This October, Yukon College in Whitehorse is pleased to host the 9th ACUNS International Student Conference on Northern Studies – Communities of Change – Building an IPY Legacy – in partnership with the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) and the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS).
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MAST is the unique, established first-in-class global conference and trade-show for senior maritime defence and security leaders, organised by an international committee of authoritative, influential government, research/academia, and industry decision makers.
MAST creates an unparalleled annual forum at which future capabilities and concepts issues are discussed and debated by the world’s leading – surface, submarine and joint operations – authorities; and enabling technologies (at research, development or deployment stages) are presented.
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The Arctic Conference is an informal annual gathering of scientists whose research is oriented toward human dimensions at high latitudes. Join other archeologists, anthropologists, ecologists, and geologists to share new findings and plan collaborative research activities.
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The 50th anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in Washington, D.C. will be on 1 December 2009. To celebrate this international landmark and the global vision of the twelve original signatories, the Antarctic Treaty Summit: Science-Policy Interactions in International Governance will be convened from 30 November through 3 December 2009 at the Smithsonian Institution to highlight lessons learned about international governance "with the interests of science and the progress of all mankind."
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To bring early career Arctic and Antarctic researchers together for a series of career development training sessions to develop professional skill, work with senior mentors, and develop international and interdisciplinary collaborations.
The CBR panel discussion will address the importance and practice of CBR and a round table break out session will discuss how to meet CBR training needs. We will discuss how to develop a training process and curriculum with the leadership of international indigenous community leaders, elders, scientists, and early career scientists. We will also address the idea of a pilot CBR field school in association with the 2010 Northern Research Forum Open Assembly and an associated implementation plan.
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The COP15 conference is the fifteenth Conference of the Parties under the United Nations’ Climate Change Convention. The conference will take place from 7 december to 18 December 2009. The conference will take place in the Bella Center in Copenhagen.
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