Dear MARMAM community, ArcticNet’s Annual Scientific Meeting is taking place virtually from 6th-10th December 2021, and the call for abstracts<https://arcticnet.swoogo.com/2021/abstracts?lang=en> is now open. I am writing to encourage anyone in the Arctic marine mammal community to submit to the session on “Arctic marine mammal research and monitoring”. This is a broad session on Arctic marine mammals and we welcome presentations from all research fields and monitoring program, with a particular interest in highlighting community-involved projects. If interested, please submit your abstracts by 29th August 2021, and feel free to contact me or the other co-chairs if you have any questions. The session information can be found here: https://arcticnet.swoogo.com/2021/sessions under the "Marine" theme, and is pasted below: Name Arctic marine mammal research and monitoring Description The Arctic is rapidly transforming as a result of climate change and other environmental and human-driven forces with implications for marine mammal populations of significance to Indigenous peoples. Increasingly, research collaborations are emerging between Arctic communities, organizations, and researchers which facilitate collective learning and produce new knowledge crucial to wildlife co-management and marine spatial planning. New approaches and technologies are advancing our knowledge of the marine environment and are offering greater insight into marine mammal biology and ecology than was previously attainable. Further, the design and application of these projects and programs sheds light on how we can enhance equitable collaborations across geographic, disciplinary, and cultural boundaries. In this session we highlight presentations that explore novel methods, approaches, and findings related to the study of Arctic marine mammals. We welcome presentations from any discipline and are particularly interested in highlighting community-involved projects. We hope to bring together diverse perspectives and individuals including Indigenous community members, Elders, managers, and researchers of all career stages to reflect on lessons learned and paths forward. ID MAR52 Co-Chairs Alexandra Mayette, Luke Storrie, Emma Sutherland, Aurélie Noël, Kimberly Ovitz Co-Chair Affiliations Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS), University of Manitoba All the best, Luke Luke Storrie PhD Student Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS), University of Manitoba storriel@myumanitoba.ca<mailto:storriel@myumanitoba.ca>