ASM2009

ArcticNet’s sixth Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2009) was held from 8 to 11 December 2009 at the Fairmont Empress Hotel and adjoining Victoria Conference Centre in Victoria, British Columbia.

With close to 425 participants, the ASM2009 was a wonderful networking event, providing an excellent occasion for Network Investigators, Post-Doctoral fellows, Graduate Students, Research Staff, Network Partners, Board, Committee Members and their partners to meet face to face and present research results.

More than 110 oral presentations and 140 scientific posters from all fields of Arctic research were presented during the meeting, reflecting the high level of multidisciplinarity of ArcticNet research.

Evidence of a promising future for Canadian Arctic Research, more than 275 graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and researchers attended the fifth ArcticNet Student Day and the full meeting. Ten students were awarded prizes for the excellence of their posters and their work.

The ArcticNet Board of Directors, Research Management Committee and Administration Centre would like to thank all the participants, sponsors and exhibitors for their contribution in making this ASM2009 such a great success.

Graduate Student Poster Award Recipients

Natural Sciences – Marine

• First Place: Kaitlin Breton-Honeyman, Trent University
• Second Place: Sélima Ben Mustapha, Université de Sherbrooke
• Third Place: Gérald Darnis, Université Laval

Natural Sciences – Terrestrial

• First Place: Arnaud Tarroux, Université du Québec à Rimouski
• Second Place: Joëlle Taillon, Université Laval
• Third Place: Melanie Irvine, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Social Sciences

• First Place: Christina Goldhar, Memorial University of Newfoundland
• Second Place: James Baker, University of British Columbia
• Third Place: Eva Patton, University of Manitoba

Inuit Partnership of Excellence Award

• Jennie Knopp, Trent University

Sponsors and Exhibitors