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CANADIAN YOUTH STEERING COMMITTEE. www.ualberta.ca/~ipy/YSC. Outline. What is the CYSC? What are the CYSC initiatives?. Let’s Talk Science Polar Resource Kit Grassroots. Time Capsule Media. www.ualberta.ca/~ipy/YSC. What is the CYSC?. www.ualberta.ca/~ipy/YSC. What is the CYSC?.

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  1. CANADIAN YOUTH STEERING COMMITTEE www.ualberta.ca/~ipy/YSC

  2. Outline • What is the CYSC? • What are the CYSC initiatives? • Let’s Talk Science • Polar Resource Kit • Grassroots • Time Capsule • Media www.ualberta.ca/~ipy/YSC

  3. What is the CYSC? www.ualberta.ca/~ipy/YSC

  4. What is the CYSC? • “The International Polar • Year Canadian Youth Steering • Committee (CYSC) is a group • of highly motivated Canadian • University students working • to raise interest among • Canadian high school students • in Polar issues during the • International Polar Year.” www.ualberta.ca/~ipy/YSC

  5. What is the CYSC? Communication www.ualberta.ca/~ipy/YSC

  6. What are the CYSC initiatives? www.ualberta.ca/~ipy/YSC

  7. What are the CYSC initiatives? • Let’s Talk Science PROGRAM Partnering with the existing Let’s Talk Science organization to use early career scientists to bring polar research into the classroom. PARTICIPATION Teachers: submit IPY requests to Let’s Talk Science Students: Let your teachers know what aspect of the poles interests you PARTNER: Let’s Talk Science www.letstalkscience.ca www.ualberta.ca/~ipy/YSC

  8. What are the CYSC initiatives? • Polar Resource Kit PROGRAM Join potential PRK partners to create, collect and distribute polar resources to teachers, for use in classrooms across Canada. PARTICIPATION Teachers: Incorporate existing polar lessons into your curricula which meet educational requirements in each territory / province. Students: Get exposed to polar content in the classroom! PARTNERS: Canadian Geographic Society www.rcgs.org Students on Ice www.studentsonice.com www.ualberta.ca/~ipy/YSC

  9. What are the CYSC initiatives? • Grassroots PROGRAM Tour the “Circumpolar Change Game” around northern communities and provide northern youth with access to microgrants for local IPY initiatives. PARTICIPATION Teachers: Let us know you want a stop in your northern community Students: Learn, hands-on, about climate change and the poles wither CYSC, YEN and AYN volunteers. PARTNERS: Youth Environmental Network www.yen-rej.org Arctic Youth Network www.taiga.net/ayn www.ualberta.ca/~ipy/YSC

  10. What are the CYSC initiatives? • Time Capsule PROGRAM Engage Canadian youth to create a snap-shot of the Canadian North during the IPY. PARTICIPATION Teachers: Let students know this is their chance to leave an individual legacy in the IPY effort. Students: Submit photos or time capsule items to the CYSC. www.ualberta.ca/~ipy/YSC

  11. What are the CYSC initiatives? • Media PROGRAM Promote a consistent IPY message, targeted at youth, while working closely with the IPY Federal Program / Secretariat offices. PARTICIPATION Teachers / students: learn how early career scientists are learning about the poles. PARTNERS: The Weather Network www.weathernetwork.ca CanWest Media www.canwestglobal.com www.ualberta.ca/~ipy/YSC

  12. What are the CYSC initiatives? • Communications PROGRAM Create a student / teacher-oriented website and a network of students and teachers to distribute IPY-related materials, if possible in French, English and Inuktitut. PARTICIPATION Teachers / students: Contact us to participate n the CYSC and involve your school in the IPY! PARTNER: Youth Science Foundation www.ysf.ca www.ualberta.ca/~ipy/YSC

  13. CYSC Initiative Launch: Octber 19th, 2007 Saskatoon www.acuns.ca www.ualberta.ca/~ipy/YSC

  14. Thanks! GET INVOLVED! cysc@ualberta.ca www.ualberta.ca/~ipy/YSC

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