Arctic Speaker Series 2018-19 | Arctic Institute of North America

We are pleased to announce the Arctic Speaker Series for 2018-19.
Talks will be held on the third Thursday of the month. They will begin at 6:00 pm and are free and open to the public.

Please note the location may not always be the same from month to month.

Date	Speaker
September 20, 2018	Rhonda Clark, Energy Bioengineering & Geomicrobiology Group, University of Calgary The microbial world in the Arctic: Environmental baselines and first responders. ROOM: SB146
October 18, 2018	NSTP Student Symposium This will run 6:00-8:00 pm Tessa Baker, Andrew Clark, Patrick Duke, Andrea Hanke, Samantha Jones, Naima Jutha, Samira Samimi, Keegan Shaw, Kent Spiers ROOM: Science Theatre 132
November 15, 2018	Eric Solomon, Ocean Wise Conservation Association Barriers to Bridges: youth bridging research and communities in Canada's Arctic. ROOM: Science Theatre 132
December 2018	No lecture
January 24, 2019	Tom Lawson, CMM, CD, General (Ret'd) Thomas J. Lawson & Associates ROOM: Last Defence Lounge, 350 MacEwan Student Centre
February 21, 2019	Evan Richardson, Wildlife Research Division of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) ROOM: Science B 146
March 21, 2019	Trevor Bell, Memorial University ROOM: Science B 142
April 18, 2019	Karen Ryan, Canadian Museum of History ROOM: Science B 105

Karen Ryan April 18, 2019
Karen Ryan discussed "Finding Franklin? The Story Behind Death in the Ice – The Mystery of the Franklin Expedition Exhibition"

Trevor Bell March 21, 2019
Trevor Bell discussed "Empowering Indigenous communities to adapt to changing climate through social enterprise"

Senator Dennis Patterson, March 12, 2019
Senator Patterson spoke about "Solutions for Northern Canadians - one northerner’s vision"

Evan Richardson, February 21, 2019
Evan Richardson will discuss "Polar bears: the ecology of a threatened species"

General Tom Lawson, January 24, 2019
General Tom Lawson, will discuss "Canadian Arctic Sovereignty: The Importance of Being There."

Eric Solomon, November 15, 2018
Eric Solomon, Director of Arctic Programs at Ocean Wise Conservation Association, will discuss "Barriers to Bridges: youth bridging research and communities in Canada's Arctic."

NSTP Student Symposium, October 18, 2018
Presentations by Tessa Baker, Andrew Clark, Patrick Duke, Samantha Jones, Kent Spiers

Pre-recorded presentation by Andrea Hanke

Poster presentations by Naima Jutha, Samira Samimi, Keegan Shaw (click on poster image to see larger version)

Rhonda Clark, September 20, 2018
Rhonda Clark, Research Project Coordinator Energy Bioengineering & Geomicrobiology Group, discusses "The Microbial World in the Arctic: Environmental Baselines and First Responders".