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The ACUNS-APECS: Communities of Change - Building an IPY Legacy
9th Annual ACUNS International Student Conference on Northern Studies
October 2 to 5, 2009
Yukon College - Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

ACUNS and APECS, in partnership with Yukon College, are soliciting Abstracts that encompass the following areas:

• 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.

The ACUNS-APECS: Communities of Change - Building an IPY Legacy Conference will highlight research occurring at both poles, including interactions between the cryosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere and society.

Inter-disciplinary sessions will be arranged based on the number and breadth of Abstracts submitted.

Submission Deadline: April 15, 2009

For guidelines and more information about the Abstract Submission and the conference in general, please visit: www.communitiesofchange.ca

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