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March 3, 2015 Volume 1, Issue 1
Inside this issue:
Events 1
Job and Volunteer
Opportunities
2
Scholarships and
Awards
2
Research 3
Proposal
Submissions
3
Congratulations 3
Facilities on
Campus
3
New Online Course 4
Events
ENVS 20th
Anniversary Events:
2 special events with the Patrick
Power Library highlighting ENVS
faculty research. LI 135, 3pm
All are welcome and
refreshments served!
Mar. 5: Our Oceans of Air: from
carbon-capture to air quality and
climate change.
Mar. 12: Living Connections:
from ecology to economy.
Baconfest! An Urban Planning Film Fest at the Spring Garden
Halifax Public Library, Mar. 9—11 This series of movies will explore a variety of aspects of City Building. The films are done by Ed Bacon,
who is the only city planner to grace the cover of Time Magazine (and yes – he is the father of Holly-
wood Actor Kevin Bacon).
Light refreshments will be provided.
Free, open to the public.
Special guest presenter: Rollin Stanley, General Manager of Planning, Development & Assessment – City
of Calgary. http://fusionhalifax.ca/events/baconfest/
Mar. 10, 10am: Catch Rollin Stanley’s talk at SMU in Burke 207.
Sustainability
Week:
Mar. 8—13 On-campus events all week!
Email for a full list of events
direct to your inbox.
Good News on the
Environment
Farmer’s Market
SoE Seminar: Two-Eyed
Seeing (Knowledge for
Environmental Decisions)
Workshop: Finding innovative
solutions to environmental
problems.
And more!
11th Annual Sustainability and
Environmental Research
Symposium. Mar. 13
www.dal.ca/emaychair
Science Atlantic
Environment
Conference
Mar. 13-14. Registration is Open! SMU
students registration is
covered by the School of the
Environment! Email [email protected] for
more details!
scienceatlantic.ca/conferences/
index.php/saec/saec2015
SoE Seminar: Two-Eyed Seeing (Knowledge
for Environmental Decisions) Albert Marshall, Mi’kmaq Elder,
Eskasoni First Nation
Mar. 13 @ 7:30 pm
Atrium Building, Room 101
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SoE Seminar:
Climate Change Adaptation,
Coastal Governance, and
Community Resilience: Vignettes from a Global Review
Ahmed Khan, Postdoctoral Fellow, Saint Mary’s University
Mar. 18 @ 4pm
Loyola Building, Room 271
Scholarships and Awards
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Summer 2015 opportunities are upcoming
for interested undergraduates.
Contact Dr. Adona Wiacek.
An MSc project is also
available, involving field measurements of atmospheric
composition at SMU, in
Halifax, and potentially on
ships.
For more information, please
contact:
Student Job and Volunteer Opportunities
Page 2
ASMR will award three scholarships this year
to deserving undergraduate,
masters, and Ph.D. students
(one scholarship at each
level) from academic
institutions having curricula
leading to professions relat-
ed to reclamation. In addi-
tion to a cash award ($1,000
for undergraduate, $1,500
for masters, and $2,000 for
Ph.D.), a plaque, one-year
student membership,
complimentary national
meeting registration, and a
meeting awards luncheon
ticket will be provided.
For more information,
please visit
http://asmr.us/
Deadline: March 31, 2015
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Working for the endangered sea turtles in
Greece ● Acquire experience in the field
● Enjoy interacting with volunteers from several countries
● Work at the last remaining nesting areas of the loggerhead
turtle (Caretta caretta) in
the Mediterranean For more than thirty years, ARCHELON - the Sea Turtle Protec-
tion Society of Greece has been conducting conservation projects on all major nesting grounds of the loggerhead in
Greece. If you are over 18, have at least 4 weeks available, can cope with
demanding work and rough living conditions, can communicate
in English and feel committed to protect nature, then join
ARCHELON’s efforts. Contact: [email protected]
Help Judge and Award a
SMU Bursary! Every year, the Faculty of
Science sends representatives to the ten
regional science fairs
around the province to help
judge and award a Saint
Mary’s bursary to one of
the top highschool students.
Some of these students will
even end up at Saint Mary’s
in May for the annual
Showcase event where
Team NS practices before
heading to the Canada-
Wide Science Fair. Click
here for a list of fair dates
and contact
The SMUSA and
Career Services
Student Leadership
Recognition Award
(SLRA)
Application is now
available online!
Deadline:
March 6th at 11:59
pm
Apply for the
Saint Mary’s University
Environment Prizes!
Open to ENVS and BES Majors and Honours students! These
prizes are awarded at Spring Convocation.
Full details can be found at
smu.ca/academics/school-of-the-environment-news-events.
The Deadline to apply is Mar. 31, 2015
Dr. Aldona Wiacek (Environmental Science and
Astronomy & Physics) has received $100,000 in
funding from the Marine Environmental Observa-
tion, Prediction and Response (MEOPAR)
Network to support the continuous measurement of
atmospheric boundary layer trace gases affecting air
quality and climate change. Full story here.
You can see Dr. Wiacek speak on Mar. 5 during the
ENVS 20th Anniversary Seminar, Our Oceans of Air:
from carbon capture to air quality and climate change
and at Dalhousie Oceanography May 26th.
Deadline extended to Mar. 6 for the SMU
Academic Initiative for Sustainability Fund Call
for Proposals. This fund supports the Saint Mary’s
University community in undertaking academic-
oriented activities that produce a long-term
positive impact on sustainability practices and
opportunities at the university.
Contact: [email protected]
Research on Campus
Facilities on Campus
Congratulations!
Co-op student Ben Feltmate started working Jan. 5th on Tropopheric Remote
Sensing Laboratory design. His team just placed 2nd in the 2015 Atlantic Engineering Competition and
they are going on to the Canadian Engineering Competition in March in St.
John's.
SMUWorks student Julia Purcell started working Jan. 5th on TRSL-related
atmospheric environment research.
ENVS co-op
student, Ben
Feltmate, 2nd
place in the
2015 Atlantic
Engineering
Competition!
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Submit your Proposal!
The CBEMN is currently running a 5 year project called CURA H2O which has created a
standardized training and water monitoring module for community stewardship organizations to
use. Our Database is up and running and has grown tremendously in the past year. The 2014 Field
season saw more data inputted into the Database than ever before! In fact, the number of
observations tripled between April & October 2014!
For more information on what’s available in our Equipment Bank, please check out a detailed list
on our webpage. www.cbemn.ca/equipment-bank
Saint Mary’s Univesrity 923 Robie Street
Halifax, NS B3H 3C3
Canada
Phone: 902-420-5737 Fax: : 902-496-8213
E-mail: [email protected]
The School of the Environment is the hub for environmental
education, research and outreach at Saint Mary’s University. It
brings together students and professors from all of the
university’s programs that are explicitly environmental in
focus.
On everything from healthy communities to green business to
climate change, students and researchers at Saint Mary’s are
making a difference in Nova Scotia. We look forward to
working with business, government, and communities as we
all move towards more sustainable practices - both here and
around the world.”
Dr. Tony Charles Director, School of the Environment Saint Mary’s University
smu.ca/academics/school
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