USAPECS hosted events and training workshops
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USAPECS is composed of polar scientists in locations spanning the United States whose research is focused on both poles and other high alpine areas. We acknowledge that much of that science takes place on the often-unceded traditional territories and ancestral homelands of Indigenous Peoples, and that much of the science done in these locations has historical roots in colonialism. With this land acknowledgment, we celebrate the key role Indigenous Peoples have played and continue to play in increasing human understanding of the polar regions and recognize the sophisticated and intricate knowledge systems Indigenous Peoples have developed and continue to develop in relation to their lands.
May 2024
Get to know Polar STEAM webinar
Organizers: Webinar team Zachary Labe (he/him), Claire Moffett (she/her), Kristen Rahilly (she/her), and Susan Vanek (she/her).
Description: An informal session to introduce USAPECS, APECS International, and start a discussion.
Polar STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) is an NSF-funded program that creates teams of polar researchers, educators, and artists to engage in virtual and field research in the Arctic and Antarctic. Come join us in this USAPECS-hosted webinar to learn how you can collaborate with Polar STEAM, as well as best practices for working with K-12 students, educators, and artists in your research.
Meet our presenter:
Michelle Pratt is the Program Manager for Polar STEAM (https://polarsteam.info). Michelle worked as a K-12 teacher in Alaska for ten years, is a National Geographic Certified Educator, and worked at McMurdo station for two austral summer seasons in support of research efforts in the South Polar region.
March 2024
Water in a Frozen Arctic: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
Organizers: Webinar team Zachary Labe (he/him), Susan Vanek (she/her), Claire Moffett (she/her), and Kristen Rahilly (she/her).
Description: Water in a Frozen Arctic: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
The event will include short presentations from four leading early career polar researchers who are actively working to expand our understanding of many far-reaching societal and physical impacts of an increasingly wetter and warmer Arctic.
Meet our presenters:
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Dr. Sophie Elixhauser, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna and Austrian Polar Research Institute, Austria Jorrit van der Schot, University of Graz and Austrian Polar Research Institute, Austria
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Dr. Michelle McCrystall, Research Fellow University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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Dr. Kristin Poinar, University at Buffalo, Department of Geology and RENEW Institute, NY USA.
May 2023
Techniques and Considerations for Improving Accessibility in Online Media
Organizers: IDEA team Zachary Labe (he/him) and Olga Lauter(she/her)
Description: Techniques and Considerations for Improving Accessibility in Online Media.
A short online training session by Zack Labe and Olga Lauter for the United States Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) about improving accessibility in online media, especially through the use of alt text. This was supported through our Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) task group and held on 18 May 2023
September 2022
USAPECS - Get to know us
Organizers: Webinar team Claire Moffett (she/her), Susan Vanek (she/her), and Zachary Labe (he/him)
Description: An informal session to introduce USAPECS, APECS International, and start a discussion.
USAPECS is composed of polar scientists in locations spanning the United States whose research is focused on both poles and other high alpine areas. We acknowledge that much of that science takes place on the often-unceded traditional territories and ancestral homelands of Indigenous Peoples, and that much of the science done in these locations has historical roots in colonialism. With this land acknowledgment, we celebrate the key role Indigenous Peoples have played and continue to play in increasing human understanding of the polar regions and recognize the sophisticated and intricate knowledge systems Indigenous Peoples have developed and continue to develop in relation to their lands.