After participating in the Model Arctic Council in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 2016 and in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 2017, I knew that the best way to teach the Arctic to students would be to conduct a smaller version of the Model Arctic Council in my course, ARCTIC 200. I provided students with some background in

In Winter Quarter 2017, Professor Bob Pavia taught an innovative course jointly offered by the Honors Program and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies – a look at climate change from a truly international perspective. The new course, ARCTIC 391/JSIS 391/HONORS 394 Climate Change – An International Perspective: Science, Art and Activism, brings together

The Center welcomes Scott Montgomery, Jackson School of International Studies, to the Arctic Studies faculty. His first course, ARCTIC 200, filled to capacity with an enrollment of 50 undergraduate students. The Arctic has emerged in the 21st century as one of the most dynamic and unique regions in global geopolitics. Roughly the size of Africa,

Her most recent publications include “Nunavut, Sovereignty, and the Future for Arctic Peoples’ Involvement in Regional Self-Determination,” published in The Northern Review (2013) and The Fence and The Bridge: Geopolitics and Perception Along the Canada U.S. Border (forthcoming, 2015). Nicol’s research explores the structural dynamics that orient the political geography of the circumpolar North, with

Originally posted: October 2015 Heather Nicol is a Professor in the Department of Geography at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario where her teaching and research focuses on geopolitics in the North American Arctic region. Nicol is a member of University of the Arctic’s thematic network, Geopolitics and Security. Her most recent publications include “Nunavut, Sovereignty,

Originally posted March 2015 Two Arctic Studies Minor students, Nirupam Nigam, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, and Drake Russell, Pre-Sciences, were invited by the Russian Geographical Society to attend the International Youth Forum with Center director, Vincent Gallucci. Early this January, I was selected to attend an event called the International Youth Forum, Arctic Expedition, at

I began my Arctic studies with simple curiosity. While registering for Fall 2013 classes, I found a course on the Jackson School International Studies (JSIS) class listings: Inuktitut, the language of the Inuit. My father worked in the Alaskan Arctic for two decades, and I grew up with a strong (if second-hand) fascination and interest

Above: From left, Vincent Gallucci, Chair, Canadian Studies; Resat Kasaba, Director, Jackson School; Jeff Riedinger, Vice Provost, Global Affairs; Tony Penikett, Fulbright Arctic Chair; Judy Howard, Divisional Dean, Social Sciences; Nadine Fabbi, Associate Director, Canadian Studies. by Kristina Bowman The talk coincided with the proposed University of Washington’s Arctic minor (http://www.jsis.washington.edu/arctic/), an interdisciplinary program to

Above: The Arctic Studies minor builds from the foundation laid by the Task Force on Arctic Affair. Michael Brown and Nicolas van Tulder in the 2013 Task Force in Québec City, Canada. The UW College of Arts and Sciences newsletter, Perspectives, just did a story on unique interdisciplinary minors at the UW. The Center’s proposed Arctic