October 16 – 17, 2024

Toronto Ontario

Hosted by:

288 Bremner Blvd, Toronto, Ontario

Registration: Please email info@caus.ca to register for this event. Include the names of the attendees and which CAUS member institution you represent. Then use the PayPal information below to pay the Registration Fee. ($275 per person, includes AGM and Symposium presentations and food, including the Wednesday dinner. Does not include the optional Tuesday evening social event.)

Agenda:

  • Tuesday Oct 15 – social event (optional ). Location TBA.
  • Wednesday Oct 16 – science diving talks, includes breakfast, lunch and dinner. Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada.
  • Thursday Oct 17 – CAUS AGM. Includes breakfast and lunch. Activities will conclude after lunch. Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada.

Accommodation:

Click here to book group rate for Canadian Association for Underwater Science Room Block at the Toronto Marriott City Centre, 1 Blue Jays Way.

Start Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 – End Date: Thursday, October 17, 2024

$359 plus taxes per night. Last Day to Book: Tuesday, September 17, 2024.

Scientific Diving Symposium Program – Wednesday October 16

Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada

DRAFT – SUBJECT TO CHANGE 

0815-0845: Registration and Breakfast

0845-0900: Opening Remarks, Jeremy Heywood, President, CAUS and Katie McMahon, Assistant General Manager, Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada 

0900-0940: Frances Perry, DSO, Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada  

0940-1020: The Underwater Search and Recovery Unit of the Ontario Provincial Police:  Policy, Practice and Procedures – Sgt.Hans Van Yzendoorn , OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit 

1020-1040: Break 

1040-1120: The Importance of Training, Planning and Communication for Diver Safety – Matthew Neundorf, Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development 

1120-1200: Immersion Pulmonary Edema:  An Emerging Risk Factor for Divers – Richard D. Moccia (presenter), University of Guelph, Emeritus and George D. Harpur, Medical Director, Tobermory Hyperbaric Facility  

1200-1300: Lunch 

1300-1340: Modeling the Nearshore Environment – Bruce Gray, DSO Environment and Climate Change Canada (Retired)

1340-1420: Underwater Archaeology and Indigenous Land Use in the Kawartha Lake-Wetland Complex – James Conolly, Trent University

1420-1440: Break 

1440-1520: 3D Photogrammetry: Underwater Surveying in the Digital Age – Kayla Martin, loveofdiving.com 

1520-1620: Utilizing UW Photography as a Tool to Exploring the Wrecks of the Bruce Peninsula – Stuart Seldon, Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society

1620: Symposium Adjourns 

1830: Group Dinner Location TBA