Copycatco, 2009

Vancouver Aquarium
Vancouver, B.C., Canada

For interpretive practitioners, environmental educators, interpretive planners and managers; anyone who presents the story and science of climate change and needs to know more.

The Spring Workshop will be based at several gathering sites around Region 10, linked via a webinar for the Keynote Presentation and Regional Business Meeting. These linked sites include Seattle, Portland, Vancouver and Portage Valley, Alaska.

Draft Itinerary for Vancouver site:

9:00 AM ....Check-in and welcome
9:15 ...........Defining the challenges in communicating climate change (group activity)
10:00 .........Keynote-"Arranging for Change? Developing Collaborative Responses
....................for the Future" by John Morris, Alaska, National Park Service,
....................Regional Education Coordinator
11:00 .........Break
11:15 .........NAI Region 10 Business Meeting
12:00 .........Lunch
12:45 .........Concurrent Session One: Interpretation in a Changing Climate: Changing Our
....................Approach. A hands-on workshop. Lindsay Burlton, Manager of Interpretive Delivery,
....................Vancouver Aquarium.
2:45 ...........Break
3:00 ...........Concurrent Session Two: The Ecology of Climate Change, Marlow Pellat,
....................Parks Canada Coastal Ecologist and member of Parks Canada’s
....................Climate Change Task Team.
4:00 ...........Keeping the Connections

Cost:
NAI members, $50, includes lunch.
Non-members, $75, includes lunch

Please note that registration is limited to 25 participants.

Program details:

Session one: Interpretation in a Changing Climate: Changing The Approach

Presenter Lindsay Burlton

Description This workshop will reveal successful methods and significant lessons learned during the first year of a 3-year initiative by six major North American aquariums. National Aquarium in Baltimore, New England Aquarium, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Birch Aquarium, Aquarium of the Pacific and Vancouver Aquarium formed the Ocean Change Education - Aquarium Network (OCEAN) to increase our effectiveness in interpreting world ocean changes. The goal is to provide interpreters with practical tools for teaching visitors about ocean climate change and the actions that support healthy oceans. Participants of this workshop will take away techniques and training tips for interpreting effectively at their own institutions.

Objectives Participants will:
1. Examine effective ways to frame climate change messages for visitors, as recommended by
FrameWorks Institute
2. Learn useful tips and techniques for interpreting ocean change while maintaining an entertaining experience, thus inspiring visitors to act rather than become discouraged
3. Create and practice programs using new techniques

Session two: The Ecology of Climate Change

Presenter: Marlow Pellat

Description: Marlow Pellat, ecologist with Parks Canada, will lead us through some of the scientific challenges in managing protected places in a changing world. What is the role of parks as carbon reserves? Can ecosystems adapt to climate change? Can we adapt to changing ecosystems? And, is a park still a park without its polar bears?

Directions:
Please enter via the AquaQuest (school programming and administration) entrance, not the public entrance.
Directions are online at http://www.visitvanaqua.org/visitors/getting-here

Reduce your carbon footprint:
Please use the public transit system if you can. If you do drive, please leave nothing of value in your car.

Lunch:
A healthy selection of sandwiches, including a few vegetarian options, will be provided. Please contact Don
Enright with any special dietary concerns.

For more information or general questions please contact, Don Enright, site host at don.enright@pc.gc.ca

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