{"id":936,"date":"2015-04-23T15:43:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T15:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/northernresearch\/?p=936"},"modified":"2026-02-12T10:37:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:37:36","slug":"reminder-demystifying-the-arctic-earth-day-panel-art-exhibition-one-week-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/northernresearch\/2015\/reminder-demystifying-the-arctic-earth-day-panel-art-exhibition-one-week-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder : Demystifying the Arctic Earth Day Panel & Art exhibition one week away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Join us, and special guest Ambassador Bruce Heyman<\/a> on #EarthDay<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

to Celebrate the Launch of the Fulbright Arctic Initiative and<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fulbright Canada’s 25th Anniversary <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Demystifying the Arctic:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earth Day Arctic Panel and Art Exhibition<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Watch video<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

April 22, 2015, Ottawa City Hall, Jean Piggot Place, 110 Laurier Ave West, Ottawa, ON<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free and open to the public<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Panel 1: 8:30 \u2013 12:00 “The Unravelling of the Arctic”<\/span><\/b><\/a>, Hosted by The Canadian Climate Forum, Arctic 21, and WWF<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Panel 2:  12:30 \u2013 14:00 “Challenges of Conducting Research in the Arctic”<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panel and lunch hosted by Fulbright Canada<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special guest Ambassador Bruce Heyman<\/a> will give opening remarks on the importance of Canada-US partnership in Arctic research. This panel will consider the physical, fiscal, and intellectual challenges of conducting research in the Arctic. It will present an overview of the Fulbright Arctic Initiative, a new program designed to promote innovative, interdisciplinary research, and create a network of researchers across the Arctic Council region.  <\/span>Dr. Michael K. Hawes<\/span><\/a>, CEO Fulbright Canada, will give welcoming remarks, <\/span>Dr. Michael Sfraga<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Dr. Ross A. Virginia<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> co-lead scholars of the Fulbright Arctic Initiative will discuss these topics based on their personal research challenges, and  <\/span>Tracy Coates<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>JD, will discuss the importance of traditional and local knowledge in Arctic research.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Program:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:30 \u2013 12:40 Lunch and Inuit welcoming ceremony by Elder <\/span>Sally Kate Qimmiunaaq Webster<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:40 \u2013 12:50 Opening address by <\/span>Ambassador Bruce Heyman<\/span><\/a><\/b>, United States Embassy to Canada, and by <\/span>Dr. Michael K. Hawes<\/span><\/a>, CEO Fulbright Canada, Professor of Political Studies (on leave), Queen\u2019s University<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:50 \u2013 13:05 <\/span>Dr. Michael Sfraga<\/span><\/a>, Co-Lead Scholar of the Fulbright Arctic Initiative Vice Chancellor, University of Alaska Fairbanks<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

13:05 \u2013 13:20 <\/span>Dr. Ross A. Virginia<\/span><\/a>, Co-Lead Scholar of the Fulbright Arctic Initiative Director, Institute of Arctic Studies, Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

13:20 \u2013 13:35 <\/span>Tracy Coates<\/span><\/a>, JD,  University of Ottawa, Institute of Canadian and Aboriginal Studies. A strategic and creative consultant and educator in the area of critical theory, law and Indigenous knowledge.  Tracy is of Mohawk ancestry from the Turtle clan.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

13:35 \u2013 14:00 Open Discussion<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RSVP by Monday April 20, 2015 to <\/span>rdixon@fulbright.ca<\/span><\/a> with subject line \u201cArctic Panel\u201d to participate in the lunch panel<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

“Under the Same Stars  (Ulluriat ataanittuinnait)”<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photographic Exhibition<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch Video<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Arctic Art Exhibition April  22 – 24, 2015<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hosted by Fulbright Canada with the support of the Fulbright Canada-RBC Eco-Leadership Program<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

350 Albert St., Constitution Square Lobby, Ottawa, ON<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Under the Same Stars (Ulluriat ataanittuinnait) is an exhibit of original photography by Fulbright Canada grantee, <\/span>Acacia Johnson<\/span><\/a>, who will be present for the duration of the exhibition. The central theme of the show demonstrates that shared experiences in the Arctic, across all cultures and communities, tie us together. Acacia\u2019s work depicts the reality of everyday life during the long winter months on Baffin Island.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on the art exhibition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Be a part of the discussion<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"@FulbrightCanada<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

#EarthDay #FulbrightArctic<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Join us, and special guest Ambassador Bruce Heyman on #EarthDay to Celebrate the Launch of the Fulbright Arctic Initiative and Fulbright Canada’s 25th Anniversary  Demystifying the Arctic: Earth Day Arctic Panel and Art Exhibition Watch video April 22, 2015, Ottawa City Hall, Jean Piggot Place, 110 Laurier Ave West, Ottawa, ON Free and open to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":"null"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/northernresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/northernresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/northernresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/northernresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/northernresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/northernresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":944,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/northernresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936\/revisions\/944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/northernresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/northernresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/northernresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/northernresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}