{"id":5084,"date":"2022-11-21T11:07:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T16:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/permafrostnet.ca\/?page_id=5084"},"modified":"2026-05-29T17:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:20:05","slug":"2022-agm-and-yellowknife-geoscience-forum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/permafrostnet.ca\/fr\/resources\/events\/2022-agm-and-yellowknife-geoscience-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 AGM and Yellowknife Geoscience Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2022 NSERC PermafrostNet AGM and Yellowknife Geoscience Forum were held in Yellowknife between the 14th and 17th of November 2022.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The 2022 AGM was an in-person meeting hosted in conjunction with the 50th Yellowknife Geoscience forum<\/a>. The AGM focused on the needs of partners, the progress of the network projects and future activities and in the evening the network hosted an Open House<\/a> for the public to find out more about the thawing permafrost and meet the researchers studying it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Geoscience forum included two days of permafrost talks and posters, including two permafrost specific technical sessions: Changing Permafrost Landscapes, and Permafrost Monitoring Networks co-chaired by network members, as well as \u201cSoapbox Talks\u201d a scheduled 3-5 minute oral presentation by students who were presenting a poster. Soapbox talks were given with the poster as a single presentation slide projected on the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Need infrastructure to handle large amounts of monitoring data.<\/p>Theme 1 discussion<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Transportation corridors provide more sustainable monitoring areas.<\/em><\/p>Theme 2 discussion<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mindless monitoring is to be avoided.<\/em><\/p>Theme 2 discussion<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Transition to monitoring within community by community.<\/em><\/p>Theme 2 discussion<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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You can’t adapt if you don’t know what is going to happen.<\/em><\/p>Theme 3 discussion<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Don’t overburden communities, leverage existing links.<\/em><\/p>Capstone discussion<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stories are important.<\/p>Capstone discussion<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Presentations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There were a range of research presentations at the AGM and by network members at the Geoscience forum in regular sessions and SoapBox short formats. Some of the presentations are available below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David Moore and Stephan Gruber<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title: Toward a vision and strategy for Canadian permafrost knowledge and Northern needs<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Duane Froese<\/strong> (Theme 1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title: Permafrost characterization and ground ice potential.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Teddi Herring<\/strong> (Theme 1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title: Creating a database of geoelectrical surveys of permafrost to assess changing permafrost conditions in Northern Canada.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mahya Roustaei<\/strong> (Theme 1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title: Estimating excess ice using industrial computed tomography scanning and comparison with established methods.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alexandre Chiasson<\/strong> (Theme 1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title: Dendritically-drained Peat Plateaus: A Distinctive Permafrost Peatland Landform of the Central Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Toni Lewkowicz and Trevor Lantz<\/strong> <\/strong>(Theme 2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title: Monitoring Permafrost change.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Usman Iqbal Ahmed<\/strong> <\/strong>(Theme 2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title: Linear Infrastructure and Permafrost Monitoring with Airborne SAR and Optical System<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emma Street<\/strong> (Theme 2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title: Exploring Traditional Knowledge of Permafrost in the Gwich’in Settlement Area and Inuvialuit Settlement Region.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jocelyn Hayley<\/strong><\/strong> (Theme 4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title: Hazards and impacts associated with permafrost thaw<\/em><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Multi-year permafrost change tracked using ground temperatures and repeat electrical resistivity tomography, Alaska Highway corridor<\/a> by Antoni Lewkowicz et al.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monitoring and Long-term Predictions of Thermoprobe Performance at Gunghi<\/a> Creek, NWT<\/a> by Ryley Beddoe et al<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Estimating excess ice using industrial computed tomography scanning and comparison with established methods<\/a> by Mahya Roustae et al<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating a database of geoelectrical surveys of permafrost to assess changing permafrost conditions in Northern Canada<\/a> by Teddi Herring <\/sup>et al<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dendritically-drained peat plateaus: a distinctive permafrost peatland landform of the central Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories<\/a> by Alexandre Chiasson <\/sup>et al.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Northwest Territories Thermokarst Mapping Collective: A northern-driven collaborative mapping framework for understanding the distribution and effects of permafrost thaw<\/a> by Steve Kokelj <\/sup>et al<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Measuring coastal erosion in a permafrost environment<\/a> by Brian Moorman <\/sup>et al<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inventory of thaw-driven mass wasting in the NWT<\/a> by Ashley Rudy <\/sup>et al<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statistical analysis of ground surface temperature simulations under different testing conditions in the Northwest Territories Tundra<\/a> by Hannah Macdonell <\/sup>et al<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linear Infrastructure & Permafrost Monitoring with Airborne SAR and Photogrametry Data<\/a> by Usman Iqbal Ahmedet al<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ensemble simulations of transient permafrost change by terrain type \u2013 a conversation starter for developing permafrost climate services<\/a> by Galina Jonat et al<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setting and failure mechanisms of the recent Johnson River permafrost landslide in the central Mackenzie Valley, NWT<\/a> by Joseph Young <\/sup>et al<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next Generation 3D Ground Ice Map<\/a> by Bingqian Zhang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Posters were presented by network members at both the NSERC PermafrostNet AGM and the Geoscience forum. You can see the posters below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Best student poster presentation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

NAPEG\u2019s education foundation<\/a> presented an award for best poster presentation to Hannah Macdonell<\/a><\/strong> (Carleton University) for her poster titled: Statistical analysis of ground surface temperature simulations under different testing conditions in the Northwest Territories Tundra<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click on the right-hand side images below to see the full poster pdf.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Allison Plourde<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title: Measuring Surface Displacement Using Winter SAR<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bingqian Zhang<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title: Constructing 3-D Ground Ice Map Using Deep Learning on Regional Borehole Data.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Galina Jonat<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title: Ensemble simulations of permafrost change by terrain type.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pia Blake and Emilie Stewart-Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title: Permafrost in rock walls of Western Canada.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hannah MacDonell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title: Statistical analysis of ground surface temperature simulations in the Northwest Territories tundra.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hosein Fereydooni<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title: Revealing Ground Ice by Spectral-Induced Polarization.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joseph Young<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title: Initial investigation of the recent Johnson River permafrost landslide in the central Mackenzie Valley, NWT.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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