Webinars

Three webinars on Contaminants in the Polar Regions.

• Atmospheric long-range pollution transport to the Arctic

  Andreas Stohl – Atmospheric long-range pollution transport to the Arctic.

• Pollution in the Arctic

  Cynthia de Wit – Pollution in the Arctic.

• Arctic food webs in the context of climate change

  Cynthia de Wit – Arctic food webs in the context of climate change.

• APECS Virtual Poster Session

  Health Problem Increase in the Arctic from APECS Webinars on Vimeo.

  Session Chair:
  Bryany Denning – APECS Polar Health Coordinator, Public Health Agency of Canada at the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research in Yellowknife, Canada

  Presentations:

  Toxoplasma gondii in polar bears and their marine mammal prey; evidence for a marine transmission pathway?
  --- Silje-Kristin Jensen, Jon Aars, Christian Lydersen, Kit Kovacs, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway and Kjetil Åsbakk, Norwegian school of Veterinary Science, Section of Arctic Veterinary Medicine, Tromsø, Norway

  Plastic ingestion by Arctic seabirds: indicators of change in Arctic waters
  --- Jennifer Provencher, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada and Tony Gaston and Grant Gilchrist, Environment Canada, Science and Technology, Ottawa, Canada and Mark Mallory, Canadian Wildlife Service, Iqaluit, Canada and Patrick O'Hara, Canadian Wildlife Service, Saanich, Canada


  Place of Residence, Prenatal Care & Neonatal Outcome in Northern Canada
  --- Bryany Denning, Queen's University, Institute for Circumpolar Health Research, and Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada and Duncan Hunter, Queen's University, Canada and Susan Chatwood, Institute for Circumpolar Health Research, Yellowknife, Canada