January 21, 2015
By Sophie des Beauvais Last February, 26-year-old Loretta Saunders was found dead two weeks after she disappeared, while she herself was working on a thesis on missing and murdered Inuit women in Canada. She was the third Native woman killed that year, and five others were found later last autumn. Her death has sparked calls
January 14, 2015
This commentary is a modified excerpt of the article titled “Stephen Harper’s Arctic Paradox,” originally published by the Canada Defense and Foreign Affairs Institute (CDFAI). By Joël Plouffe Over the last 50 years, American policy in the Far North has been the pillar of Canada’s Arctic sovereignty and security discourse. But Canada’s Arctic region foreign
December 10, 2014
By Erica Dingman Today we are speaking with Dennis Bevington, who is member of Canadian Parliament, representing the Northwest Territories (NWT). Bevington also serves as the official opposition critic for the Arctic Council as a member of the National Democratic Party (NDP). The NWT is an Arctic and sub-Arctic region of Canada so issues concerning
November 19, 2014
By Chantal Bilodeau In 2009, after receiving a commission from Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company to write a new play about the intersection of race, class, and climate change, I embarked on a research trip to Baffin Island, in the territory of Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic. With no prior experience, I had only a vague
October 2, 2014
By Zach Paikin Canada has a vital interest in securing a workable relationship with Russia in the 21st century. An amicable Russo-Canadian state of affairs is essential to advance multilateral cooperation in the Arctic; and a peaceful Arctic would remove one potential source of confrontation between the world’s major powers. The current diplomatic spat between
May 7, 2014
By Libby Leyden-Sussler A “ripple effect,” the spreading effect or series of consequences caused by a single action, is a very real phenomenon in the sea of international politics. One major foreign policy decision can catapult itself into effecting a whole slew of subsequent actions. Such is the case in the recent event of Canada