By Erin Nicholls Thanks to the generous funding of the Canadian Mountain Network, I recently had the very rare opportunity to attend the High Mountain Summit in Geneva, Switzerland from October 29th-31st. The Summit is hosted by the WMO and designed to foster high-level dialogue, engage decision-makers and develop a roadmap to science-based user-driven knowledge and information systems. As a young PhD candidate studying Canada’s northwestern mountains, I am constantly surrounded by like-minded scientists, who…

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 By Stephanie Pawluk and Bronwyn Wydeman On the second week of October, we had the incredible opportunity of attending the Canadian Parks Conference in Quebec City. The theme of the conference was ‘Parks for all and all for parks’. We are Master’s students at Vancouver Island University (VIU) studying Community Planning, with specializations in park planning. We are working on the “The View from 2117” project with the Canadian Mountain Network. We attended a pre-conference…

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Learn more about some of Canada’s mountain systems through our new infographic below to get ready for International Mountain Day (IMD)! Visit the IMD section of our website to learn more and to organize and participate in an event in your community. (Click on image to view or download) The post New infographic on Canada’s mountain systems appeared first on Canadian Mountain Network.

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By Eleni Gibson Lake Tahoe, October 16-19 2019 From October 16 to 19, I had the chance to attend the Mountain and Resort Town Planners Summit in Lake Tahoe, USA. For me, a student who has yet to land their first mountain town planning job, the event was a crash course in the unique and pressing issues faced by resort and mountain towns. For the other attendees (which included both planners and elected officials from…

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released their Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) highlighting the urgency to act in a timely, ambitious and coordinated action to address the severe impacts of climate change on oceans and the cryosphere, the frozen part of the planet. More than 100 experts from 36 countries contributed to the report, which drew on the results of about 7,000 scientific studies. All…

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At the 46th session of the IPCC in Montreal in September 2017, the outline for the IPCC Working Group II contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) was approved, including a Cross-Chapter Paper on Mountains. This chapter will synthesize available literature about climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability in mountain environments and communities, and has led to requests for submissions of relevant articles from mountain researchers globally. In an effort to increase the representation of…

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Mountains make up one-quarter of Canada’s land-mass and are home to unique ecosystems and iconic wildlife, such as grizzly bears, caribou, mountains goats and sheep. Mountain regions are also the traditional homelands of Indigenous Peoples and the sites of many cultures and traditions. Mountains are highly vulnerable ecosystems that provide important resources, such as freshwater and timber, to more than half the world’s population. Mountain systems face unique and unprecedented threats to their sustainability, which…

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Science Magazine recently released a special issue on mountains exploring the latest research related to climate change, biodiversity, mountain peoples and alpine rivers. The Canadian Mountain Network is a proud member of the United Nations (UN) Mountain Partnership and the Partnership’s Coordinator Yuka Makino is the lead author of one article in the issue. The Mountain Partnership is a UN voluntary alliance dedicated to improving the lives of mountain peoples and protecting mountain environments around…

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The Canadian Mountain Network (CMN) is seeking nominations for the inaugural Research Management Committee (RMC), who will be helping CMN develop a detailed research agenda and policies. Other responsibilities include reviewing and recommending research projects for funding, as well as monitoring progress of network research projects. Deadline – Tuesday September 17 at 5pmPT Application Option #1 – Nominate Yourself Email asykes@ualberta.ca with your resume or CV (no specified format) and a Microsoft Word document with…

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As global temperatures rise, mountain glaciers and ice patches are melting at a rapid pace in Canada’s North. In the Yukon and Northwest Territories, snow accumulates and forms permanent ice patches on the northern sides of some mountains. As alpine ice patches melt, the leftover belongings of the North’s first inhabitants are emerging after hundreds and even thousands of years. Mackenzie Mountains Researchers and local Indigenous groups are racing to save these hunting artifacts before…

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