Water Day Science Talk at Manitoba Museum

Name: Water Day Science Talk at Manitoba Museum
Start: 2025-03-20T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-03-20T20:45:00-05:00
Location: Manitoba Museum

Schedule

Thu Mar 20 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:45 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Manitoba Museum | Winnipeg, MB

March 20th, 2025 - World Water Day @ Manitoba Museum
Join us for a high quality and timely presentation and Q&A with two scientists and researchers from the brand new Churchill Marine Observatory and upgraded William Kennedy Research Vessel.
Location: Manitoba Museum Auditorium
Time: 7pm - 8:45pm
Cost: $10 (FREE to Science First members and all students)
Register: [email protected]
Guest Speakers:
Dr. C.J. Mundy
Professor of Biological Oceanography, University of Manitoba
Dr. Mundy is an Associate Professor in Biological Oceanography at the Centre for Earth Observation Science, Department of Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba. He is principal investigator of the Southampton Island Marine Ecosystem Project, a project supported by a grant from the MEOPAR Network of Centre of Excellence, the Churchill Marine Observatory (CMO), as well as individual grants to project team members from the University of Manitoba, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, University of New Brunswick, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Scottish Association For Marine Science, and Université Laval. Dr. Mundy is also chief scientist for the CMO-Environmental Observatory, which includes the William Kennedy, operated under a collaboration between the University of Manitoba and Arctic Research Foundation and funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Province of Manitoba, and Western Economic Diversification Canada.
Dr. Tim Papakyriakou
Professor, Environment and Geography
Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources, U of Manitoba
Tim's brief summary of his work:
"My research examines cycles of carbon, heat and water in high latitude aquatic and marine environments. The motivation is to better understand greenhouse gas emission budgets, and factors that moderate the gas budgets in these systems. The geographic focus of research extends from local inland waters, like Lake Winnipeg, to Arctic coastal seas, and consequently a major theme of my research examines how carbon is cycled within and between nodes that connect in-land waters to the coastal ocean, and effects of river water and associated delivery of carbon and nutrients on the carbon cycling within the downstream marine environment. The research is multidisciplinary, with a strong field component. I use micrometeorological techniques, like eddy covariance, to characterize the exchange of gases (e.g., CO2, CH4, H2O) and heat between the aquatic/marine ecosystem and overlying air, and I make use of shore-based stations, boats and ships for measurements and water sampling."

The Churchill Marine Observatory (CMO)
CMO is a globally unique, highly innovative, multidisciplinary research facility located in Churchill, Manitoba. Its location adjacent to Canada’s only Arctic deep-water port allows researchers access to marine and Arctic life like never before. Research at CMO is dedicated to understanding extreme weather and climate change, the detection, impact and mitigation of oil spills and related contaminants in sea ice-covered waters, and fresh-water marine coupling studies.

Research Vessel William Kennedy
Converted from an offshore crab fishing vessel, the Research Vessel (R/V) William Kennedy has been retrofitted to handle extreme Arctic weather and ice conditions. The ship’s shallow draft, measuring just 12 feet, allows for critical research to be done in much shallower and near shore waters than traditional Arctic research vessels. The ship, which measures 66 feet in length, is equipped with both an interior drylab and wetlab and can accommodate up to 14 people beyond the crew. The William Kennedy is operated through an agreement between the Arctic Research Foundation and UM.
More info on the vessel here: https://news.umanitoba.ca/first-research-vessel-dedicated-to-hudson-bay-will-explore-previously-understudied-arctic-regions/