Teacher Resources
HSMUN 2012 Information Package and Registration Form
Important Dates
November 16, 2011 - Registration Opens
December 15, 2011 - Early bird fee deadline ($60 per delegate)
December 26, 2011 - Regular fees in affect ($65 per delegate)
January 14, 2012 - T-shirt orders and payments are due ($15 per person)
January 31, 2012 - Final day for fee submission, after this date we will assume delegates have pulled out.
February 11, 2012 - Position Papers due!
February 23-25, 2012 - HSMUN CONFERENCE!
Paying Delegate Fees
Please make cheques payable to University of Alberta High School Model UN. Payments can be mailed to:
University of Alberta High School Model United Nations 2011
C.O. Department of Political Science
10-16 Tory Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton AB T6G 2H4
Please e-mail the HSMUN Secretariat if you require an invoice to have a cheque issued by your school or organization.
Conference Preparation Tips
While every school runs their teams a bit differently, we have found that encouraging students to begin preparation early is ALWAYS the best course of action. To facilitate this, we have a blog which will help guide your students to research resources and pertinent current events, as well as dropping hints about crises or the contentious issues of debate. We will also be sending out regular emails with links to delegate preparation materials. It is extremely important that we receive delegate emails as we will be eliminating our regular January mail-out in favour of placing all materials online.
Speaking more broadly, we hope that teachers or team leaders will introduce their students to the general workings of the UN and support them in their quest to learn more about foreign policy. While we can help students gain a broad understanding of a topic, it is specific foreign policy research which will set delegates apart both on the position papers and in debate. Indeed, our biggest problems each year with debate are the lack of specifics and a disregard for the impacts resolutions might have at a national level. These stem directly from a lack of preparedness when it comes to foreign policy.
If you have any questions, concerns or comments please do email us (hsmun@ualberta.ca). We would like to make this experience a positive one for everyone involved and appreciate feedback on all aspects of the conference, including the website! We appreciate your ongoing support and look forward to meeting with you in February.
Note: We have changed the organization of the blogs this year. We strongly encourage students to read the general blog. Committee specific information can be found using the tags on the left-hand side of the page. As our committee posts are run more independently by dais staff, it is sometimes difficult to guarantee updates, but our general blog tends to be updated regularly with information useful to all delegates.