Call for Abstracts
ACUNS-APECS: Communities of Change - Building an IPY Legacy
9th Annual ACUNS International Student Conference on Northern Studies
Yukon College - Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
2-5 October 2009
Abstract Submission Deadline: Wednesday, 15 April 2009
For further information, please go to:
http://www.communitiesofchange.ca
ACUNS and APECS, in partnership with Yukon College, announce a call for
abstracts for the upcoming "Communities of Change - Building an IPY
Legacy" conference, to be held 2-5 October 2009, in Whitehorse, Yukon,
Canada.
The ACUNS-APECS: Communities of Change - Building an IPY Legacy
Conference will highlight research occurring at both poles, including
interactions between the cryosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere
and society. Inter-disciplinary sessions will be arranged based on the
number and breadth of abstracts submitted.
Abstracts are solicited in the following areas:
- The impact of sustainable development, economic activity, and polar
law on communities, governance, and natural habitats;
- The use of natural, physical, and social sciences to help understand
the causes and effects of the changing polar climate;
- Changes to polar marine and terrestrial communities over the short
and long term; and
- Changes in research communities and how research is undertaken in the
polar regions.
The submission deadline is Wednesday, 15 April 2009.
Abstracts should be less than 500 words and submitted in English.
Submissions must be accompanied by brief biographies of the presenting
authors (less than 150 words). For further guidelines and more
information about the conference, please go to:
http://www.communitiesofchange.ca.