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ARIcelebrates50yearsofresearchinthefarNorthTuesdayNovember18201413EDUCATIONRESEARCHByDALICARMICHAELFromlanguageandculturalrevitalizationtoNorthernfarmingandlifeonthelandtheAuroraResearchInstituteARIinInuvikhasbeenanintegralpartoflearninganddevel-opingresearchintheNorthwestTerritoriesforthepast50years.Staffstudentsandanyonewithaninter-esthavebeencelebratingtheinstitutes50thanniversaryforthelastmonthwithaseriesofmovienightspresentationsfrompresentandpastresearchersanddynamichands-onexperimentslikebuildingtheirownrobots.WehaveaneatcollectionofreectionsfromdifferentresearcherssaidARIdirectorPippaSeccombe-Hett.Werealsospendingsometimespeakingwithlocalcommunitymembersthatwereactiveintheresearchthroughtheyearsandtheirinvolvementwithyouthandascommunitymembersnowintheresearchprogram.Theresabroadrangeofpeoplefromthecommunitiesthathaveworkedonresearchprogramsforover50years.Thoseresearchprogramshaveextendedfromenvironmentalstudiesphysicssoci-ologyandlanguagesagricultureandhealthinitiativesastimegoesonthelistcontin-uestoexpandandgrow.TheoriginalInuvikcampusforARIopenedin1964aresearchbaseforthen-departmentofIndianandNorthernAffairstoconductstudiesintheNWTandtheYukon.In1984theestablishmentwasturnedovertotheGNWTsScienceInstituteoftheNWTSINTbeforemergingwithAuroraCollegein1995andbecomingtheARIasitisknowntoday.NotonlyacentreforlearningaboutthefarNorthARIhasbeenacommunityhubforthelastvedecadeswherefamiliescanshowupforbarbecuesandmovienightsahistorytheinstitutehonouredbyscreeninglmsrelatedtotheregionthroughoutthemonthofOctober.TheNorthSlaveResearchCentreARIsextensioninYellowknifecelebrateditshis-toryaswellwithascienceshowcasehostedattheNorthernUnitedPlaceonNov.3whichsawabout150attendees.Werereallytryingtofocusthecelebra-tionsonthecommunitytheimpactsandthegreatworkandthesignicanceoftheworkthatsbeendonethroughhereandthecom-munityinvolvementsinthatSeccombe-Hettsaid.Itsbeenprettyneattohavesomeofthecommunitysperspectivesharedandreectedon.AspartoftheemphasisacommitteefromARIhasbeenreachingouttoelderslocalfamiliesandresearcherspastandpresentcollectingphotosandartifactsfromthelasthalfcenturysomeofwhichhavebeenturnedintoaninteractivetimeline.TolookatARIsfullhistoryovertheyearsortoseewhateventsaregoingonheadtohttpnwtresearch.comabout-us50th-anni-versary-research-inuvik50th-anniversary-schedule-events.PhotocourtesyofAuroraCollegeStaffstudentsandtherestoftheAuroraCollegecommunityhavebeenbusycelebratingthe50thanniversaryoftheAuroraResearchInstituteinInuvikthismonth.