arcticnet: what can we learn from a successful nce
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by Greg Henry, UBC GeographyTRANSCRIPT
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Experiences in ArcticNet - NCE
Greg HenryGeographyUBC
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Brief History• 2001-02 linked to CFI for research ice
breaker• Invitations to polar researchers across
Canada• Pre-proposal meetings and workshops• Rationale and objectives• Themes + projects identified• 2003 LOI and proposal• 2004 funded - renewed 2011, end March
2018• www.arcticnet.ulaval.ca
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Governance and administration – key to success
Leadership (Scientific Director – Louis Fortier)Board of Directors – governing bodyResearch Management Committee
Decisions on projects and fundingAdministrative Centre - @ U Laval
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Unified rationale and objectives: • impacts of CC, industrialization and
modernization• Involvement of local people – knowledge
generation and users• Products: publications, Integrated
Regional Impact Statement (IRIS) reports, data,
• HQP – includes northern students
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Network success• Annual Science Meeting – largest in
Canada• Involvement of northern communities• Student organization• Links to international networks• Integration + working across disciplines• Outreach and education
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Issues…• Reporting – annual • Data – Polar Data Catalogue +
metadata• Projects + budgets relatively fixed• Integration + multidisciplinary =
difficult
But – good model to consider for new, geographically focused Mountain NCE
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Numbers
90 CVs with original proposal150 NIs, 1000 grad + postdocs, ~300 northern students34 universities20 government & territorial departments? Private sectors partners> 100% NCE funding leveraged