Fwd: Community-collaborative research - APECS Canada Resources

Hi Everyone,

Over the past couple of years, a few APECS Canada members got together to summarize a workshop session that focused on community-collaborative research during the IPY 2012 conference for publication in Arctic as in InfoNorth essay. In this article, APECS Canada members reflect on their experience working with northern communities, summarize key themes that are essential for building northern relationships, and provide recommendations for other early career researchers to carry forward community-collaborative research.

As part of this essay, members from APECS Canada have put together several resources to help early career researchers in Canada interested in community collaborative research navigate the many resources available. A special resource page was created on our website to provide access to these resources.  http://www.apecs.is/en/get-involved/national-committees/apecs-canada-sp-1927085779/canadian-resources/ccr-resources

The article is attached, please distribute to those that you know who are working with northern communities.

Cheers,

Jana

General Invitation for “Pan-Arctic Science & Policy: How can Early Career Researchers shape the future?” at Arctic Change, Ottawa, 2014

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to invite you to attend and/or submit your abstract to our session entitled "Pan-Arctic Science & Policy: How can Early Career Researchers shape the future?" to be held at the Arctic Change Conference in Ottawa (8-12 December 2014). Please find the session description below this message.

The general deadline to submit your abstract is Oct. 3, 2014 and registration deadline is Oct. 31, 2014.

To submit an abstract, please visit the following links:

Link to abstract submission: http://www.arcticnetmeetings.ca/ac2014/call_abstracts.php

Link to meeting: http://www.arcticnetmeetings.ca/ac2014/index.php

For the full list of sessions click at: http://www.arcticnetmeetings.ca/ac2014/topical-sessions.php

 

Also, please note that:

• No funds are available to support presentations (you must cover all costs associated with the conference attendance).
• We cannot guarantee that abstracts will eventually appear in this session.

Personal invitations to experts in the field/topic have been sent, including our Invited Co-chair, John Crump, a senior advisor with the Climate Change, Polar & Cryosphere Division at UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Norway. We hope that you will be able to participate, attend or present your work in our session at Arctic Change.

Best regards, 

Nikolaus & Adam

Arctic Change, Ottawa, 2014, Session:

Title of session / Titre de la session: Pan-Arctic Science & Policy:  How can Early Career Researchers shape the future?

Session description / Description de la session: The circumpolar Arctic is undergoing rapid environmental, social, and geopolitical change. For example, scientific evidence is pointing to increases in ice free conditions, leading to extended shipping routes and greater access to natural resources. These rapid developments affect Arctic communities and ecosystems, making it important to engage in discussions regarding the future of science and the role that research can play in the Arctic policy process. Today's circumpolar Arctic research is driven by a large group of Early Career Researchers (ECRs) studying social, political, and natural science issues. These ECRs often work directly within communities on locally relevant issues.  The wealth of knowledge accumulated by ECRs often extends beyond their graduate thesis, making it vital to harvest these experiences by engaging in cross-disciplinary knowledge exchanges. Several global networks unite these active young minds in an aim to increase communication and interaction between researchers in a sparse Arctic setting – e.g. the international Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), with an increasing number of national committees; and the national level ArcticNet Student Association. These networks often permeate beyond researchers and have increasingly reached out to existing Arctic communities and organizations in order to effectively build ECR capacity to engage in research relevant to northern interests. Indeed, today's ECRs will be future partners for Arctic communities, leaders in non-academic research organizations, and Principal Investigators and supervisors for the next generation of student researchers.  Thus, policies and decisions of today will be of the greatest importance to ECRs as they progress in their careers, making it important to include their perspectives in the policy process. This session aims to push the envelope of ECRs by asking presenters to share ideas on the future of Arctic science and the repercussions for Arctic policy and decision making. We thus encourage submissions by community leaders, ECRs, mentors, and 'established' PIs. Submissions of original research as well as new ideas or proposals that identify gaps in Arctic science policy are invited. Presentations should cover geopolitical, natural sciences, and social challenges and how these disciplines can be integrated. Thought provoking presentations on topics that lead to 'big-picture' discussion amongst participants are encouraged. -- Dr. Nikolaus Gantner Ecosystem Science and Management Program (ESM) Northern Analytical Laboratory Services (NALS) University of Northern British Columbia 3333 University Way, Prince George, BC Canada, V2N 4Z9 Voice: +1 (250) 960 5168 eMail: nikolaus.gantner@unbc.ca Adam Houben PhD Candidate Chemical and Environmental Toxicology Department of Biology University of Ottawa 30 Marie Curie, Ottawa, ON Canada, K1N 6N5 Voice: (613) 562-5800 ext-6341 eMail: ahouben@uottawa.ca APECS-Canada - Board of Directors ---