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.) There is also an option to attend the Symposium only on Wednesday. ($75, includes breakfast and lunch but does not include the dinner.)

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.

Scientific Diving Symposium Program – Wednesday October 16

Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada, all activities in Classroom 100

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: Light sabres, lion dances and more: diving at Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada – 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  

1200-1230: Lunch set-up (Attendees mingle at Ripley’s Aquarium overlook)

1230-1330: Lunch 

1330-1410: Modeling the Nearshore Environment – Bruce Gray, DSO Environment and Climate Change Canada (Retired)

1410-1450: Underwater Archaeology and Indigenous Land Use in the Kawartha Lake-Wetland Complex – James Conolly, Trent University

1450-1510: Break 

1510-1550: 3D Photogrammetry: Underwater Surveying in the Digital Age – Kayla Martin, loveofdiving.com 

1550-1630: Utilizing UW Photography as a Tool to Exploring the Wrecks of the Bruce Peninsula – Stuart Seldon, Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society

1630: Symposium Adjourns 

1830: Group Dinner: Steam Whistle Brewing (Not included in Symposium-only registration.)

CAUS Annual General Meeting – Thursday October 17

Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada, all activities in Classroom 100

0830-0900: Breakfast

0900: CAUS AGM Called to order 

1030-1045: Break 

1040-1200: CAUS AGM continues

1200 CAUS AGM adjourns

1200-1230: Lunch set-up (Attendees mingle at Ripley’s Aquarium overlook)

1230-1330: Lunch