Northern Field Seminar

We are very excited to have been able to offer the Northern Field Seminar this past year from August 30-September 7, 2010. The seminar provided the opportunity to study resource management and environmental issues in Northern Manitoba. International perspectives were brought to the seminar through the participation of university faculty and students from Trier University, Germany. As such, a unique educational experience was gained through the continued relations between involved institutions, students, and northern participants.

The cost is $900 per person which includes bus and air transportation, accommodations, and most meals. Registration for credit is through NRI 7110 (3 credit hours) and evaluation will be based on readings, seminar participation, a written journal, and a term paper.

For further information please contact Professor Thomas Henley at 474-6169 or henley@cc.umanitoba.ca.

Below is a map where you can click on the red points for photos from the last Field Seminar:

Graduate students and faculty members from Canada and Germany will examine sustainability issues associated with resource and environmental management, during a 10 day field seminar through rural and Northern Manitoba. The Natural Resource Institute, University of Manitoba, and Trier University are co-hosting the seminar that entails visits to Riding Mountain and Wapusk National Parks, the Whitemud and Kelsey Conservation Districts, Tolko Industries’s forestry operations at the Pas, Inco’s mining operations in Thompson, Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Manitoba Hydro’s operations near Gillam, the town of Churchill, and two First Nation communities Opaskwayak Cree Nation and Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation. The environmental, economic, and social situations of each geographic area or sector will be examined in detail through guided tours, seminar discussion, formal presentation, and interaction with community leaders and workers.

Professor Thomas Henley and and Dr. John Sinclair, along with colleagues from Trier University, Germany, offer the graduate credit course. Students will have the opportunity to interact with aboriginal people, industry leaders, and local workers employed in a number of natural resource sectors.

The Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources is providing funding to the Northern Field Seminar to ensure that university graduate students have the opportunity to learn first-hand about development and its effects on particular First Nations and local communities.