GAPS Newsletter #3

Our third newsletter has now been released. It features:

Evolution of GAPS: Community consultations change the course of the project
Team Workshop: What exactly is Human Security?
Sub-project Updates: Find out what the GAPS researchers have been doing in NWT
Interdisciplinary Research: Using human security to manage invasive nonindigenous plants
Conferences: Researchers have attended many conferences – get the scoop [...]

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Snapshots from Fort Simpson

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We are FINALLY looking for non-indigenous plants in the NWT

Milissa (Missy) Elliott has been planning her field work for months. She has been poring over maps, faxing permit applications all over the NWT, applying for extra research funds, and meeting with her supervisory committee. When I arrive at the lab everyday, Missy is invariably sitting at her computer.
After all of this preparation, it feels [...]

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Welcome!

Welcome to the GAPS webpage! GAPS is a fully endorsed International Polar Year (IPY) project and is funded through the Norwegian and Canadian IPY programs.
GAPS is a multi-national, multi-disciplinary initiative that aims to examine the scope and range of human security in the Arctic. GAPS specifically focuses on the impacts of oil and [...]

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