Date: |
Tuesday, September 13 |
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Time: |
11:30 am Registration
12:00 pm Luncheon
12:30 pm Guest Speaker
1:00 pm Question and Answer
1:15 pm Half hour video presentation
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Video will also be available online for participants who cannot stay for the 1:15 pm viewing) |
Location: |
Westin Hotel - 10135 100 Street |
Cost: |
$30.00 Members ($35.00 at the door)
$35.00 Non-Members ($40.00 at the door)
$20.00 Students |
Guest Speaker: |
Tyler Barkhouse, P.Eng,. Director of Environment and Geosciences, Focus Corporation |
Antarctic Environmental Assessment
East of the sun, west of the moon and south of everywhere else.
Antarctica is one of the most impressive and pristine wildernesses in the world. Covered by over 5 million square miles of solid ice, the Antarctic continent is also one of the most remote, inhospitable environments on Earth.
In March 2011, Tyler Barkhouse, P.Eng. Director of Environment and Geosciences at Focus Corporation, was invited to participate in the 2011 International Antarctic Expedition (IAE 2011) fulfilling a lifelong dream to explore Antarctica. He joined Robert Swan, renowned polar explorer, first man to walk to both the north and south poles, and environmental leader and founder of "2041", on an exploration of Antarctica's fragile ecosystem and unique wildlife.
After hearing about Tyler's 23 years of environmental experience in the Canadian Arctic at an Environmental Remediation Conference in Banff last fall, Mr. Swan invited Tyler to come with him to Antarctica on the IAE 2011, requesting that he prepare an Environmental Assessment Report for a recent site cleanup the Russian Station in Bellingshausen, Antarctica. This report will be presented at the World Earth Summit in Rio in 2012. This is Tyler's story of what he saw and how it changed his life forever.
By inspiring and educating APEGGA's engineers and scientists on the issues facing Antarctica, Tyler is
promoting the positive roles that APEGGA's members can play in the road to world sustainability.
To register, please contact Carol Edwards on or before Wednesday, September 7th:
Phone: 780-426-3990, ext. 2368
Email:cedwards@apega.ca
Register online
*No refunds as of September 7th. No-shows will be billed.Payment can be made in advance by credit card: VISA, MasterCard or American Express. Please remember to register early, we have been selling out.
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