Eastern and Western Arctic research webinars-call for abstracts

Hi everyone,

APECS Canada is going to organize an Eastern Canadian Arctic and a Western Canadian Arctic webinars in April. We are looking for participants to present an online poster of 15 minutes + questions. If interested, please submit  a short description of research/poster (250 words) to chavarie@ualberta.ca. 

cheers

Louise Chavarie

optional: lost umbrella

Sorry to abuse the mailing list for this, but an umbrella was found at the Vancouver bar where the social was held on Tuesday. If it's yours, go claim it at the registration desk.
Cheers, JS

Social TONIGHT at ArcticNet Vancouver 2012

Hi ehPECS!

just a reminder that we have organized a social event at the Irish Heather tonight as part of the ArcticNet meeting.

Join us at 7h30 at the Irish Heather, 210 Carrall Street in Vancouver's Gastown.

For directions: http://tinyurl.com/dy59zvg

Cheers, 

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Jean-Sébastien Moore

Reminder APECS CANADA Webinar Series #2: Techniques to improve your field and research photos in Polar regions

Hi,

a quick reminder that we are having our second webinar tomorrow!

Reserve your Webinar Seat Now at:

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/605114593 
Direct link to attend meeting:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/ojoin/605114593/3008831   ID number of this webinar is: 605114593 

cheers

Louise

APECS CANADA Webinar Series #2: Techniques to improve your field and research photos in Polar regions

Dear members,

Join us for a Webinar on December 6:Techniques to improve your field and research photos in Polar regions

Reserve your Webinar Seat Now at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/605114593  Direct link to attend meeting: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/ojoin/605114593/3008831   ID number of this webinar is: 605114593  - Equipment 101: What and why it is important in the Polar regions.  - How to find a perfect frame: My top 10 techniques for better pictures.  - Field and research photos in Polar regions: Specific techniques and tips for Polar research pictures you can use for thesis, paper, poster, conference or outreach presentation.  - (If there is some extra time: secrets of picture editing). Date: Thursday, December 6, 2012 Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST - Piotr Angiel is an APECS Canada member as well as a professional nature, landscape and travel photographer. His Polar experience includes research and photography in Antarctica, Iceland, North Russia, and Canada. He is best known from his landscape and wildlife photographs he took during over two years of field research in Antarctica. His Antarctic photographs exhibition was presented during the International Year of Planet Earth (UNESCO) in Portugal 2008, and had over 15,000 visitors attended. His photos were used as covers of PNAS and Geografiska Annaler journals, and printed in numerous magazines. He has a strong desire to share his Polar passion with the community and he has done it by presenting over 75 outreach presentations using research photos. System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server Macintosh®-based attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer Mobile attendees Required: iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phone or Android tablet cheers Louise Chavarie & Piotr Angiel

ehPECS social at ArcticNet in Vancouver

Hello ehPECS members,

will you be at the ArcticNet conference in Vancouver in December? If yes, come and join us for a couple of drinks the first night of the conference, Tuesday December 11th, after the opening reception ice-breaker. 

We have a reservation for 7h30 at the Irish Heather in Vancouver's historic Gastown:

A map: http://goo.gl/maps/dqhHt

The pub's webpage: http://www.irishheather.com/

See you there! 

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Jean-Sébastien Moore

PhD candidate

Biodiversity Research Centre 

& Dept. of Zoology

University of British Columbia

6270 University Blvd 

Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4

ph: 1.604.908.9665 fax: 1.604.822.2416

www.zoology.ubc.ca/~jsmoore/

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Fwd: ArcticNet Student Day registration Deadline - November 20th

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jean-Sébastien Moore <jsmoore@zoology.ubc.ca>
Date: Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Subject: ArcticNet Student Day registration Deadline - November 20th
To: canada-board@apecs.is

Hello everyone,
The November 20th deadline for applications to this year's student day, running December 10-11th, is fast approaching! Please follow this link to submit an application:

http://www.arcticnetmeetings.ca/asm2012/programme/studentday.php

This year's Student Day is very different from past years, with workshops that feature Inuit throat singing, art and documentaries, Arctic survival skills, and exchanges between scientific and traditional knowledge! It is free and should only take a few minutes of your time. Please note that if you have indicated you would like to participate in student day on the conference application, you still need to fill out this form at https://adobeformscentral.com/?f=XHzDm2ZgnYLqkuNmjvvMMA

You can also stay up to date on this event and other activities of the ASA by following us on twitter (https://twitter.com/ArcticNetSA) or Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/ArcticNetSA?ref=nf).

Thanks to everyone who has already completed the application and joined our social media pages.

Sincerely,

Karley and Emily
ArcticNet Student Association