Canada's Arctic Populations, Northern Security Issues and Emerging Forms of Governance [420]

Canadian Studies Center

Center for West European Studies

Ellison Center

East Asia Resource Center

Center for Global Studies

Thursday January 16, 2014

Kane Hall, 120

Tony Penikett, 2013-14 UW Canada Visiting Fulbright Chair in Arctic Studies

Canadian Studies Center, The Graduate School, UW Alumni Association, College of the Environment, Polar Science Center at the Applied Physics Laboratory, Quaternary Research Center, Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity, Department of American Indian Studies, Department of Communication, and School of Art Photomedia Department

canada@uw.edu (440)

Future of Ice Lecture Series

As climate change transforms our environment, the Arctic and Antarctic face a troubling, uncertain fate. Join us for The Future of Ice, a six-part lecture series that covers our polar regions from a variety of perspectives. We offer a slate of renowned experts who will cover issues including glacial retreat, wildlife at the poles, and the changing Arctic environment’s impact on Inuit culture.

Tony Penikett, 2013-2014 UW Canada Visiting Fulbright Chair in Arctic Studies, will also be lecturing, "Arctic Populations, Norther Security Issues and Emerging Forms of Governance." Tony will talk about how climate isn’t the only thing changing in Alaska and Canada’s northern territories. New forms of governance are taking shape, upsetting the old hierarchies of federal, provincial or state, and local governments in the process. Tony Penikett will discuss these changes while forecasting what they might mean for the future of the region. 

Other special lectures will be featured. Times and dates will vary with lectures. Please view the schedule to see when lectures will take place. 

All lectures are free and open to the public. To ensure a seat, please register.