November is a busy month for Polar Aspect MACs! We’re delighted to announce that registration has now officially opened for our flagship in-person conference, NORMAC 6. But registration is closing soon for some of our other events! Here’s a quick summary: OMAC Delegate Training 2 starts this Saturday 6th November, and there are only a …
Schools Special Announcement – NORMAC 6
We’re excited to announce that registration is now officially open for our flagship conference for schools — the sixth Norwich Model Arctic Council (NORMAC)! Register now and secure your school’s place using the links below. You might also like to prepare for NORMAC by taking part in our upcoming Online Model Arctic Council (OMAC) Delegate …
Schools Newsletter – October 2021
Our second OMAC Delegate Training round is rapidly coming up this November, followed by OMAC 2 in December! If you’re a pupil or teacher, check out our October newsletter and register now for these and other upcoming Polar Aspect Model Arctic Council programmes—including WYCOMAC 2 and MAC Bilbao 4 in January, and NORMAC 6 in …
Collaboration with University of Washington
Polar Aspect congratulates Jason Young, Nadine Fabbi and Michelle Koutnik of the University of Washington on their ‘Navigating the New Arctic‘ award from the US National Science Foundation for their project ‘Co-Designing Civic Education for the Circumpolar North‘. We were pleased to be able offer a letter of support for their application for funding, and …
Presentation at 3rd MUN Impact Global Summit
On Friday, Polar Aspect had the privilege of addressing youth from around the world attending the ‘E3 Summit’, MUN Impact‘s third global youth summit. Our presentation—delivered by Joshua Gray, an associate of Polar Aspect and member of our Online Model Arctic Council (OMAC) Secretariat—addressed the summit themes of ‘earth, economy, equity’ by focusing on Arctic …
Schools Newsletter – September 2021
We’re delighted to be able to add our second conference at Wycombe Abbey School to the list of online and in-person Model Arctic Council (MAC) school conferences we’re planning in 2021-22! WYCOMAC 2 in January joins a line-up including OMAC 2 in December, MAC Bilbao 4 in January and NORMAC 6 in March—plus our second …
Presentation at 10th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences
Last week, I spoke at the Tenth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences as part of a panel discussion on ‘Innovation and Pedagogy in Circumpolar Studies’. My presentation, entitled ‘Model Arctic Council for sustainable development‘, proposed that experiential learning through Model Arctic Council (MAC) — such as the Polar Aspect MACs that I design and run …
4th Online Mini Model Arctic Council for Trent University
This past Monday, I ran a fourth online ‘mini’ Model Arctic Council (MAC) for students at Trent University, as well as students from other universities and countries studying online with Trent through the UArctic Circumpolar Studies programme. Like my previous mini-MACs, which students seem to have found enjoyable and educational, the online simulation was the …
Schools Newsletter – June 2021
We’re planning at least three online and in-person Model Arctic Council (MAC) school conferences in 2021-22—OMAC 2, MAC Bilbao 4 and NORMAC 6—plus our second online OMAC Delegate Training round! If you’re a pupil or teacher, check out our June newsletter and register now for our upcoming Polar Aspect MACs!
Presentation to M|A|S|E|R Cluster
This past Friday, I was very pleased to be able to introduce myself and Polar Aspect to the Materials | Art | Science | Environment | Research (M|A|S|E|R) Cluster at the Bath School of Art (BSoA). Established in December 2020 by Prof Mariele Neudecker, who served as Honorary Chair of my fifth Norwich Model Arctic …