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| NCP/AMAP Symposium on Human Health and Arctic Environmental Contaminants |
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Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, 10-12 June 2009
... to present, communicate and discuss the results of assessments of the human health effects of environmental contaminants conducted under the Canadian Northern Contaminants Program and the international Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme during the past 6 years. ... to engage Health professionals, Indigenous people, Scientists, Policy-makers, Young scientists ... to address Local Indigenous Perspectives on Contaminants and Health, Human Exposure to Environmental Contaminants, Arctic Health Effects Studies, Risk Benefit Assessment
First Announcement (PDF - English) Second Announcement and Call for Abstracts (PDF - English)
The Symposium will take place at: The Frobisher Inn, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
Phone: +1 867 979 2222 Frobisher Inn is the largest and best hotel in the Eastern Arctic, the first word of comfort on the last great frontier: Canada’s north. See below for information on booking your hotel accommodation.
Information for Participants: Symposium registration form: in English; in French (note. after completing your registration you may be redirected to a page that generates a 'page not found' error; do not worry, your registration has been received and processed) A block of rooms has been reserved at the Frobisher Inn, Iqaluit. To make your hotel room reservation, call +1 867 979 2222 (or toll free +1 877 422 9422). State that you are with the NCP AMAP Symposium to receive the special meeting rate of $199/night (excl. tax). The Symposium arrangements include breakfast, lunch and coffee / snacks for the three days of the Symposium, and the Symposium dinner. More information about the hotel can be found at www.frobisherinn.com Daily scheduled airline flights serve Iqaluit, the capital of the Nunavut Territory from both the South and the West, with connections to all major Canadian cities and Greenland. Canadian North and First Air, two of Canada's major airlines, operate scheduled service on the following routes:
Iqaluit is also the gateway to Baffin Island and the rest of Canada’s Eastern Arctic with airline connections to many communities
Visas For those attendees who require a Visa to enter the US, contact Tara Leech at tara_leech@hc-sc.gc.ca. Please include the name of your institute, address, work title, dates of travel and your fax number. A letter of invitation will be faxed to you and the original will be mailed. Please start your visa paperwork early. Additional assistance If you have any questions regarding travel, hotel, logistics, etc, please contact Tara Leech at +1 613 960 1789 / tara_leech@hc-sc.gc.ca
Provisional Programme (PDF - English) Provisional List of Participants - will be posted shortly The Symposium will be based around a number of keynote presentations by invited speakers. Participants are invited to submit abstracts for poster presentations and will be given the opportunity for short oral plenary presentations of these. Proposals for poster sessions should be submitted in the form of an abstract (max 300 words) to teh Symposium organizers (contact address below) by the deadline of 22 May 2009.
Tara Leech, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada: Tel. +1 613 960 1789; Fax. +1 613 948 8485; e-mail tara_leech@hc-sc.gc.ca James Edwards, Northern Science and Contaminants Research Directorate, Indian and Northern Affairs, Ottawa, ON, Canada: Tel. +1 819 934 9524; Fax. +1 819 934 8980; e-mail James.Edwards@ainc-inac.gc.ca AMAP Secretariat: Tel. +47 23 24 16 35; Fax. +47 22 67 67 06; e-mail amap@amap.no |
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