountains National Park), Nunatsiavut, Labrador, Katryna Barone (12 p.m.)
• Understanding climate change impacts through Cultural Keystone Places: Inuit Knowledge and repeat photography in Nunatsiavut, Taylor Montgomery-Stinson (12:03 p.m.)
• What makes a patch a good patch? Bake, Tara Ryan (12:06 p.m.)

Lunch: 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Oral Sessions: Water Quality and Biology: 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

• Bioaccumulation of Nd, Pr, and Y, mixtures in Daphnia magna, Celine Do (1:15 p.m.)
• Chronic sublethal neodymium toxicity to rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Jane Morgan (1:27 p.m.)
• Establishing baseline metal(loid) concentrations for aquatic sediment quality monitoring in the Whooping Crane Nesting Region (Wood Buffalo National Park), Amy Lacey (1:39 p.m.)
• The effects of parental exposure to lead fishing gear on a freshwater snail, Sabrina St-Hilaire (1:51 p.m.)
• Reconstructing the Chemical Loads in North American Arctic Rivers From 2000 to 2023, Xiaochuang Bu (2:03 p.m.)

Coffee Break: 2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Oral Sessions: Remote Sensing: 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

• Identifying shifts in snow phenology from 2000-2023 in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Lisa Marno (3:30 p.m.)
• 3-Dimensional Modelling of Great Bear Lake, Kirin Lorente (3:42 p.m.)
• Bridging seasonal monitoring gaps in Canadian peatlands: Evaluating remotely sensed and modelled data for improved seasonal estimates of carbon dioxide exchange, Katie Hettinga (3:54 p.m.)
• Evaluating long-term land cover change in Old Crow Flats, Yukon, using satellites, drones, and dendrochronology, Quinn Nixon-Goebel (4:06 p.m.)
• Evaluating RADARSAT Constellation Mission Compact Polarimetry for Lake Ice Monitoring: Case Study of Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory, Saba Dezyani (4:18 p.m.)

Field Work Workshop: 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Day 3: Jan. 31

Coffee/Networking: 8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m.

Panel Session: 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Coffee Break: 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Oral Sessions: Ecology and Water Quality: 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

• Water quality characteristics in Cambridge Bay, Nu from source to tap, Caroline Duncan (10:45 a.m.)
• The impacts of beaver impoundments on tundra streams, benthic communities and food webs, Mathew Mervyn (10:57 a.m.)
• From the boreal with love: Habitat and resource selection of muskoxen below treeline, Nick Luymes (11:09 a.m.)
• Red foxes increase white spruce seed production at its northern range limit, Justin Benjamin (11:21 a.m.)
• Spatiotemporal Variation in Ringed Seal Density and Habitat use in western Hudson Bay, Jessica Roberts (11:33 a.m.)

Poster Session: 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

• Impact of chronic sublethal neodymium exposure on fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas), Ravleen Kaur (11:45 a.m.)
• White Ice formation on small High Arctic Lakes, Ernest Groh (11:45 a.m.)
• Comparing stream food webs above and below beaver (Castor canadensis) dams in Nunavik, Katelyn Gao (11:45 a.m.)
• Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land Change in Boreal Region of Canada, Akintayo Afolabi (11:45 a.m.)
• Effect of Climate Change on the Performance of Seasonal Frozen Capillary Barrier Divergence Cover in the Arctic Region, Abdul Nasir (11:45 a.m.)
• Testing the effects of hypolimnetic aeration in a polluted northern lake, Eryn Wolfe (11:45 a.m.)
• Spatially Distributed Modelling of Ice Thickness on Small/Medium Sub-Arctic Lakes Using Remotely Sensed Data, Gifty Attiah (11:45 a.m.)
• Examining Hydrological Change in Northwest Territories, Elaine Cota (11:45 a.m.)
• Seismic Line Restoration in Northeastern B.C.: A Look at In-line Mounding & Hummock Transfer, Henry Gibbons (11:45 a.m.)
• A changing landscape: Aspen Running Canker in central Yukon forests, Mackenzie Mihorean (11:45 a.m.)
• Assessing Burn Severity in Northern Boreal Peatlands: A Case Study on NWT Wildfire 2022-FS-012, Katie Schill (11:45 a.m.)
• Evaporation modelling at Qikiqtalik Lake, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Jakob Hadden (11:45 a.m.)
• Assessing created overwintering habitat to support at-risk reptiles in an industrial landscape, Victoria Steblaj (11:45 a.m.)
• Bathymetry of Northern Lakes Under Ice Using Ground-Penetrating Radar, Alicia Pouw (11:45 a.m.)
• Laurier’s Yellowknife Research Facilities and Amenities, Isabel Hilgendag (11:45 a.m.)
• Growth Rate and Traits of Aspen Running Canker (Neodothiora populina) on Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) in Yukon Territory, AJ Kellough (11:45 a.m.)

Lunch: 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Oral Sessions: Peatland and Agriculture: 1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

• The effects of mining access roads on carbon storage in boreal peatlands, Carissa MacKenzie
  (1:15 p.m.)
• Impacts of Burn Severity on the Physical and Chemical Properties of Sub-Arctic Peat Soils, Joshua Meyer (1:27 p.m.)
• Effects of Seismic Lines and Their Restoration on Peatland Carbon Exchange, Nazia Tabassum (1:39 p.m.)
• Nutrient availability and nutrient-use efficiency from land at different stages post conversion from boreal forest to agriculture, Aman Dhindsa (1:51 p.m.)
• Comprehensive Assessment of Soil Fertility and the Environmental Impact of Crop Production in Labrador, Canada, Akintayo Afolabi (2:03 p.m.)
• Hydrological responses to agricultural land-use change and climate change in cold water-limited regions, Lijie Guo (2:15 p.m.)

Coffee Break: 2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Oral Sessions: Permafrost and Cryosphere: 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

• Studying permafrost thaw and contaminant transport with probes and ground-penetrating radar, Tobias Leonhard (2:45 p.m.)
• Permafrost mass wasting in the Mackenzie Valley, NWT, Joseph Younh (2:57 p.m.)
• You are what you eat: Permafrost thaw slumps change stream food web structure, Maria Dolan (3:09 p.m.)
• How do seismic line disturbances affect timing and depth of snow cover in boreal forests?Maryam Bayatvarkeshi (3:21 p.m.)
• Early winter weather variability and its implications for ice road construction, Arash Rafat (3:33 p.m.)

Closing Ceremony: 4 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.