National Implementation Plan- Canada -

Sustaining Arctic Observing NetworksBoard Meeting – Tromso,NorwayJanuary 2012

Statue of Amundsen in Tromso, Norway and the CCGS Amundsen

Arctic Connections – Canada and Norway

National Implementation Plan

Update on:

• Canadian National Committee

• Canadian Inventory of Sustained Arctic Observing Activities

• Canadian-led SAON tasks (with more Canadian-supported SAON tasks)

National Coordinating Committee(Canadian SAON Ad Hoc Working Group)

WHO?

- Comprised of over ten federal government departments; three universities; ICC and ITK; provincial/territorial governments

- Chair: Helen Joseph

- Secretariat: Canadian Polar Commission- Teleconference calls; website development (external and internal)

National Coordinating CommitteeWHAT?

- Committee has existed for approx two years

- Hold regular Teleconference calls; January 11 and after this Board meeting

- Prepared the Canadian Inventory of Arctic monitoring

- Opportunity to keep profile on SAON; preparation of Canadian member to the SAON Board and update the SAON community within Canada

- Discussion on Canadian-led SAON Tasks; participation in SAON networks

Inventory of Arctic Observing Networks

- Completed in 2010

- In 2011, Government of Canada’s Federal Integrated National Science and Technology Strategy; used the Canadian SAON inventory

- Additional information was gathered in 2011 that could be incorporated into the Canadian inventory

IPY Conference 2012

- April 22 – 27, Canada will host the IPY Conference in Montreal

- Possible SAON side-meeting?

Update on Canadian SAON Tasks

Task 3: Circumpolar Health ObservatoryTask Co-Leaders: Susan Chatworth, Institute of Circumpolar Health Research and Kue Young, University of Toronto

- Tremendous progress; now fully functional and interactive- All data to 2004 are up-to-date; with several modules updated to 2009- Several data briefs have been published in the International Journal of Circumpolar Health- Conference: Circumpolar Health Metrics: Statistics in support of Health Systems Improvement, October 2011; discussion how different data systems could be used to inform policy makers- Book release at IPY Conference, April 2012 - Great example of science informing policy / decision makersSee www.circhob.circumpolarhealth.org for the Health Observatory

Update on Canadian SAON Tasks

Task 4: Role of Remote Sensing in Arctic MonitoringTask Leader: Yves Crevier, Canadian Space Agency

- Continues to be good interest in this Task - Has merit as a Task, as Remote Sensing continues to represent a key source of observational data for the Arctic - Need to ensure linkages with WMO work – Polar Space Task Group- Need to consider how to move this Task forward – discussions with engaged partners

Update on Canadian SAON Tasks

Task 5: The Canadian IPY Data Assembly Centre Network: A Case StudyTask Leader: Scott Tomlinson, Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Canada

- Case study task: to develop best practices for sustainable data management network for Arctic Science- IPY Data Assembly Centre Network has been active in preserving data and information from Canada’s IPY Program BUT it has been complex process- Montreal meeting, December 2011, to develop governance model for Network (including funding post-IPY)- Actively seeking other Arctic Science initiatives and partners- Will deliver a report to SAON Board on the development of the Canadian IPY Data Assembly Centre Network (with recommendations/lessons learned)See www.polardata.ca for metadata and data; developing wiki space for documentatio

Update on Canadian SAON Tasks

Task 9: An International Review of Community-based Monitoring in the Context of Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks ProcessTask Leader: Eva Krummel, Inuit Circumpolar Council, Canada- Progress has been good- Eva Krummel, ICC, will describe details

Update on Canadian SAON Tasks

Task 13: Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan (CAFF/Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme)Task Leader: Mike Gill, Canada (CAFF)

- CBMP Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan was approved by CAFF Management Board, February 2011 and by SAOs- Plan is now in Implementation, with workshop held in Canada in September 2011- Workplans for the Marine Steering Group and Marine Expert Networks have been approved- CBMP Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan continues to exemplify the principles of SAON (e.g. promote, facilitate, coordinate marine biodiversity

monitoring activities among circumpolar countries)