Communities of Change – Building an IPY Legacy
9th ACUNS International Student Conference on Northern Studies and Polar
Regions

October 2-5, 2009
Yukon College in Whitehorse, Yukon
Abstracts  submitted before 4:00 pm PST – April 30, 2009.
http://www.communitiesofchange.ca/index.html

The conference will highlight International Polar Year (IPY) activities
and changes to human and other communities as a result of factors such as
climate change, increased development and changes in scientific culture.

Conference Themes:

    *  The impact of sustainable development, economic activity and polar
law on communities, governance and natural habitats.

    * The use of natural, physical and social sciences to help understand
the causes and effects of the changing polar climate.

    * Changes to polar marine and terrestrial communities over the short
and long term.

    * Changes in research communities and how research is undertaken in
the Polar Regions.