Science rendezvous
Students from the Kelvin ISAMR program ran a booth at the National Science Rendezvous event on May 11th 2019 at the University of Manitoba. This public event attracted 5,000 children from across the province to experience the wonder of science. The Kelvin students introduced youngsters to the WhiskerPrint and Body Condition polar bear research that we have been conducting since 2012. As the only high school group at this event, the students joined with the university students to put on an exciting day of science.
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Earlier in the week, these same ISAMR (International Arctic Monitoring and Research) students led activities for high school students in another Science Odyssey event at the Assiniboine Park Zoo with Dr. Jim Roth from the UM Department of Biological Sciences. The events included various photogrammetry techniques which allow for non-invasive polar bear research.
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In 2015, the Kelvin students in ISAMR (International Student-led Arctic Monitoring and Research) presented two posters at the Wildlife Society Conference together with Szandra Temesvari and Donna Labun. The students had all travelled up to Churchill and doing research with Dr. Jane Waterman from the University of Manitoba. For over six years, Kelvin students have been monitoring polar bears and permafrost and trying to link them to the sea ice and what is happening to our climate. The two posters that they presented in 2015 were:
Examining the relationship between non-invasive estimates of body condition of polar bears and the break-up of sea ice in Churchill, MB. and Photogrammetry: Sizing up a Polar Bear.
The students made a big splash at the conference, impressing the researchers and judges, and ended up winning one of the two poster prizes for best student poster! They were competing against undergraduate and graduate students. Congratulations to Laia Shpeller, Sarah Rauf, Paulina Hernandez-Sainz, Daniel Strong, Aidan Pinsk, Marissa Hamlin, Margarita Busheva, and Bridgette Nzomwita. We are thankful for continuing support from the University of Manitoba Science Department and NSERC PromoScience. Also, a big thank you to Dr. Waterman for her mentoring and support of the students.
Examining the relationship between non-invasive estimates of body condition of polar bears and the break-up of sea ice in Churchill, MB. and Photogrammetry: Sizing up a Polar Bear.
The students made a big splash at the conference, impressing the researchers and judges, and ended up winning one of the two poster prizes for best student poster! They were competing against undergraduate and graduate students. Congratulations to Laia Shpeller, Sarah Rauf, Paulina Hernandez-Sainz, Daniel Strong, Aidan Pinsk, Marissa Hamlin, Margarita Busheva, and Bridgette Nzomwita. We are thankful for continuing support from the University of Manitoba Science Department and NSERC PromoScience. Also, a big thank you to Dr. Waterman for her mentoring and support of the students.