1. National Implementation Plan - Canada - Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks Board Meeting – Tromso,Norway January 2012

2. Statue of Amundsen in Tromso, Norway and the CCGS Amundsen Arctic Connections – Canada and Norway

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. National Coordinating Committee WHAT? - 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

6. 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

7. IPY Conference 2012 - April 22 – 27, Canada will host the IPY Conference in Montreal - Possible SAON side-meeting?

8. Update on Canadian SAON Tasks Task 3: Circumpolar Health Observatory Task 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 makers See www.circhob.circumpolarhealth.org for the Health Observatorywww.circhob.circumpolarhealth.org

9. Update on Canadian SAON Tasks Task 4: Role of Remote Sensing in Arctic Monitoring Task 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

10. Update on Canadian SAON Tasks Task 5: The Canadian IPY Data Assembly Centre Network: A Case Study Task 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 documentatiowww.polardata.ca

11. Update on Canadian SAON Tasks Task 9: An International Review of Community-based Monitoring in the Context of Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks Process Task Leader: Eva Krummel, Inuit Circumpolar Council, Canada - Progress has been good - Eva Krummel, ICC, will describe details

12. 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)