Program
8 a.m. — Registration and coffee | Great Hall
8:30 a.m. — Opening remarks | Larry Hinzman, vice chancellor for research, UAF
These sessions will discuss social, environmental and cultural changes that have impacted the mental and behavioral health of people in the circumpolar North, and how a holistic One Health approach may be used to address them.
Location: Davis Concert Hall
8:40 a.m. KEYNOTE: Arja Rautio | University of Oulu, Finland One Arctic — One Health |
Brief 10-minute presentations | Lead presenter listed below
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9:15 a.m. Preventing suicide by promoting social connectedness in Alaska Native communities
through culture |
9:25 a.m. Alaska traditional foods movement |
9:35 a.m. The interactive relationship of human health, animals, and the environment: A psychological
perspective |
9:45 a.m. Emotions and behaviors in environmental identity development: A child's perspective |
9:55 a.m. Healing relational wounds for Indigenous child well-being Jessica Saniguq Ullrich |University of Washington |
10:05 a.m. Questions and answers |
These sessions will discuss social, environmental and cultural changes that have impacted the mental and behavioral health of people in the circumpolar North, and how a holistic One Health approach may be used to address them.
Location: Davis Concert Hall
Brief 10-minute presentations | Lead presenter listed below 10:50 a.m. |
11:00 a.m. The Greenlandic school system in relation with helping children whose families are
struggling with social issues |
11:10 a.m. Building school-community connections and positive youth development in rural Alaska
Native communities through Intergenerational Dialogue Exchange and Action |
11:20 a.m. Permafrost thaw and well-being |
11:30 a.m. The One Health Clinic: Integrated health care for people experiencing homelessness
with animals |
11:40 a.m. Healing through food and culture — Incorporating sustainable agriculture into Indigenous
food systems |
11:50 p.m. Questions and answers |
(CONCURRENT SESSION)
Many circumpolar North communities are facing extreme environmental changes, such as warming, precipitation swings, thawing permafrost and erosion. Infrastructure construction in the circumpolar North must consider not only a rapidly changing environment but also designs and materials that meet the needs of the communities while minimally impacting the animals and environment they live with and depend upon.
Location: Engineering Building, ELIF 301/305
10:50 a.m. KEYNOTE: Aaron Cooke | architect/project manager, Cold Climate Housing Research Center, Alaska Reduced demand, intelligent supply: Wall assemblies and energy systems for a northern
climate |
Brief 10-minute presentations | Lead presenter listed below 11 a.m. Cut below zero: When to harvest trees to promote burning of dry wood |
11:10 a.m. A super-efficient home in rural Alaska through One Health lens |
11:20 a.m. New prospects for reducing microplastics pollution in the Arctic through bio-based
alternatives to plastics |
11:30 a.m. Clean indoor air and lower environmental impact: Heat recovery ventilation in cold
climates |
11:40 a.m. Community water service and incidence of respiratory, skin, and gastrointestinal infections
in rural Alaska, 2013-2015 |
11:50 a.m. Questions and answers |
SIDE MEETINGS during lunch break |
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12:30 p.m. — Center for One Health Research working groups | Location: Wood Center, rooms CD/EF |
12:30 p.m. — Student/presenter round table discussion | Location: Wood Center, Ballroom Facilitated classes each day for registered students to meet and talk with the keynote
speakers of that day. This gives the students time with the speakers in an environment
where they feel free to ask questions about their talks.
Michael Castellini, UAF dean of the graduate school, will lead the meetings along
with a a team of BLaST RAMPs (Research Advising and Mentoring Professionals) who are already trained in student success, career advising and One Health issues.
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These sessions will discuss social, environmental and cultural changes that have impacted the mental and behavioral health of people in the circumpolar North, and how a holistic One Health approach may be used to address them.
Location: Davis Concert Hall
Brief 10-minute presentations | Lead presenter listed below 1:30 p.m. Warrior canine therapy for veterans and service members with PTSD: Investigating areas
of change |
1:40 p.m. One Health insights from a youth dog mushing program in rural Alaska reflected through
photovoice and digital storytelling |
1:50 p.m. Arctic solastalgia: Exploring climate change mental health strategies |
2 p.m. Interdisciplinary methodology in quality of life research |
2:10 p.m. Aġġirugut, sayakturugut: We are dancing, we are healthy. |
2:20 p.m. Questions and answers |
(CONCURRENT SESSION)
Presentations within these two highly important and multidisciplinary areas show the common challenges as well as the opportunities that are unique within One Health. The way in which data is collected and managed will play a significant role in the development of One Health approaches to policy formation and implementation. These relationships are of particularly important and sensitive when data acquisition and policy formation involve community stakeholders.
Location: Engineering Building, ELIF 301/305
1:30 p.m. KEYNOTE: Nikoosh Carlo | founder and chief strategist, CNC North Consulting Climate Change - policy as a tool for systemic change |
Brief 10-minute presentations | Lead presenter listed below 1:50 p.m. Moving One Health knowledge to policy action |
2 p.m. Public-private partnerships for data management |
2:10 p.m. Tribal stewardship for One Health |
2:20 p.m. Rabies management in the North: Analysis of Alaska, Northwest Territories and Svalbard |
2:30 p.m. Canary catabase 2.0: Decoding health messages from animal sentinel events |
2:40 p.m. Climate change is animal health |
2:50 p.m. Questions and answers |
Interventions to increase Indigenous well-being Location: Davis Concert Hall |
3:45 p.m. KEYNOTE PERFORMANCE | Sean Topkok |
4 p.m. Panel discussion
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5:05 p.m. Questions and answers |
We Breathe Again
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6:30 p.m.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC!In a landscape as dramatic as its stories, We Breathe Again intimately explores the lives of four Alaska Native people, each confronting the impacts of intergenerational trauma and suicide. Reflected in the northern lights and the city streetlights, from the ice roads to the asphalt, the characters battle for personal healing, hoping to break new trail for their families and their communities to follow.
Introduction by Jody Potts, featured in the movie, and post-screening discussion with Jody Potts and Evon Peter, Vice Chancellor for Rural, Community and Native Education.