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You are invited to participate in the Clayoquot Symposium 2003: Citizen Science and Community Health, at the Tin Wis Resort in Tofino, British Columbia from November 25-28, 2003.

The general theme of the conference is health across the water, which will be explored through four days of discussions between community members and invited guests. The main activities of the conference will be informal panel presentations and large group discussions. There will be a specific focus for each day:

Clayoquot Biosphere Trust

Vancouver Foundation

West Coast Learning Network

West Coast Vancouver Island Aquatic Management Board

Westcoast Women's Resources Society

The Clayoquot Symposium 2003 is organized by the Clayoquot Alliance for Research, Education and Training, a partnership between the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust and the University of Victoria.

Functioning under the UNESCO mandate, the vision of the Biosphere Reserve is to help communities live sustainably in healthy ecosystems. The top priority of the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust is to facilitate dialogue in local communities regarding the nature and the development of the communities. Through such dialogue, we aim to increase local capacity for conservation and sustainable resource management. The focus of the Clayoquot Symposium 2003 on questions of community health will help to move dialogue forward and identify new ways for Clayoquot Biosphere Trust to fulfill its ongoing mandate.

For further information, please call our conference coordinator, Maggie Zhang, at 250-726-7291, e-mail rongz@uvic.ca.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Acknowledgements

Financial or in-kind support for the conference has been provided by the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust, Vancouver Foundation, West Coast Learning Network, West Coast Vancouver Island Aquatic Management Board, and Westcoast Women's Resources Society.

The Clayoquot Alliance would also like to acknowledge the volunteers who have made this Symposium possible: