22-24 August, 2005

24 hours

Online

Remote participation opens

Wednesday, 24 August, 2005

9:00am - 6:00pm	Arrival	Participant travel and check in at Yukon College
6:30pm - 7:00pm	Welcome	AYN meet and greet - Opening remarks, brief introduction to workshop, review of online summary
7:00pm - 9:00pm	Online	Internet access, liaising with online participants

Thursday, 25 August, 2005

8:00am - 8:30am	Breakfast	Review of online summary
8:30am - 9:00am	Travel	Head out to Takhini Hot Springs
9:00am - 12:00pm	Teamwork	Equinox Rox Teambuilding: 9:00am - Welcome, Get-To-Know, Ambulators, Five Finger Leadership Spiel - Light Teambuilding 10:00am - GPTeaming Program Short Course - Intensive Teambuilding 11:00am - Climbing Wall & Zipline
12:00pm - 12:30pm	Travel	Back to Yukon College
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch	Catered by Alpine Bakery
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Presentation	Ambassador Jack Anawak (Canadian Ambassador of Circumpolar Affairs): Introduction to the Arctic Council
	Presentation	Christine Short (Policy Advisor, Aboriginal and Circumpolar Affairs Division/Foreign Affairs Canada): Future of Children and Youth of the Arctic
2:30pm - 3:00pm	Coffee
3:00pm - 4:30pm	Intro	Informal introduction to Arctic Council documents (Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, Arctic Human Development Report, Arctic Council Founding Documents) in the College outdoor amphitheatre
4:30pm - 5:30pm	Cook	Bannock baking lesson at College Firepit
5:30pm - 8:00pm	Dinner	Welcome feast at College Firepit with Dako Cata Dancers
8:00pm - 10:00pm	Online	Internet access, liaising with online participants

Friday, 26 August, 2005

8:30am - 9:00am	Breakfast
9:00am - 9:30am	Intro	Opening remarks and review of online summary
9:30am - 10:30am	Talk	Alysia Garmulewicz (Coordinator of the Youth Climate Change Conference): Youth Vision: How to generate youth involvement in current issues; how to create and maintain momentum
10:30am - 11:00am	Coffee
11:00am - 12:00pm	Talk	John Streicker (Coordinator of the Northern Climate ExChange): Climate Change in the Circumpolar North: Issues, responsibilities and opportunities into the future
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Lunch	Catered by Alpine Bakery
1:00pm - 2:00pm	Talk	Ethel Blake (former Executive Director of Gwich'in Council International): Challenges and Strategy: How to deal with outside funding; NGO and Indigenous relationships with Circumpolar governments
2:00pm - 2:30pm	Breakout 1	Workgroups begin with a topic: Networking/organizing for small youth groups Northern public policies and climate change Connecting policy to current issues in the North
2:30pm - 3:00pm	Breakout 2	Workgroups rotate
3:00pm - 3:30pm	Coffee
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Breakout 3	Workgroups rotate
4:00pm - 5:00pm	Discussion	Share and review breakout sessions, with consideration for how AYN will function
7:00pm - 8:30pm	Dinner	Catered by Alpine Bakery
8:30pm - 10:30pm	Online	Internet access, liaising with online participants

Saturday, 27 August, 2005

Closed session - AYN participants only

8:30am - 9:00am	Breakfast
9:00am - 9:30am	Intro	Gathering and review of online summary
9:30am - 10:30am	Work	AYN Terms of Reference
10:30am - 11:00am	Coffee
11:00am - 12:00pm	Work	AYN Constitution
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Lunch	Catered by Alpine Bakery
1:00pm - 3:00pm	More work	Proposal to Arctic Council
3:00pm - 3:30pm	Coffee
3:30pm - 5:00pm	Vision	Nominate a steering committee; discuss next steps and outline a work plan for 2005/2006
5:00pm - 5:30pm	Close	Final remarks
6:00pm - 7:30pm	Celebrate	Dinner catered by Alpine Bakery
8:30pm - 10:30pm	Online	Internet access, wrap up with online participants

Sunday, 28 August, 2005

9:00am - 6:00pm

Go outside

Participants travel home. For those staying on we'll organize a kayak and picnic out on Marsh Lake, or a hike up Mount Lorne, or...

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