Monday, July 4, 2016

Fwd: Volunteers needed for SCAR Wikibomb event "Celebrating Women in Antarctic Research"

Hello ehPECS'ers!

Want to participate in an event that helps raise the profile of women in polar science?? See below on how to participate and help in the upcoming SCAR Wikibomb event to get more notable polar scientists onto Wikipedia and celebrate Women in Antarctic Research! 

Cheers,
Meagan


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Meagan Grabowski, MSc
APECS Canada -International Relations

Begin forwarded message:

From: Gerlis Fugmann <gerlis.fugmann@apecs.is>
Subject: Volunteers needed for SCAR Wikibomb event "Celebrating Women in Antarctic Research"
Date: June 29, 2016 at 2:29:12 PM PDT
Cc: Rachel downey <rachel.v.downey@gmail.com>

Hi NC reps,

I'm passing on the below message from our Council co-chair Rachel Downey. She's among others the APECS link on the SCAR Wikibomb event "Celebrating Women in Antarctic Research" (http://www.scar.org/outreach/women) organized as part of the upcoming SCAR OSC 2016 in Kuala Lumpur and she's looking for additional volunteers. 

Please get in touch with her if you are interested to help and feel free to pass on to your NC leaderships! You don't have to attend the conference to help :)

Cheers,

Gerlis



Dear National Committee Reps,

SCAR 2016 are organising a special event to celebrate and raise the visibility of female Antarctic researchers on Wikipedia. We have had over 150 nominations for notable women scientists, and we a currently working on getting these biographies onto Wikipedia. We are asking for volunteers for a few of their hours to help gather information about our nominated women to help us achieve our aim. 
We are particularly looking for volunteers from these countries: Belgium, Russia, Argentina, China, Bulgaria, Japan, Canada, as nominated women scientists from these countries are still under-represented in Wikipedia. 

Please contact either myself (Rachel Downey: rachel.v.downey@gmail.com), Jenny Baeseman (jbaeseman@gmail.com), or Jan Strugnell (jan.strugnell@gmail.com) if you would like to help us in achieving our goal.

Many thanks, 
Rachel Downey


Dr. Gerlis Fugmann
Executive Director - Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)

APECS International Directorate 
UiT - The Arctic University of Norway
Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics (BFE)
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Norway

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