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From: pkevan@UOGUELPH.CA<BR>To: CPI-GENERAL@LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA<BR>Sent:
5/8/2012 8:19:42 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time<BR>Subj: Workshop Announcement:
Pollination & Land Rehabilitation (September 29 & 30th in Columbus,
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forward to anyone who may be interested. <BR><BR>Cheers,<BR>Peter<BR>
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face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT color=#000099 size=6><B>Pollination
& Land Rehabilitation Workshop</B></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><BR>September 29 &
30th </B></FONT></DIV>
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face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B>Columbus, OH</B></FONT></DIV>
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face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><I>(1/2 block from the Columbus Convention
Centre)</I></FONT></DIV>
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face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size=3>The Canadian
Pollination Initiative (NSERC-CANPOLIN) is organizing a 2-day
workshop on Pollination and Land Rehabiliation. </FONT><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 17px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><FONT
size=3>The workshop will bring together pollination biologists, restoration
ecologists, and others interested in land rehabilitation, and will provide a
valuable opportunity to assess the current state of knowledge and identify
research priorities and collaborative projects. The workshop will take place
immediately prior to the <A title=http://www.ecosummit2012.org/
href="http://www.ecosummit2012.org/" target=_blank>2012 EcoSummit </A>on
September 29 and 30, 2012 in Columbus, Ohio.
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size=4><B><U><FONT color=#000099 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Workshop
Agenda</FONT></U></B></FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal><B><U><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Day 1
(Sat,Sept 29) 9:00 am - 5:00 pm</FONT></U></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"
class=MsoNormal><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">(<B><I>a) Assessment
of the current state of knowledge</I></B></FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> Presentations
by workshop participants on recent projects and developments in the
field</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"
class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">(b)
Determination of Research Priorities </FONT></I></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"
class=MsoNormal><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Group discussion to
identify key knowledge gaps </FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal><B><U><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Day 2 (Sun,
Sept 30) 9:00 am - 4:00 pm</FONT></U></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"
class=MsoNormal><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">(<B><I>c) Breakout
Groups </I></B></FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Based on
outcome of (B) above, the workshop will divide into 3-4 breakout groups to
identify potential parallel and collaborative projects in key areas and
potential sources of funding.</FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">(d) Breakout
Groups report and final wrap-up discussion</FONT></I></B></P>
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face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B>Space is limited! To reserve a
place in the workshop, please email </B></FONT><FONT color=#000099 size=4
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">sbates@uoguelph.ca</FONT><FONT
color=#660000 size=4 face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="garamond, new york, times, serif"><FONT color=#000099 size=2
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sarah Bates, PhD<BR>Network Manager,
NSERC-CANPOLIN<BR>School of Environmental Sciences - Bovey<BR>University of
Guelph, 50 Stone Rd East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1<BR>tel: (519)824-4120
X58022 fax: (519)837-0442</FONT><BR></FONT><FONT size=2
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><A title=http://www.uoguelph.ca/canpolin
href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/canpolin"
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