University of Manitoba professors react to Dr. David Barber’s sudden passing
He was best recognized in the science community for his work on snow over sea ice and has spent plenty of time up north with fellow U of M colleagues, including Papakyriakou.“He was able to take a really complex idea and just simplify it down to something that that people would understand. And it was really the skill that that made him such a great ambassador for the science and for the north,” continued Papakyriakou.
One of his former teachers and longtime friends, Rick Baydack, is still coming to terms with Barber’s death.“I’ve been a faculty member for just about 45 years and I was Dave’s masters adviser, probably about 40 years ago when he finished his master of natural resources management,” said Baydack.“We did some hunting together. We’re both avid waterfowl hunters,” Baydack said.
“We spent early mornings and late afternoons out in a field or in a marsh trying to bring something home to our families.” A celebration of life will be held for Dr. Barber on April 23 beginning at 1 p.m. inside the engineering atrium at the University of Manitoba.U of M study suggests shift to more rain than snow in the Arctic coming earlier than expected – Nov 30, 2021