A Workshop on Climate Change as an Indigenous Issue

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的，该奖项旨在支付11名阿拉斯加农村学生（大多数来自代表性不足的群体（阿拉斯加原住民））和4名大学教师参加2009年12月在丹麦哥本哈根举行的联合国气候变化框架公约（UNFCCC）：COP 15的旅费和费用。 该公约将科学家、政策制定者、非政府组织、土著人民和公众聚集在一起，讨论围绕气候变化的问题。学生参加这次会议是北极社会科学计划目标的一部分，该计划旨在增加阿拉斯加农村学生对科学的接触，以发展他们的知识，并希望他们对科学研究的兴趣。 DANRD学生参加了在法国巴黎举行的第15届国际因纽特人研究会议，也得到了ASSP的支持，这有助于一些学生完成他们的课程和学位。 在这一传统中，PI预计出席COP 15将鼓励农村发展学生对科学的兴趣，并更多地攻读科学学位。除了参加会议外，学生们还将在哥本哈根会见来自哥本哈根大学Eskimology系、土著事务国际工作组、北极理事会土著人民秘书处和格陵兰自治政府的学生和教师。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This is an award to cover the travel and expenses of 11 rural Alaskan students, most from underrepresented groups (Alaska Native) and 4 university faculty members to attend the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): COP15 in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December 2009. The Convention brings together scientists, policy makers, NGO's, indigenous people, and the public to discuss issues surrounding climate change. The participation of the students in this conference is part of the Arctic Social Science Program's goals to increase the exposure of rural Alaskan students to science in order to develop their knowledge and hopefully their interest in science studies. The participation of the DANRD students at the 15th International Inuit Studies Conference in Paris, France, also supported by ASSP, was instrumental in a number of students completing their coursework and degrees. In this tradition, the PI expects that attendance at COP15 will encourage Rural Development students' interest in science and to pursue science degrees in greater numbers. In addition to attending the convention, the students will meet with students and faculty from the Department of Eskimology at the University of Copenhagen, the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, the Indigenous People's Secretariat of the Arctic Council, and the Greenland Home Rule Government while in Copenhagen.