Posts Tagged ‘Fairbanks’
Season 2 comes to an end
“To facilitate that space, you then see how people leave in a really good mood after having connected with a person.”
Read MorePaths to the Arctic converge in coproduction
“A lot of what I’ve learned is the academic history of exploitation of communities in the Arctic. Iʼm trying to teach myself as much as I can such that when I’m in a position that I am leading a project, that I have input to make sure that things are done correctly” -Margaret Anamaq Rudolf
Read MoreTranslating and curating climate data for everyday use
“I would encourage people to not despair in this prospect of an unknowable climate future. We have tools, good tools, to get an idea of what might be coming.”
-Charlie Parr
Field log: A full career of fundamental boreal forestry
“I remember his frustration as budgets were being cut. Now most of us experienced a mixture of apprehension and anger. The anger from the injustice of it and apprehension from how is this going to affect what matters to me? Not just my job, although that’s there, but also the things that I’m doing that I think are important And as near as I could tell, he experienced only anger. He was pissed.” – Dave Valentine
Read MoreSupercomputer as stepping stone
“I was always interested in technology, ever since I was a little kid. I remember the first computer my dad bought us was an old Compaq and he thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread.”
-Bob Torgerson
Partnerships
“As a leader you’re not there to tell people what to do. You’re there to support them succeeding at what they already can do best or helping them learn to do something better.”
Read MoreBuilding bridges with sea ice
“I think as humans, especially when it’s in our backyard, we want to feel like we have a process, that we have ownership in that, and we have agency to make our voices heard.”
Read MoreLoud, critical, ambitious: sexism in science
” I have to be able to be on my toes and defend all of the work that my team has done, and yet if I question any of the work any of the other teams have done, immediately I’m called in the office.”
Read MoreUneven ground: permafrost thaw and burnout
“The more positive side of people’s brains would say oh, no, no, no, these are learning opportunities or whatever, but at some point it’s actually just failure.”
Read MoreAnother day at work
“Being able to move on and feeling supported by your superiors, takes away so much of the trauma that women often experience when they try to report.”
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