Can-Peat is pleased to welcome Dr. Iqra Naeem who will be joining us as project manager on August 5, 2024 to cover Kim Kleinke's maternity leave.
This year’s CGU meeting was held jointly with the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology and provided an exciting opportunity for Can-Peat participants to share first results of their research.
Following this year's success, the public Peatland Science Symposium jointly held with PERG will return on Feb. 19, 2025, in Kananaskis, Alberta followed by the Can-Peat annual meeting Feb. 20-21.
Can-Peat is divided into activities to achieve our 5 project goals. 11 out of 16 research activities are now underway. Visit our activity page to learn more about our research efforts and meet our dedicated graduate students and postdocs.
This year's annual meeting built on the main themes of the project discussed at our 2023 Kickoff such as Indigenous engagement and data sovereignty and accessibility. We also met with our advisory committees to discuss the project's direction and progress.
Drs. Rezanezhad and Van Cappellen of Can-Peat have published a paper in Geoderma on synthesis data analysis investigating the spatial distribution pattern of temperature sensitivity (Q10) of peat respiration and its correlation with climate conditions, soil properties, and hydrology.
Can-Peat is excited to announce our annual meeting on February 20-22 in Quebec City. Although the main meeting is for members only, we are hosting a public Peatland Science Symposium jointly with the Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG). Additionally, the outcomes will be shared in the next newsletter so stay tuned!
Dr. Saraswati, formally of Dr. Strack's research group, currently of the Ecohydrology Research Group, wins NSERC Banting fellowship.
For more information: https://uwaterloo.ca/ecohydrology/news/saraswati-wins-prestigious-nserc-banting-postdoctoral
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Katie Hettinga, starting her MSc in September, shares her experiences at the RE3 conference and GPI/Can-Peat workshop.