CANQUA/AMQUA 2018
Joint meeting of the Canadian and American Quaternary Associations
Crossing borders in the Quaternary
Conference Location: Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
07-11 August 2018
Schedule
Abstract submission and registration are now closed for the CANQUA/AMQUA 2018 conference but registration has re-opened. Click on the red box below for a PDF file of the conference schedule.
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Instructions for Presenters
Talks:
Each oral presentation time slot is scheduled for 20 minutes. Ideally, this will include a 15 minute talk followed by 5 minutes for questions and switching between talks. Please name your presentation file as "LASTNAME_Session". The preferred format for presentations are powerpoint files. Please introduce yourself to your session chairs and load your presentation in the morning before your talk or during the lunch break for those speaking in the afternoon sessions.
Posters:
Poster presentations must include paper title, author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s). The poster boards are horizontal with maximum dimensions of 45.75”/ 1.17m high and 94.75” / 2.40m wide. Push pins to attach the posters will be provided. Poster Sessions will be in the foyer outside the lecture rooms where the talks are held in Richcraft building (2nd floor).
There will be two poster sessions, one on August 8th and one on August 10th (see schedule). Unofficial viewing can take place all day however, we encourage poster presenters to be in front of their posters during the designated poster session.
Poster Iinstallation and removal:
Posters will be grouped by sessions. Your poster must be installed on your assigned board. A poster location map will be available to direct you to your spot and the boards will be appropriately marked. Poster presenters are responsible for mounting and removing their posters. Volunteers will be available to direct you to your allotted poster board, and to assist with mounting the poster, if necessary.
Poster Session 1:
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Set up time: After 7 pm on August 7th
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Official poster session August 8th 4:30 - 6:30 pm
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Poster removal: August 8th 6:30 pm
Poster Session 2:
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Set up time: After 6:30 pm on August 8th
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Official poster session: August 10th 12:30 - 2:30 pm
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Poster removal: August 10th 2:30 pm (to allow for Banquet set up).
Accommodations
Accommodations for the duration of the conference through Carleton University Residence Services can also be booked through the online registration form. Single Suite Residence accommodations in the Frontenac Building have been reserved for conference attendees. Single Suites consist of 2 single bedrooms with double beds with a shared washroom and meal preparation/dining area. Each suite includes a refrigerator and microwave. Breakfast from Aug 8-11 is also included in the cost of the room. Cost is $70/night per bedroom *4 nights and includes breakfasts = $280 +tax = $316.40 or for $632.80 you can pay for the entire suite (2 bedrooms and 2 breakfast per day).
The online registration form has 3 options to pay for the suite.
1) You can pay for the whole suite
(i.e. 2 bedrooms +2 breakfasts/day) Cost $632.80;
2) You can pay for half the suite
(1 bedroom + 1 breakfast/day) Cost $316.40; or
3) you can select that your suitemate is paying for the suite
and breakfasts.
No matter which choice you select please include the name
and affiliation of your suitemate so that we get the matches
right on our end.
There is also an option on the online registration form if you would like us to put you in contact with potential suite mates for the conference.
If you do not wish to stay in residence Ottawa also offers many great Hotel and AirBnB opportunities for accommodations.
Events
Many great events have been organized for the conference including an optional pre-conference field trip and workshops, a mid-conference field trip, and an optional post-conference field trip. Read more about these events on the website below and register for them during your Online Registration process.
Award Winners
Both CANQUA and AMQUA will be presenting their major society awards during the banquet on Friday August 10th 2018. We congratulate the recipients of the following awards
CANQUA AWARDS
AMQUA AWARDS
Department of Physics,
University of Toronto
Dr. W. Richard Peltier
W.A. Johnston Award
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto
Marissa Davies
Aleksis Dreimanis Doctoral Scholarship
Montana State University
Dr. Cathy Whitlock
DISTINGUISHED CAREER AWARD
University of Colorado-Boulder
Dr. Gifford Miller
DISTINGUISHED CAREER AWARD
University of Ottawa
Michelle A. Chaput
DENISE GAUDREAU AWARD
Sessions
Session: S1
The Quaternary record of aeolian systems in mid- to high-latitudes
Stephen Wolfe (Geological Survey of Canada)
Nick Lancaster (Desert Research Institute)
Session: S2
Island biogeography in a changing world: an interdisciplinary roadmap from the Quaternary
Melissa Kemp (Harvard University)
Alexis Mychajliw (La Brea Tar Pits and Museum)
Session: S3
Empirically testing paleoglaciological hypotheses and models
Jonathan E. Cripps (Simon Fraser University)
Tracy A. Brennand (Simon Fraser University)
Session: S4
Syntheses of human-environment interactions during the Holocene
Konrad Gajewski (University of Ottawa)
Michelle Chaput (University of Ottawa)
Session: S5
Mapping the Quaternary – Advances and applications of surficial geology mapping
Kristen Kennedy (Yukon Geological Survey)
Dan Utting (Alberta Geological Survey
Alain Plouffe (Geological Survey of Canada)
Session: S6
Reducing the “Time to Science”: Data Management in the Quaternary Sciences (lightning session 5 min talks)
Simon Goring (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Michelle Chaput (University of Ottawa)
Konrad Gajewski (University of Ottawa)
Session: S7
Improving understanding of Quaternary Environments through multi-proxy, network, or statistical advances
Andria Dawson (Mt Royal University)
Simon Goring (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Session: S8
The relict permafrost environment
Trevor Porter (University of Toronto - Mississauga)
Denis Lacelle (University of Ottawa)
Duane Froese (University of Alberta)
Session: S9
Changes in the wildfire regime and impact on ecosystem structure and function
Olivier Blarquez (University of Montreal)
Nicolas Pelletier (Carleton University)
Session: S10
High-resolution Records of the Common Era
Jeannine-Marie St-Jacques (Concordia University)
Matthew Peros (Bishop's University)
Session: S11
New Perspectives on the Use of Karst Basins for Paleoenvironmental Research: Implications for Paleoclimatology, Paleontology, and Archaeology
Matthew Peros (Bishop's University)
Eduard G. Reinhardt (McMaster University)
Anna Acosta G'meiner (Environmental Consultant, Toronto)
Session: S12
Geohazard processes and impacts: Landslides, Floods, Earthquakes, Permafrost and others
Andree Blais-Stevens (NRCan)
Michael Parkhill (ERD - New Brunswick)
Greg Brooks (Natural Resources Canada)
Session: S13
The Application of Quaternary Science to Societal Issues in the 21st Century
Rolfe D. Mandel (University of Kansas)
Julio Betancourt (USGS)
Ester Sztein (The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine)
Session: S14
General Contributions
TBD
Session: S15
Reflections on John Shaw's career and contributions to geoscience
Tracy Brennand
Peter Ashmore
Mandy Munro-Stasiuk
David Sharpe
07-11 August 2018
Aug. 7th
Aug. 8th
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Aug. 11th
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Pre-Conference field trip
Break (20 minutes)
Break (20 minutes)
Plenary Lecture
Plenary Lecture
Plenary Lecture
Plenary Lecture
Break (20 minutes)
Concurrent sessions
(3x 20min talks)
Concurrent sessions
(3x 20min talks)
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Concurrent sessions
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Concurrent sessions
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Concurrent sessions
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Concurrent sessions
(3x 20min talks)
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(3x 20min talks)
Concurrent sessions
(3x 20min talks)
Lunch
(1 hour)
Lunch
(1 hour)
Poster sessions
(2 hours)
Poster sessions
(2 hours)
Pre-Conference Workshops
* Please note this is a preliminary schedule subject to change
Break (20 minutes)
Concurrent sessions
(3x 20min talks)
Plenary Talks
1) David McGee; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; August 8th AM:
Uncovering the hydrological history of closed basin lakes in the Americas over the past 150,000 yrs
2) Aaron Putnam; University of Maine; August 8th AM
An interhemispheric perspective on the Last Glacial Maximum
3) Ben Potter; University of Alaska Fairbanks; August 8th PM
Ancient Beringians and the colonization of northeast Asia and the Americas
4) Olivier Blarquez; Université de Montréal; August 8th PM
Late Holocene influence of societies on the fire regime in southern Quebec temperate forests
5) Valerie Trouet; University of Arizona; August 9th AM
Natural drivers of early spring Northern Hemisphere tropical belt movements over the past 800 years
6) Dick Peltier; University of Toronto; August 9th AM
The Dansgaard-Oeschger oscillation of glacial climate
7) Larisa DeSantis; Vanderbilt University; August 10th AM
Clarifying the ecology of Pleistocene predators and their prey from the La Brea Tar Pits and beyond
8) Vachel Carter; Charles University; August 10th AM
North American mega-fire synchrony: contextualizing the 2017 fire season through a paleo-perspective
9) Martin Ross; University of Waterloo; August 10th PM
A journey to the center of the glacier bed: Exploring the archives of Quaternary ice sheet interior regions
10) Nick Eyles; University of Toronto August 10th PM
Glaciotribology of drumlins and megascale glacial lineations
Logistics
Getting to Ottawa
Ottawa is served by the Macdonald–Cartier International Airport with frequent flights between major international airports. The easiest way to get from the airport to your hotel or Carleton University is by Taxi or Uber. Inter-city train service is available through Via Rail and bus service through Greyhound. Ottawa is also easily accessible by car although only paid parking is available at Carleton University.
Getting around Ottawa
Most of the conference activities will be held at Carleton University, which is located along the historic Rideau Canal and the the Rideau River. Carleton University is readily accessible by public transportation, including Ottawa's new light rail system that is scheduled to open in 2018. In addition, a number of taxi companies as well as Uber operate in the city. There is also a bike sharing program in the downtown core.
Pre-Conference Field Trip (August 7th 2018)
Sensitive clay landslides in the Ottawa valley
Leaders: Greg Brooks and Heather Crow (Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa)
Thick deposits of glaciomarine silty-clay and clayey-silt sediments accumulated within the Champlain Sea between 13.9 and 11.5 cal ka BP and now underlie large areas of the Ottawa Valley. These deposits are commonly geotechnically sensitive and prone to rapid, large (>1ha), retrogressive earth flows and earth spreads. Approximately 250 sensitive clay landslides appear on surficial geology maps in the Ottawa Valley; most of the landslides are prehistoric in age. Sensitive clay landslides are an important natural hazard regionally and caused loss of life and property.
This one-day field trip will visit selected sensitive clay landslides west of Ottawa, including the massive Quyon Valley landslide, which is one of the largest sensitive clay landslides in eastern Canada. Participants will learn about the Champlain Sea sediments, the geomorphology of sensitive clay landslides, and the evidence supporting paleoearthquakes as an important trigger of sensitive clay landslides. The field trip also is an excellent opportunity to see the local Quaternary geology and geomorphology of the Ottawa Valley.
Maximum of 24 participants
$80.00 per person (all prices in Canadian dollars)
Pre-Conference Workshops (August 7th 2018)
Neotoma Workshop
Leaders: Simon Goring (University of Wisconsin-Madison); Allan Ashworth (North Dakota State University); Andria Dawson (Mount Royal University); Konrad Gajewski (University of Ottawa)
This workshop is aimed at researchers looking to use data from the multi-proxy Neotoma Paleoecological Database (http://neotomadb.org) and for data managers and those interested in managing their data with and submitting their data to Neotoma. Neotoma supports 28 data types including geochronological (e.g., 14C, 137Cs, 210Pb, and OSL dates), geochemical, geophysical, isotopic and biological proxy data. The workshop will consist of a morning session to walk participants through paleoecological workflows, highlighting the use of the new Neotoma web interface, and using R to directly access data from Neotoma in real time. Users with specific questions will be provided with assistance, code review and possible solutions to current data challenges. The afternoon will highlight Neotoma’s new DOI system, the use of Neotoma as a data management tool for grant proposals and long term archiving of paleoecological data, and how individuals can format and submit paleoecological data to Neotoma.