Arctic Speaker Series 2014-15

We are pleased to announce the Arctic Speaker Series for 2014-15

The talks will take place the third Wednesday of the month 

The talks begin at 4:00pm and are free & open to the public

 

Date Room Speaker Title
September 17, 2014 SB 142 NSTP Recipients  Northern Field Work
October 22, 2014 SB 142 Patty Wells  Modern and Ancient Seascapes from Newfoundland’s Inshore Coastal Region
November 19, 2014 SB 142 Hester Jiskoot  A Dutch Whale of a Tale in 1710: East Greenland's oldest weather & sea ice records in a chronicle of Arctic survival.
January 23 2015 ES-1040
70th Anniversary Open House
February 25, 2015 SB 142 David Natcher  The Maintenance of Indigenous Food Systems in Border Regions of Northern Canada 
March 18, 2015 SB 142 Gabriela Ibarguchi  Cold-adapted biodiversity in changing landscapes - a tripolar perspective 
April 15, 2015 SB 142 Nelta Edwards Housing Adequacy in the Canadian and US Arctic: Comparisons and Measurement Dilemmas

 

NSTP Recipients
Sept. 17, 2014 
Northern Studies Training Program (NSTP) recipients gave us an inside look at their summers of field work and explaining more about the NSTP program to interested students.

Michelle Blade, Jessie Fraser, Tyler Murchie, Sarah St. Germain, Josh Sullivan.
Colleen Hughes also presented, but we are unable to post her video until the research has been published- stay tuned. 

 

Patty Wells

October 22, 2014

Patty discussed 'Modern and Ancient Seascapes from Newfoundland's Inshore Coastal Region"

 

 

Hester Jiskoot
November 19, 2014

Hester discussed "A Dutch Whale of a Tale in 1710: East Greenland's oldest weather & sea ice records in a chronicle of Arctic survival"

 

David Natcher
February 25, 2015

David discussed "The Maintenance of Indigenous Food Systems in Border Regions of Northern Canada"

 

Gabriela Ibarguchi

March 18, 2015

Gabriela discussed "Cold-adapted biodiversity in changing landscapes - a tripolar perspective"

 

Nelta Edwards

April 15, 2015

Nelta discussed "Housing Adequacy in the Canadian and US Arctic: Comparisons and Measurement Dilemmas"