{"id":363,"date":"2016-07-13T14:06:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T14:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticincontext.com\/?p=363"},"modified":"2021-07-11T10:00:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T10:00:05","slug":"toward-arctic-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/aic\/2016\/07\/13\/toward-arctic-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"Toward Arctic Futures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduced by Erica Dingman <\/strong><\/p>\n

Twenty years since the signing of the Ottawa Declaration, formally launching the Arctic Council, the U.S. has reached the mid-point of its second rotation as chair of the Arctic Council. Momentous as the founding of the Arctic Council was at the time, after years of hard negotiations the event received little recognition. After the Cold War, the Arctic region barely resonated with politicians or media. Now, two decades later, the Arctic Council and the Arctic region have gained a considerably higher degree of recognition\u2014albeit with limited attention to many of the complexities of Arctic issues.<\/p>\n

To address some of the current issues facing the Arctic, four participants who attended the One Arctic symposium<\/a> graciously provide thought-provoking ideas about current and future challenges. Filmed primarily at the symposium in Washington, DC, Toward Arctic Futures<\/em> offers refreshing insights into the challenges that lay ahead for the people living in the Arctic, and what Arctic change means for the rest of the world. Rosemarie Kuptana, former president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, and Jim Gamble, executive director of Aleut International Association, offer indigenous perspectives. They are followed in conversation with Susan Harper, Canada\u2019s Senior Arctic Official at the Arctic Council, and David Kennedy, Senior Arctic Advisor at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.<\/p>\n

We are pleased to present Toward Arctic Futures.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n