Short Title: IPYEX Proposal URL: http://classic.ipy.org/development/eoi/proposal-details.php?id=294 An exchange of students and young northern professionals from Canada and other circumpolar countries during International Polar Year 2007-2008. Four categories of exchanges are envisioned: 1. Undergraduate and College students: A 4-month exchange, in collaboration with the University of the Arctics north2north student mobility program and expanded during IPY to include students from southern universities who are undertaking northern studies. Target participation: 20 Canadian students in each year, 2007 and 2008. 2. Graduate students: A 4-month exchange, in collaboration with north2north, or arranged by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) with the support of the Association for Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS). Target participation: 10 Canadian students in each year, 2007 and 2008. 3. Young Northern Professionals: A 6-month work internship, in collaboration with the International Institute for Sustainable Developments Circumpolar Young Leaders Program, a Future of Children and Youth of the Arctic initiative of the Arctic Council, which currently arranges work placements in circumpolar countries. Target participation: 10 individuals in each year, 2007 and 2008. 4. High School students: In collaboration with the Students on Ice program which provides earning opportunities for Canadian high school students in both the Arctic and Antarctica each year. During IPY, the expeditions groups would be expanded to include students from other circumpolar countries. Target participation: 15 Canadian students and 10 circumpolar country students in each year, 2007 and 2008.
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