PROJECT OVERVIEW
The Canadian Mountain Assessment (CMA) is advancing an innovative, made-in-Canada approach to knowledge sharing that brings together Indigenous and Western scientific ways of knowing to address three fundamental questions: what do we know, not know, and need to know about Canada’s diverse and rapidly changing mountain systems? The Assessment will include insights from both peer-reviewed literature and First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledges of mountain systems. Individual Assessment chapter teams will strive for balance of Indigenous and non-Indigenous authors. The final assessment report will provide a first-of-its-kind look at the state of knowledge of Canada’s mountains, including the relative scope of knowledge across topics and geographies, based on diverse lines of evidence. The CMA provides a platform for connecting and mobilizing researchers, practitioners, and Indigenous Peoples with knowledge of mountains, and is therefore helping to catalyze a community of practice related to mountains in Canada.
Website:
https://canadianmountainnetwork.ca/canadian-mountain-assessment/CALL FOR AUTHORS
CMA authors should be recognized as 1. Established or emerging academic experts 2. First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledge holders or 3. non-academic specialists (e.g. mountain guides, tourism operators, writers) with expertise/knowledge relevant to Canadian mountain systems. The CMA is seeking authors and contributors who reside within Canada, or in exceptional circumstances, authors from outside of Canada who have specific expertise relevant to Canadian mountain systems.
TIMELINE
Chapter teams will be finalized in the summer of 2021. Authorship activities will take place over the following year, concluding in the winter of 2022, when final chapter drafts will be submitted and the CMA prepared for publication.
LEVELS OF AUTHORSHIP
Coordinating Lead Authors (CLAs) are the chapter leads. They have overall responsibility for chapter preparation, chapter team management, delivery of drafts, the satisfactory treatment of reviewer feedback, and, ultimately, the timely completion of the final draft of the chapter. They are highly knowledgeable, motivated, and capable individuals who ensure the our commitment to respectful knowledge sharing as fundamental to the conceptual and ethical foundations of the CMA.
Lead Authors (LAs) provide significant input in writing and revising their chapter; they are responsible for drafting specified sections within chapters, as agreed with the CLAs. Working with the CLAs, LAs support the our commitment to respectful knowledge sharing. CLAs must have significant relevant experience/knowledge.
Contributing Authors (CAs) provide specific knowledge or expertise on a given topic and/or are substantially involved in targeted analyses in support of the chapter and/or the production of figures/graphs.
BENEFITS OF AUTHORSHIP
CMA is a high impact project, comparable in scope to previous large-scale assessments such as the Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment, and IPCC reports. Authors will benefit from association with this foundational assessment effort, which is expected to inform the mountain research and policy agenda in Canada for years to come. Authors will also have the opportunity to connect with leading scholars and knowledge holders, and will benefit from active engagement in advancing ethical and conceptual foundations for knowledge sharing. The CMA will also facilitate online small group workshops in support of sharing knowledge and expertise, and building integrated understandings of mountain systems in Canada.
WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU
Please fill out the self-nominate form below.
Self-nominations will be accepted until July 16, 2021, but submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis for qualified applicants. Please note that only those being considered for authorship will be contacted.
Thank you for your interest in joining the CMA! Feel free to circulate this call widely among your networks. For any questions, please contact CMA Project Assistant Madison Stevens at:
madisonpstevens@gmail.com.