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The fact-finding mission to Ottawa is designed to introduce students to major stakeholders and perspectives in the discussion regarding Arctic Sovereignty, top legal experts in the field, and scientific research. The mission is funded by a grant from Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada with additional support from the University of Washington's Office of Global Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences, Social Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, and the Center for Global Studies and Canadian Studies Center in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.
This trip was made possible thanks to the generosity of the organizations and individuals below who agreed to meet with the students to enrich their understanding of Arctic sovereignty issues and to welcome them to Ottawa. To all of our hosts - we look forward to meeting you and to establishing new ties between your organization and our institution. - Thank you, merci beaucoup, Nakurmiik!
Final Booklet of Hosts/Schedule
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Schedule
Monday-Friday Organization
Each morning the team will meet for breakfast where the designated student hosts provide an overview of the organizations / individuals for the day including reference to the importance of those perspectives to the team's Task Force report. One or two rapporteurs will be responsible for taking thorough notes during the meetings, compiling those notes at the end of the day, and sharing them with the team in the evening. The coordinator will take the rapporteur notes and reduce these to short summaries to be used in a follow-up report for the fact-finding mission.
Sunday, 25 January 2009
8-9 a.m. - Breakfast, Lord Elgin
10-11:30 a.m. - Canadian Museum of Civilization Tour
Canada Hall - Remarkable journey through one thousand years
of Canada's social history.
First Peoples Hall - Highlights the cultural, historical and
artistic achievements of Canada's First Peoples.
Lunch - Voyageurs Cafeteria, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Québec
1 - Parliament of Canada Tour, Ottawa
Evening - dinner on own
Monday, 26 January 2009
7 a.m. - Breakfast, Lord Elgin, overview of day
8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. - Welcome by Foreign Affairs and
International Trade Canada
Host - Nancy Hector, Senior Program Advisor, US,
International Academic Relations Division
Program:
9-9:10 a.m. - Welcoming Remarks by Foreign Affairs and
International Trade / International Education and Youth
Division (Chris Greenshields or Nancy Hector)
9:10 - 10:00 a.m. - Presentation on the Canada-US
Relationship, Jeff Heynen, Deputy Director, U.S. Relations
10-11:00 a.m. - Presentation on the Arctic Relationship,
Robert Kadas, Deputy Director, Aboriginal and Circumpolar
Affairs Division
11 a.m.-Noon - Presentation on Arctic Sovereignty, Allison
Stewart, Oceans Law Division
Noon-1 p.m. - Lunch for all participants hosted by Foreign
Affairs and International Trade Canada
Location - 125 Sussex Drive, Rendez-Vous Room
1:30-4 - Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Inuit Circumpolar
Council
Hosts - Stephen Hendrie, Senior Communications Officer,
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Oxana Golovkina, Russian
Liaison, International Development, Projects Coordinator,
Inuit Circumpolar Council
Location - 75 Albert St., Suite 1001
Evening - dinner on own; team meeting to discuss / integrate day's meetings
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
8-9 a.m. - Breakfast, Lord Elgin, overview of day
9:30 a.m.-Noon - Embassy of the United States of America,
James Steele, Environment Counselor
Location - 490 Sussex Drive, Ottawa
Noon - Lunch with Giovanni Di Girolamo, First Counsellor
and Head of the Political and Public Affairs Section,
Delegation of the European Commission to Canada
Location - Lord Elgin, Board Room 200
2 - Polar Continental Shelf Program, Natural Resources
Canada, Ottawa, Director, Martin Bergmann
Location - Lord Elgin, Board Room 200
Evening - dinner on own
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
8-9 a.m. - Breakfast, Lord Elgin, overview of day
10-Noon a.m. - Royal Norwegian Embassy, Jo Sletbak,
Minister Counsellor / Deputy Head of Mission
Location - 150 Metcalfe Street, Suite 1300, Ottawa
Noon - Lunch with Benoît Pelletier, Faculty of Law,
University of Ottawa, former member of Québec's National
Assembly and Minister in the Québec Government
Location - Lord Elgin Hotel, Board Room 200
2-4 p.m. - Jean-François Arteau, Legal Counsel and
Executive Assistant to Pita Aatami, President of Makivik
Corporation, and Donat Savoie, Former Chief Federal
(Canada) Negotiator for Nunavik (Northern Québec, Canada)
Location - Lord Elgin Hotel, Board Room 200
Evening - dinner on own; team meeting to discuss / integrate day's meetings (instructors meeting with afternoon speakers)
Thursday, 29 January 2009
8-9 a.m. - Breakfast, Lord Elgin, overview of day
10 a.m. - Embassy of Iceland, Ottawa, Ambassador Siridur
Anna Thordardottir
Location - 360 Albert Street, Suite 710, Ottawa
Lunch - on own
12:40 p.m. - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Host - Cecilia Sithembile Silundika, Circumpolar Analyst,
Russia, Circumpolar Liaison
Program:
1-1:20 - Welcome Remarks and Introductions
1:20-1:40 - Overview Brief on Indian and Northern Affairs,
Marilyn Whitaker, International Relations Directorate
1:40-2 p.m. - Discussion
2-2:30 - The Northern Strategy, John Kozij, Director,
Strategic Policy and Integration Directorate
2:30-2:40 - Discussion
2:40-3:20 - Inuit Relations Secretariat, Indian and Northern
Affairs Canada, Christopher Duschenes, Executive Director
3:20-3:30 - Discussion
3:30-4 - Arctic Cooperation multilateral and bilateral
programs by Circumpolar Liaison Directorate, Harald W.
Finkler, Director
4-4:30 - International Polar Year, Stephanie Rees, Research
Coordinator
4:30-4:50 - Discussion
4:50-5 p.m. - Concluding Remarks
Location - Northern Affairs Organization, Assistant Deputy
Minister Boardroom, 25 Eddy Street, 10th Floor, Gatineau,
Québec
Dinner – on own
Public event of interest:
Nunavut 10th Anniversary Celebration -
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/democracy/index-e.html
Program:
6 p.m. – traditional food, music and drum dancing
7:30 p.m. – Nunavut at 10: What's working, what's not and
what's next
A panel discussion with: Jim Bell, Editor of Nunatsiaq News,
Iqaluit; Ed Picco, former Minister of Education and of Heath
and Social Services, Government of Nunavut; Nancy
Karetak-Lindell, Member of Parliament for Nunavut from 1997
to 2008; Jose Kusugak, President of the Kivalliq Inuit
Association and former President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
(simultaneous translation: English, French and Inuktitut)
Location – Library and Archive Canada, 395 Wellington
Street, Ottawa
Friday, 30 January 2009
8-9 a.m. - Breakfast, Lord Elgin, overview of day
10 a.m. - Embassy of Denmark, Ottawa, Deputy Head of
Mission, Jakob Henningsen, Embassy of Denmark, Ottawa
Host - Linda Friis Petersen, Communication and
Cultural Advisor
Location - 47 Clarence St., Suite 450, Ottawa
Lunch - on own
1-5:00 p.m. - University of Ottawa Symposium on Arctic
Sovereignty - Legal Issues / Inuit Rights
Host - Sophie Thériault, Faculty of Law, University of
Ottawa
Program:
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
1-2:30 Donat Pharand, Professor Emeritus, International Law,
University of Ottawa
Pharand is one of the foremost experts on the international
law of the sea, particularly as it relates to the Arctic
regions. Thanks to his research and writings, Canadian
sovereignty over the Northwest Passage is generally
accepted.
2:30-4 Donald McRae - Professor of Law, University of Ottawa
and Suzanne Lalonde, Faculty of Law, Université Montréal
McRae specializes in the field of International Law and has
been an Advisor to the Department of External Affairs of the
Government of Canada and Counsel for Canada in several
international fisheries and boundary arbitration.
Lalonde's work focuses on the legal aspects of Arctic
sovereignty with a focus on the Northwest Passage and
challenges to Canada's sovereignty over the region.
Indigenous Rights
4-5:30 Sophie Thériault and Bradford Morse, Faculty of Law,
University of Ottawa
Thériault specializes in Inuit food security in the age of
climate change and melting sea ice and the role of law in
securing access to traditional food.
Professor Morse has been directly involved in the
establishment of Aboriginal land claims, environmental
disputes, and other Aboriginal governance matters. In the
mid-90s Morse served as Executive Assistant to the Minister
of Indian and Northern Affairs and was involved in all
aspects of the Department's responsibilities concerning
First Nations as well as in the North.
Location - Faculty of Law, Room 201, University of Ottawa
7:30 p.m. - Reception and Student Presentation for Week's
Hosts
Location - Confederation Room, 11th floor (with a beautiful
fireplace!), Lord Elgin Hotel
Saturday, 31 January 2009
7:30-8:30 am - breakfast
9 - depart for airport
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