DGES MSc student, Leila Rashid, working under the supervision of Drs. Koreen Millard and Murray Richardson.

The Ottawa-Carleton Student Northern Research Symposium is an annual, one-day conference where students from Carleton University and the University of Ottawa connect, present their research, and learn from each other. Abstracts are accepted from undergraduate and graduate students from a wide variety of disciplines relevant to polar regions. This year the 2025 symposium took place March 7th in the St. Patricks building at Carleton University.

Student Erika Brummell, University of Ottawa Labratory for Cryoshpere Research

At the 2025 symposium, David Hik, Chief Scientist & V.P. Research at Polar Knowledge Canada, gave the keynote presentation. To give you an idea of what was presented at the symposium the schedule for the day can be viewed here and the book of abstracts is available here.