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General information and editorial notes News and Notes
Brief on label data standards
published
Field
trip to the Onefour grasslands
Summary of the
Scientific Committee meeting
Survey
office disruption
Second
spider newsletter published
Canadian
Biodiversity Network
Members
of the Scientific Committee
Project Update:
Arthropod Fauna of Soils 2001
The Quiz Page
Arctic Corner
Selected
future conferences
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Introduction
Arctic Corner provides a forum for news of particular arctic
interest, replacing the Biological Survey's newsletter Arctic Insect News
(1990-2000). As if to validate the decision to discontinue that separate
newsletter, contributions about Canadian arctic entomology for Arctic Corner
have been hard to come by. Such contributions of course are always welcomed by
the Editor (see general information).
University of the Arctic Launched
After four years of planning by northern institutions in eight arctic
states, the Official launch of the University of the Arctic took place June 12,
in Rovaniemi, Finland. This marks the beginning of UArctic’s formal governance
structure and its initial slate of academic programming. Elements of Uarctic’s
core education programs, the Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies, The Arctic
Learning Environment, and the Circumpolar Mobility Program will be piloted in
the upcoming academic year. The University of the Arctic (Uarctic) is an
independent, international initiative – a cooperating network of universities,
collections and other organizations concerned with higher education and
research. Canadian members of UArctic include the Arctic Athabascan Council, the
Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS), Athabasca
University, the University of Northern B.C. and Yukon College. Contact
information:
University of the Arctic
Circumpolar Coordination Office
Arctic Centre – University of Lapland
Box 122, 96101 Rovaniemi, Finland
Tel +358 16 341 341, Fax: +358 16 341 2777
uarctic@urova.fi / www.uarctic.org Encyclopedia
of the Arctic
The Encyclopedia of the Arctic is planned for publication in the spring
of 2003. The two large-format volumes, edited by Mark Nuttall of the University
of Aberdeen and published by Fitzroy Dearborn, will contain 1200 entries on a
diverse range of factors influencing the Arctic including entries on insects,
insect larvae and mosquitoes. Further information on the project can be found
at http://www.fitzroydearborn.com/london/arctic.htm Recent
Canadian publications:
Brodo, F. 2000. The insects, mites, and spiders of Hot Weather Creek, Ellesmere
Island, Nunavut. pp. 145-173 in M. Garneau and B.T. Alt (Eds.), Environmental
response to climate change in the Canadian High Arctic. Geological Survey of
Canada, Bulletin 529. 401 pp. Danks, H.V. 2000. Insect cold hardiness: A
Canadian perspective. CryoLetters 21: 297-308. |
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