Did you know... Northern Wheatears // Traquet motteux

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From the Did you know series:

Did you know that Iqaluit, Nunavut is one of the only places in North America where you can be sure to see a Northern Wheatear, a bird that can travel up to 290 kms a day?

The Northern Wheatear is a small songbird that overwinters in Africa each year, with some populations traveling from Africa to Canada via Europe and Greenland. Interestingly just around Iqaluit is one of the only places Wheatears have been recorded. 

So, the next time you are walking around Iqaluit, look out for this global flyer.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/15/this-tiny-songbird-makes-a-non-stop-14500-km-migration-each-year-from-alaska-to-africa/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2101530/Tiny-bird-weighs-spoons-sugar-baffles-scientists-18-000-mile-return-migration-journeys.html

This "Did you know" note was prepared by Jennifer Provencher and translated by Loreleï Guéry.

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Saviez-vous qu'Iqaluit au Nunavut est une des seules places en Amérique du Nord où vous pouvez être sûrs de voir le Traquet motteux, un oiseau capable de parcourir jusqu'à 290 km par jour?

Le Traquet motteux est un petit passereau insectivore qui hiverne en Afrique chaque année, avec certaines populations qui voyagent d'Afrique au Canada en passant par l'Europe et le Groenland. De façon intéressante, les alentours d'Iqaluit sont une des seules places où les Traquets Motteux peuvent être observés.

La prochaine fois que vous marcherez autour d'Iqaluit, partez à la recherche de ce volatil cosmopolite!

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/15/this-tiny-songbird-makes-a-non-stop-14500-km-migration-each-year-from-alaska-to-africa/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2101530/Tiny-bird-weighs-spoons-sugar-baffles-scientists-18-000-mile-return-migration-journeys.html

Cette capsule "Saviez-vous" vous a été présentée par Jennifer Provencher et traduit par Loreleï Guéry.

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Alexandre Bevington

Étudiant à la maîtrise / Master's Student
Département de Géographie / Department of Geography
Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa

abevi061@uottawa.ca

Webinar, February 4, 3pm EST time:Ten Ways to Put an Audience To Sleep and Ten Ways To Get Them Begging for More. The Elusive Art of Communicating Science.

Ten Ways to Put an Audience To Sleep and Ten Ways To Get Them Begging for More. The Elusive Art of Communicating Science.

When: February 4, 3 pm EST Time

Webinar ID: 764273104

Webinar registration: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/764273104

 by Ed Struzik

When I teach my course in science writing at the University of Alberta in Canada, I ask my students at the outset who they think is the most famous and influential scientist in country. Nine times out of ten, the answer is David Suzuki, a geneticist who once taught and conducted research at the University of British Columbia.

I then ask them whether they think he is the best, or most accomplished scientist in the country. Ten times out of ten, the answer is “no”. Why then, I ask, is he so famous and so influential? After some discussion, the answer becomes crystal clear to all. Suzuki is famous because he is a great communicator.

The art of science communication is not as elusive as most people think. It is easy, if you follow some basic rules, which I will outline and discuss in this webinar. 

Ed Struzik:

Canadian author and photographer Ed Struzik has been writing on the Arctic for three decades. His articles and photographs have appeared in dozens of magazines and newspapers, including Canadian Geographic, Equinox, International Wildlife (U.S.), Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and his own newspaper, the Edmonton Journal. Over the years, Ed Struzik has received many awards and honours for his work including the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy, the Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT at Cambridge, the Southern Fellowship at the University of Toronto and the Sir Sandford Fleming Medal, and the Michener-Deacon Fellowship. He is the author of two books - Northwest Passage and Ten Rivers Run Through It.

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Louise Chavarie

PhD Student, Ecology

University of Alberta

(780) 492-1298

Fwd: Call for Applications - NPRB Graduate Student Research Awards

Of interest to people working in the North Pacific

cations - NPRB Graduate Student Research Awards
To: Jennifer Provencher <jennifpro@gmail.com>

From: ArcticInfo <arcticinfo@list.arcus.org>

Subject: Call for Applications - NPRB Graduate Student Research Awards

Date: January 23, 2014 at 10:00:40 PM GMT+1

To: "ArcticInfo" <arcticinfo@list.arcus.org>

Call for Applications
Graduate Student Research Award Competition
North Pacific Research Board

Application deadline: Monday, 17 February 2014

For further information about the competition, please see:
http://s3.nprb.org/docs/2014_gsra_guidelines.pdf

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The North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) announces a call for
applications to the 2014 NPRB Graduate Student Research Award
Competition.

The application deadline is Monday, 17 February 2014

NPRB is offering up to six $25,000 awards (three for Master's students
and three for PhD students) to encourage students to pursue scientific
and scholarly research that addresses management issues in northern
seas. Students must be enrolled in or accepted by a graduate degree
program at an accredited university or
college by the application deadline.

Application deadline: Monday, 17 February 2014.

For further information about the competition and application
guidelines, please see: http://s3.nprb.org/docs/2014_gsra_guidelines.pdf.



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Who is attending the CMOS meeting in Rimouski?

Hi Everyone, 

Is anyone attending the CMOS meeting in Rimouski in June 1-5, 2014?

http://www.cmos.ca/congress2014/index.php/en/

There is some interest in organizing an event and it would be great to connect everyone who is attending. 

If you are, just let me know at jennifpro@gmail.com

Thanks!!!

Jenn

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Did you know... Great Bear Lake // Saviez-vous... Le Grand lac de l'Ours

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From the Did you know series:

The largest lake entirely in Canada is Great Bear Lake (32 000 km2) in the Northwest Territories. Only 15 species of fish live there, this is a low number for an arctic aquatic system...

However, an unusual intraspecific diversity in several species has been observed. One example is the four sympatric Lake Trout in shallow-water of Great Bear Lake coexist challenging the iconic diversity of Arctic char from Thingvallavatn Lake. Also, there is no better fishing in the world since Great Bear Lake hold world record for both Lake Trout (78.86 pounds) and Grayling.

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/great-bear-lake/

This "Did you know" note was prepared by Louise Chavarie

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Le plus grand lac qui est entièrement au Canada est le Grand lac de l'Ours (32 000 km2) au Territoires du Nord-Ouest. Seulement 15 espèces de poissons y résident, un nombre d'espèces plus faible que la norme d'un système aquatique arctique...

Cependant, une diversité intra-spécifique inhabituelle chez plusieurs espèces a été observée. Par exemple, le fait que quatre espèces sympatriques de truite grise en eaux peu-profondes coexistent ensemble conteste la diversité emblématique de l'omble de l'arctique du lac Thingvallavatn. En outre, c'est la meilleure pêche du monde, le Grand lac de l'Ours maintient le record mondial de truite grise (78,86 livres) et de l'ombre commun.

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/fr/article/great-bear-lake/

Cette capsule "Saviez-vous" vous a été présentée par Louise Chavarie

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Alexandre Bevington

Étudiant à la maîtrise / Master's Student
Département de Géographie / Department of Geography
Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa

abevi061@uottawa.ca

Did you know....CCGS Amundsen // Saviez-vous....NGCC Amundsen

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From the Did you know series:

Alright, so the CCGS Amundsen is on the Canadian 50$ bill, but what else is there to say aboot it? Well, the vessel is one of four medium weight Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers and is arguably the most iconic image of Canadian arctic research.

A proposal was made to the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to retrofit of the decommissioned CCGS Sir John Franklin (built in 1979), and it was approved in 2002. The new arctic research vessel was christened as the CCGS Amundsen on August 26, 2003. In its first five years of service the vessel travelled more than 114 000 km during a total of 1005 days at sea.

Though the official mandate of the research vessel focuses on the study of the Arctic Ocean, the vessel has also participated in projects such as the Canadian Shelf Exchange Study in 2003-04, the Inuit Health Survey in 2004, and a suite of ArcticNet projects from 2005 to date.

http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/

http://www.amundsen.ulaval.ca

This "Did you know" note was prepared by Alexandre Bevington

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Le NGCC Amundsen est sur le billet de $ 50 canadien… qu'a t-il de plus à dire? Et bien, ce navire est parmi quatre brise-glaces de taille moyenne de la Garde côtière canadienne et est sans doute l'image la plus emblématique de la recherche scientifique dans l'Arctique canadien.

Une proposition a été faite à la Fondation canadienne pour l'innovation (FCI) pour rénover le navire déclassé NGCC Sir John Franklin (construit en 1979), elle a été approuvée en 2002. Le nouveau navire de recherche a été baptisé le NGCC Amundsen le 26 Août 2003. Dans ses cinq premières années de service le navire a parcouru plus de 114 000 km lors d'un total de 1005 jours en mer.

Bien que le mandat officiel du navire a l'accent sur l'étude de l'océan Arctique, le navire a également participé à des projets tels que l'Étude internationale du plateau continental arctique canadien en 2003-04, l'enquête sur la santé des Inuits en 2004 nommé Qanuippitaa? (Comment allons nous?), et une série de projets d'ArcticNet entre 2005 et aujourd'hui.

http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/

http://www.amundsen.ulaval.ca

Cette capsule "Saviez-vous" vous a été présentée par Alexandre Bevington

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Alexandre Bevington

Étudiant à la maîtrise / Master's Student
Département de Géographie / Department of Geography
Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa

abevi061@uottawa.ca

Fwd: [APECS] Reminder: Register before January 19 for APECS Nordic Workshop "Connecting Early Career Researchers and Community-driven Research in the North"!!

Hi everyone!

Happy New Year!

Just a reminder about this great opportunity, note that there is travel funding available!!!

Jenn

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Subject: [APECS] Reminder: Register before January 19 for APECS Nordic Workshop "Connecting Early Career Researchers and Community-driven Research in the North"!!
To: apecs <apecs@tek.iarc.uaf.edu>

This is a reminder that the registration is open for the 2-day APECS workshop "Connecting Early Career Researchers and Community-driven Research in the North", 7-8 April 2014 hosted at the 2014 Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) in Helsinki, Finland! Registration deadline for those applying for the available travel funding is 19 January!

To register for the workshop, please to go the APECS Nordic Workshop Registration Form. We encourage registration of early career researchers, indigenous youth and elders, polar scientists and experts, particularly those working in Nordic countries. 

The workshop organizers have a limited amount of travel funding available for workshop participants provided by the generous support of several Travel Award Sponsors. Please see the eligibility criteria and other important information on those Travel Awards. Eligible participants who meet the funding criteria are able to apply for funding as part of the APECS Nordic Workshop Registration Form. Application deadline for the travel funding is 19 January 2014!

Please note: The workshop organizers are applying for more travel funding to cover travel and accommodation costs of workshop participants. More sponsors will be added over the coming months. If you currently don't meet the Travel Award criteria and still want to be put on a waiting list for Travel Awards as more become available, please also fill out the Travel Award application part of the Workshop registration by 19 January 2014!

Workshop Information

The APECS Workshop "Connecting Early Career Researchers and Community-driven Research in the North" is part of the APECS Nordic Project "Bridging Polar Early Career Researchers and Indigenous People in Nordic Countries" funded in part by the Nordic Council of Ministers (Norden). The workshop will bring together key stakeholders including mentors and experts and Early Career Researchers and Indigenous peoples, youth and local expert representatives among indigenous peoples, senior scientists, key representatives of international organizations and other media. Please visit the workshop website for a draft agenda and more information! Results from the workshop will be summarized and compiled into a report and translated into Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Sami and Danish and made available on the APESC Nordic webpage. 

Workshop participants are also encourage to attend parts of the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2014 and the Arctic Observing Summit. Registration for both is available here 

We look forward to seeing you at the APECS Nordic Workshop!

Please visit the APECS Nordic Project website for more information and contact info@apecs.is with questions.

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