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PRELIMINARY REPORT FROM THE MACKENZIE BASIN IMPACT STUDY (MBIS) FINAL WORKSHOP

BIODIVERSITY -- WHY SHOULD WE CARE?

CGCP NOW

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROJECT

FISHERIES PANEL

IS GLOBAL WARMING STILL WORTH A BLIP?

THE IAI INTITIAL SCIENCE PROGRAM AND THE IAI START-UP GRANTS

CANADIANS AWARDED IAI GRANTS

HUMAN DIMENSIONS STUDENTSHIP AWARDED BY ROYAL CANADIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

CCP INFO

MCGILL'S C2GCR APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR

START OFFERS FELLOWSHIP AND VISITING LECTURER PROGRAMES

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

ROYAL SOCIETY MEDAL AWARDED FOR NEW WASTE MANAGEMENT PROCESS

GLOBAL CHANGE GAMES ON PARLIAMENT HILL

 
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CANADIANS AWARDED IAI GRANTS

The following is a list of IAI grants that were awarded to projects that were either Canadian initiatives or involve Canadian scientists, along with the names of the Canadian scientists involved. The Canadian Global Change Program congratulates these scientists and their colleagues, and will periodically report on the projects in DELTA.

Initial Science Program (ISP), Round 1:

Biogeochemical Determinants of Land Cover Changes and Land Use in Savanna-Cultivation-Grazing Systems — Principal Investigator: Holm Tiessen, University of Saskatchewan

Ice-Core Study on the Environment and the Climate of the Antarctic Peninsula and the Southern Part of South America — Co-Principal Investigator: Mario Giovinetto, University of Calgary

IAI Start-Up Grants for Workshops:

The Assessment of Present, Past and Future Climate Variability in the Americas from Treeline Environments — Brian Luckman, University of Western Ontario

Nunavut Environmental Assessment Transect (NEAT) — E. Burden, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Effects of UV-B Radiation on High Latitude Aquatic Ecosystems — Serge Demers and Suzanne Roy, INRS-Océanologie; Stephen de Mora, Université du Québec à Rimouski

Human Dimensions of Global Change and Sustainable Forest Management — Mohammed Doré, Brock University; Michael Apps, Forestry Canada; Mark Johnston, Lakehead University

Experimental and Time Series Approaches to Global Change Research in the Americas: A Proposal for Coordination and Action — R.E. Hecky, G.G.C. Robinson, J. Melack and D. Schindler, University of Manitoba

Integrated Study of Temperate Coast Estuaries — Mohammed El-Sabh, Université du Québec à Rimouski

Workshop to Implement a Research and Training Network for Plant-Soil Interactions in the Semi-Arid Tropics — Holm Tiessen, University of Saskatchewan

For a full list of the scientists involved in each project, contact the Canadian Global Change Program at

Canadian Global Change Program
The Royal Society of Canada
225 Metcalfe, #308, Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 1P9
Phone: 613 991 5639
Fax: 613 991 6996