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Listening to Arctic Voices in Extractive Industries

Rachael Lorna Johnstone and Anne Merrild Hansen in Tasiilaq. Dr Rachael Lorna Johnstone Adjunct Professor of Law, Ilisimatusarfik, Greenland; Professor of

40 @ -40°: Veteran Negotiators Distill Yukon Treaty’s First Principles in Whitehorse

Tony Penikett Former Premier of Yukon As the Territory’s minister responsible for Yukon First Nations treaty negotiations and the Umbrella

Scottish Land Reforms: Lessons in Community Regeneration for the Arctic?

Ulva. © James Stringer/Flickr. Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes (with thanks to Max Baring of Thomson Reuters Foundation for the film)

The Rural North – Opportunities and Challenges for Scottish and Arctic Communities

Image by Bill Kasman from Pixabay. Dr Nikolas Sellheim On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s first

Three Takeaways from Canada’s Arctic and Northern Policy

Crossing glacier-fed streams in the Akshayuk Pass, Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island. © Peter Morgan (Flickr). Dr Andrew Chater The

For Biodiversity and Beyond! A Scenario for Transformative Regime Change in the Arctic Region

Image by mpater22 from Pixabay Nikolas Sellheim Introduction In their paper Integrating Proximal and Horizon Threats to Biodiversity for Conservation,

Canada becomes Third Party to Ratify Commercial Fishing Regulation in the Central Arctic Ocean

International waters of the Central Arctic Ocean. Dr Nikolas Sellheim The protection of biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction is an issue

SDWG is the Human Voice of the Arctic Council: Sarah Cox

Sarah Cox and Justin Barnes In this ‘Polar Matters’ interview, Sarah Cox, Director of the Circumpolar Affairs Directorate, Department of

Canada’s 2019 Federal Budget and the Arctic

Parliament Hill, Ottawa. © Asif A Ali Justin Barnes On 19 March 2019, the federal government of Canada released their

Commercial Sealers under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants

Woodstock in northern Newfoundland. © Nikolas Sellheim Nikolas Sellheim On 17 December 2018, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted

The Model Arctic Council: An Opportunity for Innovative Policy Dialogue

Justin Barnes and Brittany Ennis From 29 October to 2 November 2018, while the Senior Arctic Officials of the Arctic

Dr Nikolas Sellheim on The Seal Hunt: Cultures, Economies and Legal Regimes

Decolonising the Arctic, One Tattoo at a time: A Conversation with Holly Mititquq Nordlum

Erin Willahan Erin Willahan, Fellow at Polar Research and Policy Initiative, speaks to Alaska-based Iñupiaq artist Holly Mititquq Nordlum about the

The Quest for an Arctic University in Canada

Yukon College, Whitehorse, Yukon. Justin Barnes Introduction The quest for an Arctic university in Canada has been a long one,

Arctic Antibiotics – The Hunt for New Medicines in the Arctic

Figure 1: The future of medicine could be hiding here, on the Arctic seabed where unknown organisms dwell (NSF, 2005)

Yours, Mine or Ours? The Kvanefjeld Multi-Element Project in Narsaq, Greenland

Narsaq, Greenland. © jtstewart By Mariel Kieval Introduction Climate change has already begun to take a toll on the amount

Canada’s Arctic Policy Framework: A New Approach to Northern Governance

Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada. © Tyler Heal. Introduction Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave numerous speeches and issued many press releases

Proceedings of ‘SDGs in the Arctic’ High-Level Dialogue Series, Session I: Arctic Circle Assembly 2017, Iceland

Session 1 Date: 14 October 2017 Venue: Arctic Circle Assembly 2017, Reykjavik, Iceland Download PDF: SDGs in the Arctic –

Reindeer Are Real – And So Are The Challenges They Face

Picture via Larissa Beumer This article has been written by Larissa Beumer and Åshild Ønsvik Pedersen. When we think about

Mental Health and Suicide in Canada and Greenland

Canada
Greenland
Indigenous Peoples
20 November 2016

Photo via Tiina Törmänen Arctic politics have long been relegated to the back burner when it comes to political awareness

Listening to Arctic Voices in Extractive Industries

40 @ -40°: Veteran Negotiators Distill Yukon Treaty’s First Principles in Whitehorse

Scottish Land Reforms: Lessons in Community Regeneration for the Arctic?

The Rural North – Opportunities and Challenges for Scottish and Arctic Communities

Three Takeaways from Canada’s Arctic and Northern Policy

For Biodiversity and Beyond! A Scenario for Transformative Regime Change in the Arctic Region

Canada becomes Third Party to Ratify Commercial Fishing Regulation in the Central Arctic Ocean

SDWG is the Human Voice of the Arctic Council: Sarah Cox

Canada’s 2019 Federal Budget and the Arctic

Commercial Sealers under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants

The Model Arctic Council: An Opportunity for Innovative Policy Dialogue

Dr Nikolas Sellheim on The Seal Hunt: Cultures, Economies and Legal Regimes

Decolonising the Arctic, One Tattoo at a time: A Conversation with Holly Mititquq Nordlum

The Quest for an Arctic University in Canada

Arctic Antibiotics – The Hunt for New Medicines in the Arctic

Yours, Mine or Ours? The Kvanefjeld Multi-Element Project in Narsaq, Greenland

Canada’s Arctic Policy Framework: A New Approach to Northern Governance

Proceedings of ‘SDGs in the Arctic’ High-Level Dialogue Series, Session I: Arctic Circle Assembly 2017, Iceland

Reindeer Are Real – And So Are The Challenges They Face

Mental Health and Suicide in Canada and Greenland

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