Note to Authors
We are interested in articles from across the globe, not just in Canada. To contribute send a note to wildfire@ualberta.ca.
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Requirements:
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Please submit any articles as a .txt, Word or OpenOffice file format. Format text as 11 point Georgia, single line spacing.
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The article can be short (minimum 400 words) or long (up to 5000 words).
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Please include images and diagrams if possible. These serve to illustrate your article and allow flexibility in layout.
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Ensure you have permission to use any graphics you include and credit the artist/photographer if necessary.
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Images/diagrams embedded in your documents should have sufficiently high resolution to allow reasonable re-sizing without degradation. To ensure this it is best to also send high resolution .png or .jpg files of each figure.
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Include captions for any photos, figures or tables.
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Include your name, title, and institutional affiliation. If you are open to being contacted by readers, please add your email address.
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Your submissions may be edited for space, spelling, grammar, etc.
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Depending on space constraints, we may retain some articles for publication in succeeding issues.
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Please ensure acronyms and potentially obscure references are adequately explained on first use.
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The target audience is composed of professionals in government, industry and academia, all of whom are involved with wildfire and smoke issues. Both descriptive and technical articles are welcome.
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The Canadian Wildland Fire and Smoke Newsletter will be published via email and on the Internet. Contents of all articles will be freely shared with anyone who is interested.