Nanton Nutraceuticals sponsored Dr. Alain Cuerrier of the Jardin Botanique de  Montreal, an internationally recognized ethno botanist to address Arrgo members on medicinal plants of the Canadian high Arctic. Dr. Cuerrier has been working with the Government of Quebec and Inuit peoples of the Eastern Arctic to inventory and investigate native plants that hold promise for the creation of nutraceutical products. His recent work has focused on plants for potential diabetes treatment and the classification of Rhodiola rosea.  His web page is at http://www.irbv.umontreal.ca/english/cuerrier.htm  and you can learn more about Dr. Cuerrier's work at http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/sr-sr/activ/consprod/cree-cries-eng.php  and  http://cms.herbalgram.org/herbalgram/issue81/article3379.html