U OF A Northern Speaker Series

Tuesday, 12 February 2008; 16:00 (4 p.m.) start
EAS Conference Room (3-36 Tory Building)

Arctic National Parks, Land Claims, and Wilderness

Vicki Sahanatien, PhD Candidate, Department of Biological Sciences

ABSTRACT: Arctic national parks are magnificent: they are vast, protect a diversity of arctic ecosystems, and contribute to maintaining cultural traditions. Comprehensive land claims in the NWT, Nunavut and Yukon have played an important role in the creation of wilderness protected areas and are the catalysts for new approaches in cooperative management.

BIOSKETCH: Vicki is a doctoral student and is studying polar bear ecology and climate change in Foxe Basin, Nunavut. Before becoming a graduate student she was the Manager of Resource Conservation, of the Nunavut Field Unit – Parks Canada in Iqaluit.

Everyone welcome! Refreshments Served!
Bring your coffee mug.

The Northern Speaker Series is sponsored by the CSA in
collaboration with the Canadian Circumpolar Institute (CCI) at the University of Alberta

Date
Tuesday February 12, 2008
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Location
North Campus: Tory Building, Henry Marshall 3-36 Tory