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Are you interested in issues relating to the Arctic, climate change, the environment, or Inuit culture?
Would you like to know more about these topics? Would you like to help improve the situation?
Apply to be part of the Polar Perspectives Youth Forums for International Polar Year!
This exciting educational opportunity has been taking place at 15 venues from coast to coast to coast in recognition of International Polar Year (IPY).
The youth forums are targeted at secondary-school students in different regions across Canada. These educational programs are full-day events and offer a unique opportunity to learn about:
Students with a strong interest in science and environmental leadership are encouraged to apply. Fifty students will be selected to attend each forum.
The design of the one-day youth forum is highly interactive, where students are challenged to make meaningful contributions during the forum and beyond. The format includes large group presentations as well as break-out discussion and action groups.
Videoconferencing has been effective in connecting youth in the Canadian Arctic with youth in the south. They have exchanged their thoughts, stories and perspectives on issues related to health, culture, climate change, conservation and sovereignty.
One of the intended outcomes of this educational programme includes the creation of a document of "IPY Commitments" that students will make at the conclusion of their forum.
The Polar Perspectives youth forums will leave an IPY legacy of new knowledge, understanding and interest in the polar regions among Canadians of all ages.
Successful applicants will be sent electronically a pre-forum handbook/package that includes information on IPY, the Arctic, Inuit culture, climate change, and forum itinerary and activities. Students are expected to read this handbook prior to participation in the forum.
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April 1 and 2, 2008
Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario
April 15, 2008
Eptek Art and Culture Centre, Summerside, Prince Edward Island
October 23, 2008
Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta
October 28, 2008
New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick
October 30, 2008
The Rooms Provincial Museum, St. John’s, Newfoundland
November 4, 2008
The Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba
November 6, 2008
Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Regina, Saskatchewan
November 17, 2008
Aqsarniit Middle School, Iqaluit, Nunavut
November 21, 2008
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
November 24, 2008
Royal BC Museum, Victoria, British Columbia
November 26, 2008
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, Halifax, Nova Scotia
December 1, 2008
Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
December 3, 2008
Montréal Biodôme, Montréal, Quebec
March 26, 2009
Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, Alberta
October 16, 2009
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario
The youth forums are part of Polar Perspectives, which includes a national speaker series. The forums and lectures are organized by the Canadian Museum of Nature with the Alliance of Natural History Museums of Canada, in partnership with Students on Ice.
Polar Perspectives partners also include Canadian Geographic Magazine, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, the National Inuit Youth Council, and the IPY Canadian Youth Steering Committee.
240 McLeod Street
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
(corner of Metcalfe Street)
613.566.4700
TTY: 613.566.4770
1.800.263.4433
TTY: 1.866.600.8801
