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Tundra Connections® Panelists 2011

All webcasts are for a general audience except for the first week, which is targeted to grades 4-8.

Week One: October 24-28
Panelists

  • Alysa McCall (Graduate Student, University of Alberta)
  • Kevin Middel (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)
  • Bill Winhall (Sea World, San Diego)
  • Facilitator: Kathy Donahue (Environmental Educator, Michigan)

Week Two: October 31-November 4
Panelists

  • Tom Smith (Associate Professor of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University)
  • Alysa McCall (Graduate Student, University of Alberta)
  • Rebecca Noblin (Alaska Director, Center for Biological Diversity)
  • BJ Kirschhoffer (Directof of Field Operations, Polar Bears International)
  • Facilitator, Kristin Dantagnan (Educator, Bozeman Public Schools)

Week Three: November 7 -11
Panelists

  • Steven C. Amstrup (Polar Bears International, Senior Scientist)
  • Cecilia Bitz (Associate Professor Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington)
  • Laura Castro (Graduate Student, University of Alberta)
  • Andrew Derocher (Professor, University of Alberta)
  • Facilitator, except for the November 8th broadcast: Julene Reed (Director of Academic Technology, St. George’s Independent School, Apple Education, Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots)

Week Four: November 14-17
Panelists

  • John Bruno (Associate Professor of Biology, University of North Carolina)
  • Kassie Siegel (Climate Law Institute Director, Center for Biological Diversity)
  • Greg Thiemann (Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, York University)
  • Don Moore (Associate Director of Animal Care, Smithsonian National Zoo)
  • Facilitator: Andy McKiel (Edmodo Featured Blogger, Curriculum Coordinator, St. James Assiniboine School District)

Week Five, Cape Churchill: November 21-23
Panelists

  • Ian Stirling (University of Alberta, Adjunct Professor)

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 Our heartfelt thanks to our Platinum Sponsor, Frontiers North Tundra Buggy Adventure. Generous support has also been provided by explore.org, the philanthropic media organization and multi-media arm of The Annenberg Foundation, as part of its Pearls of the Planet initiative, a vareity of live feeds that aim to help people fall in love with the world again.

Bear hugs to Julene Reed, an Apple Distinguished Educator and PBI Education Advisory Council member, who directs the PBI Tundra Connections program, and also to Parks Canada and Tandberg, now part of CIsco Systems.

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