Conference: Partial Support for Model Arctic Council (MAC)

该奖项支持学生参加模拟北极理事会（MAC）2016研讨会的费用。 MAC 2016将邀请来自美国和其他北极国家大学的研究生和本科生参与模拟北极理事会进程。 阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯（UAF）将于2016年3月在美国担任北极理事会主席期间举办该活动，就在北极高级官员在UAF开会之前。 学生将承担北极理事会成员国，永久参与者和观察员的角色，以解决北极地区的关注问题。为期七天的课程包括北极社会和环境问题专家的全体演讲，以及工作组和北极高级官员的模拟会议，然后是北极理事会的模拟部长级会议。学生们将在MAC演习的最后一天向实际的北极理事会北极高级官员提交他们的决议。 该计划旨在成为两年一度的活动，由北极理事会主席国的UArctic合作大学在偶数年举办。 在奇数年在美国合作大学举办的两年一度的美国活动将为美国学生扩大机会并增强连续性。 MAC的目标是：1）发展学生对北极作为一个地区，北极圈政治和北方土著人民的知识; 2）增加学生对北极理事会目标和进程的理解; 3）准备学生承担北极圈北部的领导角色;和4）加强UArctic机构之间的学生和教师合作。 学生们将在UAF和其他参与大学的合作教师提供的国际关系或相关主题的大学课程中进行模拟准备。研讨会的目标是增加参与者的知识，激发他们对北极的兴趣，并激发他们在未来决策中贡献或利用北极社会科学研究的潜力。 此外，还可能对关于经验学习和与北极理事会其他活动以及北极科学峰会周的协同作用的文献作出贡献。研讨会的更广泛的影响将通过以下方式实现：国际学生的参与;增加年轻学者对影响北极社区的广泛问题和概念的了解;影响潜在的年轻领导人对北极感兴趣-以及在美国担任北极理事会主席期间支持北极理事会活动。学生的选拔过程是适当的严格，包括从代表性不足的群体招募参与者的计划;该活动支持与挪威，俄罗斯和冰岛的其他机构的国际合作;并有一个很好的传播计划的结果文件，无论是在公共和学术论坛。

This award supports the expenses for student participation in the Model Arctic Council (MAC) 2016 workshop. MAC 2016 will engage graduate and undergraduate students from universities in the United States and other Arctic countries in a simulation of Arctic Council processes. The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) will host the event in March 2016 during the United States' Chairmanship of the Arctic Council, immediately before the Senior Arctic Officials meet at UAF. Students will assume roles of the Arctic Council Member States, Permanent Participants, and Observers in addressing matters of concern in the Arctic. The seven-day program includes plenary lectures by experts on Arctic social and environmental issues and simulated meetings of a working group and Senior Arctic Officials, followed by a simulated Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council.Students will present their resolutions to the actual Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials on the final day of the MAC exercise. The program is designed to be a biennial event hosted in even years by a UArctic partner university in the country chairing the Arctic Council. Biennial US-only events held at American partner universities in odd years will expand opportunities for American students and enhance continuity. The objectives of the MAC are to: 1) develop students' knowledge of the Arctic as a region, of circumpolar politics, and of northern Indigenous peoples; 2) increase students' understanding of Arctic Council objectives and processes; 3) prepare students to assume leadership roles in the circumpolar north; and 4) enhance student and faculty collaboration among UArctic institutions. Students will prepare for the simulation within university courses on international relations or related topics offered by collaborating faculty at UAF and other participating universities.The goal of the workshop is to increase knowledge among the participants and stimulate their interest in the Arctic and potential to contribute to or utilize Arctic social science research in future decision making. In addition there is the potential contribution to the literature on experiential learning and the synergy with other Arctic Council activities, as well as the Arctic Science Summit Week. The broader impacts of the workshop will be realized by the international student participation; increasing knowledge of a wide spectrum of issues and concepts that affect Arctic communities among young scholars; influencing potential young leaders to take an interest in the Arctic - and supporting an Arctic Council activity during the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. The student selection process is appropriately rigorous, including a plan for recruiting participants from underrepresented groups; the activity supports international collaborations with other institutions in Norway, Russia, and Iceland; and there is a good dissemination plan for the results documents, both in public and academic fora.