Welcome reception at Best Western Barclay Pastimes Sports Bar & Grill, Port Alberni

Sponsored by Elsevier 

Appetizers and one complimentary beverage

Be sustainable! Bring your own name tag or make one at the reception.

Depart Best Western Hotel for Lady Rose Marine Service Dock

Vehicles can be parked at the dock or hotel.

Depart Port Alberni on the M.V. Frances Barkley

Breakfast on board sponsored by EBSCO

Menu includes breakfast sandwiches, pancakes, eggs, coffee/tea, juice

Round Robin: What's New at Your Institution?

Remember to write up a few sentences to share with Mayu Ishida, Cyamus Secretary.

Contributed Presentations

Mathew Vis-Dunbar, University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus

Open Science and Undergraduate Education at UBC Okanagan

Katie Lage, MBARI & Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

Combining Forces to Teach New Marine Science Graduate Students

Daniel Brendle-Moczuk, University of Victoria

Pre-Consumer Plastic Pellets (Nurdles) on BC's South Coast:  Keeping Our Eye(s) on the Tides & Winds to Determine Areas of High Accumulation

Contributed Presentations

Kristen LaBonte, University of California, Santa Barbara

Exhibit and Public Event Planning:  Inspirations and Lessons Learned

Mary Markland & Rachael Davis, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University

Spacing Out:  Finding Room in a Finite Space

Sally Taylor, University of British Columbia

Data from the Forest and the Sea:  Efforts to Curate 20 Years of Student-Collected Data at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre

Amanda Whitmire, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University

Subversive Gatekeepers:  Developing Methods for Enabling Remote Access to Hidden Collections

Cyamus Business Meeting

• Treasurer's report
• Travel support
• Old Business
• New Business
• IAMSLIC Update

Kiix̣in Village and Fortress National Historic Site of Canada is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, strategically set between the rugged outer coast and the protected inner waters of Barkley Sound. Kiix̣in is the site of a 19th-century village and fortress that exhibits evidence of occupation dating to 1000 B.C.E. Today, it remains a sacred site to the present-day Huu-ay-aht First Nations. This trip includes a short bus ride to the trail head, a hike through the forest, and a walk on the beach to visit the Kiix̣in site.

MV Alta boat trip - A trip to the Deer Group Islands includes sampling from the subtidal environment and marine mammal and bird observation. A dredge net sampling from the sea floor yields a diversity of organisms including sea stars, urchins, octopuses, crabs, fish, sea cucumbers, and many others not inhabiting the intertidal zone. A trip to the open ocean, depending upon the season and migration pattern, whales, harbour seals, sea lions, and a diversity of marine birds can be observed. Maximum 12 passengers.

Boat trip sponsored by ProQuest

Contributed Presentations

Kristin Culp, ProQuest

Primary and historical sources provide insights to enable researchers to impact their world.

Beth Rogers, Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre

Work Breakdown Structures:  An Effective Tool for Organizing and Documenting Project Work

Social at the Director’s Residence

Sponsored by ProQuest

Featuring Vancouver Island