Our speeker for June’s meeting will be Dr. Jean-Bernard Caron. He is the Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Caron studied the problematic animal Banffia constricta from the Burgess Shale for his Diplôme d’Études Approfondies (M.Sc. equivalent) in Palaeontology, Sedimentology and Chronology from the University Claude-Bernard in Lyon, France, before completing his doctoral dissertation at the University of Toronto in 2004 on the taphonomy and community palaeoecology of the Burgess Shale. Dr. Caron’s research lab primarily focuses on fossilization processes, ecology, phylogeny, and diversity of Burgess Shale animals. Field-based research is an important aspect of his work and Dr. Caron leads regular fieldwork activities to the Canadian Rockies primarily to study how the Burgess Shale biota changed through space and time in response to ecological, evolutionary and environmental factors.
We do still ask that, for the safety of our members, that attendees please continue to follow the same rules as previous months. Masks must be worn at all times and no food or drink are to be brought or will be served. We continue to follow these rules to protect our members and so they feel safe and welcomed.
We hope you can make it to the meeting whether it be in person or on line as it is the last meeting before the summer break.