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Funds pour in for tech students' trip

Emily Ridlington
Northern News Services
Published Monday, March 14, 2011

MITTIMATALIK/POND INLET - The students in Nunavut Arctic College's environmental technology program in Pond Inlet will indeed be heading south next month after more than $90,000 has come to help fund their trip.

"Financial support is still trickling in," said instructor Shelly Elverum.

Most of the money came from the Vancouver aquarium, but also from the Department of Culture, Languages, Elders and Youth, Parks Canada, and the Setzer-Chan Pond Inlet Association.

Elverum, an elder and another staff member from the college will go with the students to Vancouver, Ottawa and Quebec in early April to learn about how environmental policies are created and to educate southerners about the North.

"We've got people on board and we've got community support," she said.

While the itinerary for the trip continues to evolve, two of the latest additions are a field trip with the staff and students at the University of Laval to see the feeding and rest stop area for snow geese before the birds fly back to Pond Inlet.

Elverum said what is neat is the fact that three of the students have worked with probably the same geese at the goose camp in Pond.

The second newest stop during their trip is a meeting with the Squamish Lil'Wat Cultural Centre in Whistler, B.C. Here the students with engage in a discussion about climate change looking at what the perspectives on it are in the west coast compared to in the North.

Back at home, staff at the Polar Continental Shelf Project in Resolute have said they are interested in working with the students to talk about how the research methods of scientists working in the North could be improved.

Elverum and the students are continuing to prepare for their trip.

"It is about expanding their world view and going beyond your own experience," she said.

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