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	<title>14th International Congress on Circumpolar Health</title>
	<link>http://icch2009.circumpolarhealth.org</link>
	<description>July 11-16, 2009, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada</description>
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		<title>Audio Archives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Full-length audio clips of keynote and plenary speakers can be heard below. Many thanks to PIDO Productions for the excellent sound quality of their recordings. Sunday, July 12, 9:30AM From Research to Action: Promoting Health in the Circumpolar Regions NELLIE COURNOYEA, O.C. Nellie is the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC). The corporation was established after the 1984 land claim settlement. Today it has assets in excess of $492 million. Before her election as Chair of IRC, Ms. Cournoyea was Premier of the Northwest Territories for four years beginning November 1991. Representing the riding of Nunakput from 1979 to November 1995, Ms. Cournoyea held a number of portfolios. Nellie was also a founding member, and later [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icch2009.circumpolarhealth.org/2009/07/audio-archives/</link>
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		<title>Workshop venue and time change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Mental Health Workshop with Suzanne Stewart in Session 4, Venue 1 (Monday, 1:30pm) has been shifted to Session 10, Venue 3 (Wednesday 1:30pm) Deborah Anderson&#8217;s presentation in Session 10, Venue 6 (Wednesday, 1:30pm) has been shifted to Session 9, Venue 2 (Wednesday 8:30am)]]></description>
		<link>http://icch2009.circumpolarhealth.org/2009/07/workshop-venue-and-time-change/</link>
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		<title>New Server Room</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Server Room for uploading presentations to the various venues will be located in St. Patrick Room 217 (just outside Venue 7 and upstairs of the Rock Garden). Bring your presentations on USB key or CD sometime before the session. A technician will ensure that the presentation gets transfered to the appropriate venue.]]></description>
		<link>http://icch2009.circumpolarhealth.org/2009/07/new-server-room/</link>
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		<title>Final Programme is Here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here we are on the eve of the Congress, and the final pieces are falling into place, not least of all the prepared programme book. Download the quick programme book here. You can also download the full version with cover and maps but the file is quite a bit larger. Obviously, there are going to be changes up until the last minute, but at this point, changes will be physically posted to the congress venues.]]></description>
		<link>http://icch2009.circumpolarhealth.org/2009/07/final-programme-is-here/</link>
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		<title>Video Conferencing  &amp; Bus Schedule posted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The video conferencing and bus schedules have been posted. The plenary room as well as venues 2 and 5 will be video conferenced. Meanwhile, buses will be useful to get from outlying accommodations to the principal venues as well as to the Weledeh Feast venue.]]></description>
		<link>http://icch2009.circumpolarhealth.org/2009/06/video-conferencing-bus-schedule-posted/</link>
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		<title>Venue map added</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A map of St. Patrick&#8217;s/Weledeh schools with room allocation has been posted to the website. Venues 1 through 7 have been identified as well as ancillary rooms used by the congress. A map of Sir John Franklin School and the immediate vicinity will also be posted once finalized.]]></description>
		<link>http://icch2009.circumpolarhealth.org/2009/06/venue-map-added/</link>
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		<title>Participants&#8217; geolocations identified</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The website has a new addition &#8212; an interactive map with the geolocations of congress participants identified on a Google map. The map was created using the Google Maps and Spreadsheets API, as well as an automated batch geocoder. Some of the locations had to be corrected manually, but it worked through the registrants list quite easily.]]></description>
		<link>http://icch2009.circumpolarhealth.org/2009/06/participants-geolocations-identified/</link>
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		<title>Calendar of events posted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A calendar of events using Google Calendars has been posted to the website. Due to its enhanced functionality including the ability to download entries into your own calendar, the Calendar will replace the tentative timetable on the website.]]></description>
		<link>http://icch2009.circumpolarhealth.org/2009/06/calendar-of-events-posted/</link>
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		<title>Abstract Book sent to the presses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The abstract book has been sent to the presses. The 164-page tome will be available as a printed volume as well as an indexed PDF on USB keycards for Congress participants. A final post-congress edition will be posted to the website with all the last-minute entries and no-shows accounted for.]]></description>
		<link>http://icch2009.circumpolarhealth.org/2009/06/abstract-book-sent-to-the-presses/</link>
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		<title>Deadline for congress withdrawal June 15th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a reminder, the deadline for refunds on congress registrations is June 15th, after which no refunds will be possible due to the locked-in costs of the congress.]]></description>
		<link>http://icch2009.circumpolarhealth.org/2009/06/deadline-for-refunds-june-15th/</link>
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