In April 2016, approximately 50 scholars and practitioners participated in the two-day workshop, the inaugural Arctic and International Relations Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC, focused on the theme of “One Arctic” and the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. The workshop was sponsored by six Title VI Centers in the JSIS including

Sixty-five students, thirteen countries, representing eight nation states, six permanent participants, and several observer states and organizations. While these numbers provide a simple explanation for the 2016 Model Arctic Council, they do nothing to tell the story. Students from across the globe descended on Fairbanks, AK to participate in a simulation of the Arctic Council.

Originally posted: January 2016 The Future of the Arctic is a Team Venture Summary: The re-emergence of the Arctic carries a host of political, economic, and social issues, which require careful planning and communication between international, national, subnational and local levels of governance. The potential to succeed is great, but thus far the costs have

In early December 2015 the Center participated in a panel discussion with Congressman Rick Larsen on the current situation in the Arctic and the role of Canada and the United States. Managing Director of the Center, Nadine Fabbi, provided comments on the role of Indigenous leadership both at the Conference of Parties (COP) 21 meetings

The Arctic Council at Twenty: Founding Visionaries (13 min.), November 2015 This 13-minute video captures the perspectives of three of the early visionaries of the Arctic Council. The video entitled The Arctic Council at Twenty: Founding Visionaries includes Rosemarie Kuptana, former president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council; Franklyn Griffiths, Political Science, University of Toronto; and, Oran

On 20 November 2015, the Canadian Studies Center/Arctic and International Relations in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington (UW), the Korea Maritime Institute, and UW’s Future of Ice initiative hosted the all-day symposium entitled The Arctic at Twenty: Permanent Participants, Arctic Policy in Canada and the United States, and

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,

Above: Justin Kim, Director General of Strategy Research Devision, Head of Polar Policy Research Center, Korea Maritime Institute, signs contract with UW. In Winter Quarter the Center signed a $30,000 research contract with the Korean Maritime Institute to host a meeting and publication on the growing role of the Inuit in Canada. The three-year contract

Originally posted: March 2015 In January this year Ian Lee, Earth and Space Sciences, had the opportunity to travel to frigid Tromsø, Norway to participate in the Arctic Frontiers conference held at the University of Tromsø as the U.S. representative for the inaugural group of University of the Arctic (UArctic) Student Ambassadors, comprised of students

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