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A big thanks to everyone who attended the 1st annual Students on Ice Foundation Dinner on April 28 at Nota Bene Restaurant in Toronto! Hosted by CBC’s Chief Correspondent Peter Mansbridge, the event was a great success featuring dinner by … Read more
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2013 Carrefour Frontenac ‘Naviguez vers le Nord‘ contest! Karolanne Toulouse and Raphaelle Boudreau will be joining the Students on Ice Arctic 2013 expedition this summer! This exciting contest was open to students, aged 14-18 … Read more
SOI alumnus Alana Krug-MacLeod (Arctic 2012 and Antarctic 2011) was invited to apply for a chance to win lunch with Al Gore. She did a video on sustainable transportation and climate change and ended up sitting next to the former vice-president of the U.S. and the creator of An Inconvenient Truth!
Way to go Alana!
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Students on Ice alumnus Dang Dang Gruben (Arctic 2012) has finished fourth in his first snowmobile race. Originally from Tuktoyaktuk, Gruben was competing against a tough field of experienced competitors in the 500/600 Open Country Race at the Muskrat Jamboree in Inuvik.
Click here to read the full article on Dang Dang from the April 11 edition of the Inuvik Drum or click the following link:
http://www.nnsl.com/frames/newspapers/2013-04/apr11_13sno.html
Way to go Dang Dang!
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On Friday April 19 at 7:30 pm, Students on Ice alumni will share their insights and observations from their Arctic expeditions as part of the Arctic Armchair Adventures at the Extraordinary Arctic Festival at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa! … Read more
On March 13, Carrefour St-Georges and Carrefour Frontenac, in partnership with Students On Ice, announced the finalists of the 2013 Naviguez Vers Le Nord (Navigate the North) competition. This weekend (Earth Day weekend), Students on Ice founder and president, Geoff … Read more
Selin Jessa (right) worked with SFU researchers Xiaomei Kuang, Anh Le and Zabrina Brumme (Photo: Wayne Leidenfrost, Vancouver Sun)
Her work isolating a specific HIV mutation through advanced techniques, including molecular cloning and DNA sequencing, took top honours for B.C. in the BioGENEius challenge. The 17-year-old is now a contender for two national prizes and could win a berth to compete in an international science competition in Chicago.
“Essentially there are people who naturally control the virus without drug therapies, they’re called elite controllers, and the way they do that is by forcing the virus in their bodies to mutate into a less virulent state,” Jessa explained Sunday before catching a flight to the national competition in Ottawa.
“I essentially chose one of those mutations, engineered it in an HIV protein … and looked at its function in human cells.”
The research could help explain why some patients are able to control the virus, which may in turn lead to the development of a vaccine, she said.
Way to go Selin!
Read the full story in the Vancouver Sun here: http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Metro+high+school+scientist+sheds+light+AIDS/8208418/story.html#ixzz2PyZkX8k8
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Hot off the presses! Check out this fabulous video recap of last summer’s Arctic Tern I sailing expedition to the high Arctic. SOI is excited to be gearing up for the 2013 Tern Expedition, which will take the SOI crew … Read more
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EXTRAORDINARY ARCTIC – THE FESTIVAL April 4 – 28, 2013 Canadian Museum of Nature 240 McLeod St., Ottawa http://nature.ca/en/plan-your-visit/what-see-do/whats/extraordinary-arctic Students on Ice is proud to be involved with the Extraordinary Arctic Festival taking place throughout the month of April at … Read more
Exciting news! The Students on Ice Alumni Delegation is heading to the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) this weekend at Washington University in St. Louis! At the conference, they will present the idea of an official Youth Arctic Council (YAC) to world leaders and university students passionate about creating change.
President Clinton launched the Clinton Global Initiative University (http://www.cgiu.org/) in 2007 to engage the next generation of leaders from university campuses around the world. CGIU brings together some 1200 students and experts every year to discuss and develop innovative solutions to pressing global challenges. Furthermore, CGIU participants develop unique Commitments to Action to follow through to their goals. The Students on Ice Alumni Delegation’s Commitment to Action is to establish the Youth Arctic Council.
YAC aims to provide a heightened forum for youth to voice their opinions, propose ideas and collaborate to address the lack of accessibility for youth to provide input & influence Arctic decision-making. YAC will include diverse youth participation from all Arctic Council states, Permanent Participants, & Observer states with an emphasis on the leadership and involvement of circumpolar aboriginal youth. CGIU is a unique opportunity to work on YAC with international experts who can provide critical feedback and connections to help bring it to fruition.
SOI Delegation leads Andrew Wong and Fatin Chowdhury will be attending CGIU and will bring back everything they learn to share with the delegation network and continue working on this exciting project in the upcoming year.
The conference runs from April 5 – 7, 2013. To learn more, visit www.soidelegation.com and www.facebook.com/soidelegation. For live updates throughout the weekend, follow @SOIDelegation, @AndrewLFWong and @Fatinic on Twitter!
