What are “IPY Northern Coordination Offices?
Northern offices, or “IPY Northern Coordination Offices”, are hosted by regionally based organization in several regions of Canada’s North. These offices coordinate IPY activities on a regional and community level, and support and encourage northern communities and organizations to become more engaged in IPY activities. At this time, IPY Northern Coordination Offices coordinators have been hired on an interim basis to serve as a regional point of contact and to facilitate the involvement of northerners in IPY. IPY Northern Coordination Offices will be established on a longer term basis following further consultation with regional and national stakeholders. The IPY Northern Coordination Offices coordinators are: Nunavut : hosted by Nunavut Research Institute in Iqaluit Coordinator: Amanda Kilabuk, tel: (867) 979-7297; fax: (867) 979-7109 email: Amanda.Kilabuk@arcticcollege.ca Yukon: hosted by Council of Yukon First Nations Coordinator: Bob Van Dijken, tel: (867) 393-9237; fax: (867) 668
