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VOL. >C(V NO. 3 TIIE ARCTIC CIRCTIIAR52A,SSOCTATION OF CA}ADIAN UNNRSITIES FOR }ilCRTIIERN ST{JDIESTLre Association of Canadian Llniversitj-es for lilcrthrern Studies has openedan Ottawa headqr:arEers at I3O Albert Street r:nder thre direcLion ofDr. Trevor Lloyd, fornerly Director, Centre for Northern Studies andResearch, IbGilI University, lbntreal-. Thre recently for:nded Association isa federation of tkre traenty-five universities in all parts of Canadavtrich have special interest and ccnpetence in stud.ies, training, andreseerrch oncerning the Dbrth. Officers of the A.ssociation are Dean J.K. Stager,tlniversiQr of British @IunJcia, President; Dean R. Bergeron, Universit6du O€bec 5 CIricoutjrn-i, Vice-President; and Professor V.F. Valentine,Carleton University, Secretarlz-Treasurer. Tkre three add.itional mernbers ofits Board are Professor R.M. Bone, University of Saskatchewan, ProfessorW.N. Inring, UniversiQz of Tloronto, and Professor B. Ladanyi, EcolePolytechnique. The other r:niversities af filiated wittr tlre Association areAlberta, Calgary, Concordia, Lakehead, Laval, I\danitoba, McGiIl, McMaster,trbnrorial, I'lontr6al-, l[ew Bn:nswick, Ottawa, Qu6bec d lbntr6al, Oleen's,Ttent, Waterloo, Western Ontario, Windsor, and York.Thre rnain pur?ose of the Association is the advancenent of northern studiesand research. This is to be achieved by fostering relations with residents,organizations, and governnents in northern Canada, withr ttre C;overnnent ofCanada and ttre Provinces, with non-governnental organizations and industrlz,and wit]. universities, scientific irrstitutions, and polar organizations athone and abroad.TLre Science Cor:ncil in its recent Report "Northward Looking a Strategyand a Science PoIiry for ltrcrthern Developnent" draws attention to theAssociaLion as "an inportant develolment ttrat qruld provide a vehicle foro-ordinating university involvenent in governnent-sponsored researchactivities. Wittr its several working ccnrnittees it has major potential asan irrstitutional device for adr-ieving ttre coordination of research".Five specific aspects of ttre Association's program no\^/ being dealt wittr bythese cumnittees are: Relations withr Llrrttrern Peoples (Dr. B. Robitaille, Lava1,Ctrairman) ; Research (Dr. H.M. French, Ottawa, Chairnran) ; lilcrthrern Education(Dr. R.W. lAlejrr, Ibw Bn:ns:wick, Chairman); Northern Research Stations(Dr. F. Cooke , Queen' s , Chairnran) ; and International Scientific Relations(Dr. R.E. Longton, Iqaraitoba, Chairman) .TLre Association attaches particrrlar inportance to developing close relationswittr northern residents and to encor.rraging scrre traj-ned scientists to rernainin the lilcrtlr ratter than to ccnrrut€ there for the sumer fiel-d season as iscr:,stcmar1z, dnd urges tlre greater r:.se of young Native residents as scientificassistants. Other priorities of tlre Association include: tlre exchrange bothr