Students, faculty and staff - Join the conversation about Polar education and research at the Polar Café, learn about northern and Polar research taking place at UNBC at the Polar Expo and experience the Polar regions at the Polar Theatre.

 

Polar Day Schedule:
 
Film-making Workshop
Wednesday February 8th, 2:00-4:00 pm
UNBC Room 5-176

Mark Terry will be hosting a film-making workshop where he talks about documentary filmmaking in general, and how to produce a professional feature film independently and get it sold for television broadcast domestically and internationally.
 
Film: “The Polar Explorer”
Mark Terry (Canadian Explorer and Documentary Film-maker)
Wednesday February 8th, 7:00-9:00 pm
UNBC Room 7-212

Mark Terry will be present for the evening screening and will answer questions following the film. 
 
Polar Expo and Cafe
Thursday February 9th, 9:30 am-1:00pm
UNBC Winter Garden and Doug Little Lounge

The Northern Research Group will be hosting a Polar Expo, highlighting research being done at UNBC on the Arctic and Antarctic regions, and a Polar Café with our Polar Day guests, Hugh Brody and Mark Terry. 
 
“Indigenous Land Use in the Canadian Arctic” 
Dr. Hugh Brody (Anthropologist and Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Studies, University of the Fraser Valley)
Thursday February 9th, 1:00-3:00 pm
UNBC Room 7-238, Weldwood Theatre

Canada led the world in methods of researching indigenous land use.  Pioneering work in the high Arctic was followed by studies in the subarctic and on the north Pacific coast.  Hugh Brody's presentation will explore what this work achieved and look at what it can show about the future of research in northern Canada.
 
For more information about Polar Day contact Gary Wilson (wilsong@unbc.ca) or Sonja Ostertag (ostertag@unbc.ca)

The Honourable Kevin G. Lynch, P.C., LL.D, Ph.D is a distinguished former public servant. He was the 20th Clerk of the Privy Council, Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Public Service of Canada. He holds a doctorate in Economics from McMaster University and has been awarded honourary degrees from seven Canadian universities. Since 2010, Dr. Lynch has been Vice Chair of the BMO Financial Group.

In this presentation I will discuss some of the central connotations of the term "tree hugger" as it has been used in academia, literature, and popular culture.  Following an anecdotal introduction and a brief examination of the history of the term as it originated in India's Chipko movement, I will consider the representation of "tree huggers" in selected literary works, television shows and advertisements, bumper stickers and other cultural texts, paying particular attention to the way the term "tree hugger" encodes accusations of misanthropy, romantic anti-rationalism, and sexual deviance.

Do you have questions about preparing to apply to Medical School?

 

If so, then attend an upcoming NMP Information Session:

 

Information Sessions are free, on a first come, first served basis and are typically small group question and answer format. Topics covered include the admission requirements, application dates, MCAT score, program costs and an overview of the application process. 

 

If you are unable to attend one of the scheduled information sessions, please contact Jennifer Young, NMP Admissions Site Coordinator, at jenyoung@unbc or 960-5165 for further information.

 

The idea of climate change conjures up images of polar bears on shrinking ice, rising sea levels and extreme weather events.  These are all appropriate concerns in the short-term.  However, over longer time-periods climate change will generate large shifts in the distributions of ecosystems, with trees migrating across continents.  Even these responses to altered conditions are relatively easy to imagine, but when it comes to below-ground organisms, how do we make predictions about their future distributions?

 

From the fossil record we know that mycorrhizal symbioses, involving plants and fungi, have occurred since plants arrived on land.  Mycorrhizal fungi colonise the roots of host plants, where they exchange nutrients for carbon and provide other important services such as protection from pathogens.  It is estimated that over 90% of all plant species form these symbioses.

 

Environmental changes generate important ecological challenges for symbioses.  Here I discuss the potential impacts of climate change on the ectomycorrhizal symbioses, focusing on Interior Douglas-fir and its fungal partners, which is a vital part of Canada's temperate and boreal forest ecosystems.

Are you interested in knowing more about the Alumni Association? Looking for opportunities to get involved? Attend our next board meeting and discover how UNBC graduates are working together to benefit UNBC and the entire alumni community. Everyone welcome!

Unable to attend in person? Join us via the web at http://elm.elluminate.com:80/HOSTEDUNBC/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1247980897091

Wildlife biologists increasingly understand that management decisions relating to dwindling mountain caribou herds in British Columbia, and woodland caribou herds throughout Canada's subarctic must take into consideration the historical relationships amongst caribou, moose, and wolves.  I will argue that the research must be expanded across more trophic levels in an effort to reconstruct past environments more completely.  Indeed, I will argue that the population levels of caribou cannot be understood unless salmon are considered.  The presentation will be based on an analysis of historical documents, including unpublished documents of the Hudson's Bay Company.

Join us for the UNBC Math and Physics Symposium, which consists of a series of over 15 public talks in a variety of fields by UNBC faculty and graduate students in Math, Statistics, Physics, NRES, and others. In addition we have some wonderful external speakers coming to us from UBC and TRIUMF.

2012 Northworks Career Fair 
CNC March 6 & UNBC March 7

Students - get your resume ready!
Networking Opportunities

Ms. Drysdale-Chung is a candidate for the degree:

Master of Arts in Disability Management

Chair:  Dr. Tina Fraser, Assistant Professor

School of Education

University of Northern British Columbia