July/August 1998
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July/August 1998 |
For information on the following meetings of the International Joint Commission and its various boards, contact an IJC office.
| September 1-3 | International Joint Commission Executive Meeting, Washington, DC |
| September 23-24 | Great Lakes Science Advisory Board, Porter, IN |
| September 25-26 | International Joint Commission's Area of Concern Workshop: Transferring Successful Strategies and Techniques, Hammond, IN |
| October 5-6 | Council of Great Lakes Research Managers, Ann Arbor, MI |
| October 26-30 | International Joint Commission's Semi-Annual Meeting, Ottawa, ON |
| November 18-19 | Great Lakes Science Advisory Board, Rochester, NY |
| December 8-10 | International Joint Commission Executive Meeting, Washington, DC |
The International Joint Commission announces that it has selected Milwaukee, WI as the site of its 1999 Biennial Forum on Great Lakes Water Quality. The theme of partnerships and progress in cleaning up the Great Lakes will be the focus of the meeting to be held September 24-26, 1999. Watch for details in future issues of Focus and on the Commission's website at www.ijc.org.
Soulignons que la Commission mixte internationale a choisi Milwaukee, au Wisconsin, comme ville hôte du Forum biennal de 1999 sur la qualité de l'eau des Grands Lacs. Les principaux thèmes de la rencontre, qui aura lieu du 24 au 26 septembre 1999, seront les partenariats et les progrès réalisés dans l'assainissement des Grands Lacs. Surveillez les détails dans le prochain numéro de Focus et sur le site Internet de la Commission à www.ijc.org.
The Rivers Curriculum Project of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) will conduct its sixth annual summer training at North Park University in Chicago, IL, July 19-24, 1998 and at SIUE August 2-7, 1998. To increase scientific literacy through river study and promote interdisciplinary teaching, participants will focus on one of the six curriculum unit areas: biology, chemistry, earth science, geography, language arts and mathematics, while receiving interdisciplinary training in all.
Teachers and others can request more information on the training, curriculum units or a new rivers biology curriculum guide by contacting the Rivers Project at (618)692-3788; fax (618)692-3359; email rivers@siue.edu; or website www.siue.edu/OSME/river.
The Alberta Lake Management Society is host to the 18th International Symposium of the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS), November 10-13, 1998 at the Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, AB. The central theme of the symposium is cooperative lake and watershed management: linking communities, industry and government. In light of fiscal realities of the 1990s, the symposium provides a forum to discuss the benefits and challenges of developing management solutions that involve all stakeholder groups. For more information, contact Alberta Lake Management Society, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9.