The NSERC PermafrostNet & Canadian Permafrost Association Joint Virtual Annual General Meeting 2021
Poster Award
NSERC PermafrostNet invited attendees of the 2021 joint virtual AGM to vote for their favourite poster presentation.
Winner
Congratulations to Alexandre Chaisson who was voted best poster presenter of the NSERC PermafrostNet & Canadian Permafrost Association Joint Virtual Annual General Meeting 2021 for his poster – Initial investigations of degrading peat plateaus in the central Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories.
How did attendees see the poster presentations?
To see the posters you can visit the SpatialChat space by opening this link in your browser.
Poster details are also provided on this page.
How was the favourite poster chosen?
The following criteria informed the decision:
- Scientific accuracy and significance.
- Clarity of poster.
- Engagement with presenter.
Alexandre Chiasson
Title: Initial investigations of degrading peat plateaus in the central Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories.
Allison Plourde
Title: Measuring the permafrost active layer dynamics simultaneous with snow depth.
Antoni Lewkowicz
Title: Revising and updating the Glossary of Permafrost and Related Ground-Ice Terms: a CPA project.
Astrid Schetselaar
Title: Increases in costs associated with maintaining highway infrastructure due to climate change in Yukon.
Ariane Castagner
Title: Vertical distribution of excess ice in icy sediments and its statistical estimation from geotechnical data (Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands and Anderson Plain, Northwest Territories).
Bingqian Zhang
Title: A 3-D ground ice map produced from training on this limited borehole data set is 70% accurate.
Cameron Ross
Title: Initialization (Spin-up) of Permafrost Models.
Charles Gauthier
Title: Constraining Soil Carbon Parameter Distributions in CLASSIC using Bayesian Inference and Field Observations.
Chris Clarkson
Title: Centrifuge Modelling of Axially loaded Steel Piles in Frozen and Thawing Ground.
Emilie Stewart-Jones
Title: Learning about rock faces in mountain permafrost regions of Western Canada.
Fereshteh Ghiami Shomami
Title: Interpreting ground temperature and subsidence to better quantify permafrost change.
Frederic Brieger
Title: Quantifying local- to watershed-scale impacts of permafrost thaw-related geohazards on the natural and built environment in the Stewart River watershed, Yukon.
Galina Jonat
Title: Towards simulation-based permafrost climate services.
Hannah MacDonell
Title: Quantifying Permafrost Model Performance.
Jay Cumming
Title: Using numerical thermal modelling techniques to support snow management plans along the ITH.
Joel Pumple
Title: Permafrost core characterization using gamma ray attenuation and industrial computed tomography scanning.
Kethra Campbell-Heaton
Title: Ice wedges as winter paleotemperature proxies: is it feasible?.
Mohammad Gamshad
Title: Ground ice of eastern Canadian High Arctic polar desert.
Payam Sharifi
Title: Numerical analysis of geocell-supported Hudson Bay Railway embankment subjected to the permafrost degradation.
Rae Landriau
Title: Stability analysis of drilling waste sumps, western Arctic Canada.
Rose Lefebvre
Title: Physics in the CLASSIC Model/La physique dans le modèle climatique CLASSIC.
Zakieh Mohammadi
Title: Application of empirical correlations for estimating thaw settlement.
Who is organizing this event?
The event is hosted by NSERC PermafrostNet and the Canadian Permafrost Association (CPA). This partnership aims to amplify the impact of Canadian permafrost research in Canada.
Who can I contact?
If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at permafrostnet@carleton.ca
Partner
Thanks to our partner the Canadian Permafrost Association: