Amber Holdsworth is a climate scientist working at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) in the Pacific region. Amber has a multi-disciplinary background with publications in the areas of epidemiology, fluid dynamics, oceanography, atmospheric sciences, regional climate modelling and climate impacts on marine organisms. Amber developed and analyzed regional biogeochemical ocean models to understand changes and cross-scale interactions in the climate system.  Amber’s current research interests include understanding extreme conditions of acidification, deoxygenation and heat as well as downscaling the impacts of climate change on marine organisms and ecosystems.

Brennan Allen (he/him) is currently a national senior program meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) acting as the project lead for the Virtual Operational Support Team (VOST). Brennan has held several other positions since joining the Meteorological Service of Canada in 2018. He gained valuable experience as an operational meteorologist for both the Prairie and Arctic Storm Prediction Centre in Edmonton Alberta (2018-2021) and the Atlantic Storm Prediction Centre in Dartmouth Nova Scotia (2021-2022). In 2022, Brennan took an opportunity to apply his forecasting knowledge at the national level as a Program Meteorologist with the National Marine Weather Service program within ECCC’s National Program and Business Development group (NPBD). Brennan’s experience within the weather enterprise also extends to both the private and broadcast sectors. In 2018 he briefly worked for his own company as a forensic meteorologist (2018) specializing on slip and fall cases. Finally, Brennan began his professional meteorologist career as broadcast meteorologist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Halifax Nova Scotia, where he worked from 2016 to late 2017.

 Brennan holds a firm belief that a weather forecast holds no intrinsic value unless it is communicated in a way that facilitates a user of a forecast to take action(s) to protect life and property. With that in mind he is focused on helping the MSC transform to improve impact-based decision support services and weather forecast literacy for Canadians. Outside of work Brennan is an active individual, who loves sports, exploring the outdoors and the occasional lobster supper.

B.Sc. (Physics-Atmospheric Science) UQÀM 87
M.Sc. (Physics) McGill 89

One year as a foreign student at State University of New York at Stony Brook (85-86). Meteorologist with Environment Canada since 1990 (Vancouver 1991-96, Rimouski 1996-99, CMC-Dorval 1999-present). From December 2011 to May 2014, Head of the "Analysis and Prognosis" section at CMC-Operations.  June 2014 to February 2015: Head of the "Meteorological Systems" section (Scribe) in the Development Department at CMC.

On special assignment in the Development Division at CMC from March 2015 to June 2017.  June to December 2017: Acting Head of the Threatening Weather and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Central Region of the Forecast Services Branch.  As of January 2018: Head of the "Environmental Data Processing Applications" section at CMC-Operations.

Ada Loewen is a PhD candidate at Carleton University studying the physical processes that make landfast sea ice in the Canadian Arctic susceptible to breaking up by bringing together scientific methods (field observations, remote sensing, modelling) and Inuit Knowledge of sea ice. Her interest in sea ice began with her co-op terms with Ocean Networks Canada and ASL Environmental Sciences and her first CMOS Congress in 2016 in Fredericton while completing a Combined Honours in Physics and Ocean-Atmospheric Dynamics at the University of Victoria. She completed a Master of Science in Physical Geography at Carleton University studying landfast sea ice processes which was followed by her current PhD program to continue the work started during her Master’s

Marek Stastna received his PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Waterloo in 2001.  After three years as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Atmospheric Physics group at the University of Toronto, Marek returned to the University of Waterloo where he is presently a Professor of Applied Mathematics.  Marek served on the NSERC Geosciences Discovery Grant  Evaluation Group from 2011 to 2013, the latter two years as co-chair.  Marek also served as Associate Dean Computing for the Mathematics faculty at the University of Waterloo from 2014 to 2017.  Marek's research interests, in the broad sense, cover computational modeling and software design in the environmental system, with a focus on internal waves in stratified fluids such as lakes and the coastal ocean

Shay currently holds the position of Product Manager, Meteorological Data for Pelmorex, The Weather Network.

After graduating from the University of Alberta, Shay worked as an operational forecaster before transitioning to network management and commercial weather. During those years Shaylea learned to apply problem solving skills learned as a forecaster to create weather solutions to meet clients needs. Shay continues to apply those skills in her current role ensuring we are providing accurate forecasts to our users.

Julie Mireille Thériault is a professor of atmospheric sciences at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her research focuses on the meteorological factors, including precipitation, that lead to high-impact events. She combines modeling, measurements and theory to study them in novel ways. Her achievements have led to key advances in precipitation measurement, rain-snow transitions, ice and sleet formation and their evolution with climate change.

Scott is the President and Chief Scientist of Weatherlogics. He attended the University of Manitoba, where he completed both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in meteorology. In his current role as Chief Scientist at Weatherlogics, Scott conducts weather research and develops tools to help clients plan for all types of weather conditions. This includes new methods to improve weather prediction and the analysis of past weather events. Despite his research focus, Scott still enjoys forecasting day-to-day weather and is often involved with preparing forecasts for high-impact events.

Emily MacPherson is the Director of Marketing and Sales Operations for MetOcean Telematics (MetOcean), based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.  MetOcean develops and manufactures state-of-the-art data acquisition and end-to-end telematics solutions.

Emily has been engrained in the environmental, meteorological, and oceanographic industry since the launch of her career in 2004. Emily is truly passionate about the Internet of Things (IoT), our Oceans, meteorology, and the environment.

Emily is a multifaceted, highly motivated and a performance driven professional, who has achieved significant year-after-year revenue, profit and business growth objectives.  Emily holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with honours in Marketing and Communication from Mount St. Vincent University, a Certificate in Business Communication, from St. Mary’s University (SMU), and is currently pursuing a certificate in Digital Media Communications.

Professor
Centre for Earth Observation Science
Department of Environment & Geography

Dr. Hanesiak joined the Department of Environment and Geography at the University of Manitoba in 2001, having previously worked as a meteorologist for Environment Canada. He is an NSERC scholar and a specialist in storms, extreme and hazardous weather/climate, and surface-atmosphere interactions. He uses a combination of field-work, computer modeling and remote sensing as part of his work. He has published 55 peer-reviewed research articles focusing on weather and climate related issues since 1992 and has been part of 20 major national and international research projects, ranging from severe Prairie and U.S. thunderstorms to Arctic storms – he led/co-led some of these projects and was theme lead in others. He is currently a co-investigator on the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) and Northern Hail Project (NHP) in collaboration with Western University.

Academic Background
Ph.D. (Arctic Climate Science) University of Manitoba
M. Sc. (Atmospheric Science) York University
Certificate of Meteorology, York University
B.Sc. (Physics/Mathematics) University of Winnipeg