UPCOMING EVENTS

July 2010

August 2010

September 2010

Decolonizing Indigenous Health Research Conference - September 8th to 10th, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
The conference will bring together community members, educators, health workers, researchers, and students to meet and to learn from each other about current issues, practice, and research findings related to Indigenous health.

2010 Arctic Science Conference, Water: Integrating Health, Habitat, and Economy - September 13th to 15th, Anchorage, Alaska
Increasingly rapid global change now presents Alaska with emerging challenges. Many of these lie at the interface of water and society as an ever-crowded world grapples with balancing quality, supply, and demand. Water is life and our approaches to its management, conservation and utilization will determine the survival and well-being of billions of people, both today and for the foreseeable future. How do we develop the North such that it is resilient and responsive? The conference will seek a better understanding of the issues that surround water ranging from food security to its role in health and sustaining the economy.

9th Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society - September 23rd to 25th, Fredericton, New Brunswick
This conference will discuss current findings on rural and Northern health issues and explore means for enhancing communication between researchers and policy makers.

October 2010

Northern Research Forum 6th Open Assembly: "Our Ice Dependent World" - October 24th to 27th, Oslo and Kirkenes, Norway
The 6th NRF Open Assembly will focus on the interrelationships of human and environmental dimensions of ice in a global context, and particularly in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and the Himalayans. Discussions are expected to highlight the role of research, the social relevance of science, and community in addressing the issues globally.

17th Inuit Studies Conference - October 28th to 30th, Val d'Or, Quebec, Canada
The conference proposes that the various dimensions of relations between the Inuit (of the different northern states) and other Aboriginal peoples of the world be explored through a variety of sub-themes: the environment, climate change, economic development, the issues connected to languages and cultures, and education (teacher training and academic success).

November 2010

Understanding Circumpolar Ecosystems in a Changing World: Outcomes of the International Polar Year - November 3rd to 6th, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
To understand the current and future structure, diversity, and functioning of the circumpolar region, it is important to understand how climate and disturbance interact and the implications of these interactions for ecological, economic, and cultural sustainability of the circumpolar region. The conference will include sessions on these and related topics in terrestrial environments (not oceans).

The 7th International Kastelli Symposium 2010: People in a Changing World - November 18th to 19th, Oulu, Finland
The Symposium and preceding pre-conference course cover the long-term historical research and forecasting of the future of human-environment relationships with respect to health, economic- and socio-cultural wellbeing, societal resilience, adaptation and transformability, vulnerability in different scales, and human communication. Case studies on environmental and economic changes and their socio-cultural effects help students to understand how people will affect communities and cultures, their self-image, and ultimately, their health.

December 2010

Second International Symposium on Arctic Research - December 7th to 9th, Tokyo, Japan
The Arctic and surrounding sub-Arctic are key areas for the study of global change because the anthropogenic impact is projected to be the largest in this area due to its complicated feedback processes. The arctic region has seen dramatic change in recent years. In order to understand the feedback processes and to project future changes, we need to exchange more knowledge and information than ever, by combining different scientific communities under the common interest of the arctic region.

Session GC23 - The Future of Polar Science: The Path Beyond the IPY: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting - December 13th to 17th, San Francisco, California
Presentations will look at where we are now and what is next in understanding physical and biological systems, the role of the poles in the evolution of global systems, social changes in northern regions, education and outreach, and the interface between science and policy.

January 2011

28th Annual Health Summit:Starting Upstream: Creating Healthy Communities - January 10th to 12th, Anchorage, Alaska
Summit Tracks include: Workforce, Social and Economic Determinants, Public Health Science, Systems and Environmental Change, and Innovative Public Health Practice.

Polar Worlds Conference - Environmental and Social Sciences to Understand Observed Changes - January 26th to 28th, Paris, France
A unique feature of this event will be to put different scientific communities (anthropology, linguistics, history, archaeology, geography, geomorphology, hydrology, glaciology, biology, climatology, health…) into common work sessions. This approach is based on the experience of the “Polar Mutations: Environment and Societies” research group hosted by the National Centre for Scientific Research (GDR 3062, CNRS, France). This group is organising the conference and has been promoting interdisciplinarity in arctic studies for 30 years.

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June 2011

Seventh Congress of the International Arctic Social Sciences - June 22nd to 26th, Akureyri, Iceland
The congress will offer various venues to share Arctic social science research and to analyse the outcome of IPY in social, human, and related fields. This includes special project sessions, discussion panels, plenary presentations, and invited talks.