The winter offering of the introductory distance sampling workshop (a popular method for marine mammal population assessment) offered by CREEM will occur 10-21 January 2022. Registration for the workshop will open at the beginning of November. Meanwhile, applications are now being accepted for the free place at this workshop. The intention is to widen participation in the workshop to practitioners under-represented in the discipline. Details of the eligibility and application process available at http://workshops.distancesampling.org/widening-participation Enquiries and applications should be sent to me. Closing date for the widening participation applications for the introductory distance sampling workshop is 05 November 2021. Eric Rexstad Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling University of St Andrews Registered Charity in Scotland SC013532