Jason Young (UW Information School) is now the project lead for the scholarship-to-policy initiative for the Arctic Studies minor, part of the Jackson School’s International Policy Institute. In winter quarter 2020 he worked with Robert Pavia (Marine and Environmental Affairs) to mentor several students in transitioning their research papers into policy papers. According to Jason,

In spring quarter 2019, the World Affairs Council of Seattle hosted a roundtable discussion with Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm of the Vuntut Gwic’hin First Nation in Old Crow, Yukon, in collaboration with the International Policy Institute Arctic initiative. The event focused on recent initiatives concerning the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and climate change. Indigenous people, particularly

As sea and air traffic in the Arctic grows, so does the importance of U.S.–Canada joint preparedness and emergency response capabilities. To address these issues, the International Policy Institute Arctic Initiative in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, hosted five representatives, part of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program, to

I work as the Program Director with the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies in Homer, Alaska. In addition to our primary focus on coastal ecology and stewardship education through field trips, internships, after school programs, and camps for youth, I am involved in leading a number of educator professional development workshops and courses around the

Fifteen educators from around the world, five days, and nearly two million square kilometers of ice—these were the makings of a unique workshop organized by the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS; based in Copenhagen, Denmark) with travel to the Disko Bay region of west Greenland. The goals of gathering this group together from 27–31

In spring quarter 2019, the IPI Arctic Initiative teamed up with the Polar Research and Policy Institute to provide a panel, titled International Borders in the North American Arctic: Implications for Indigenous Communities, at the annual Arctic Encounters Symposium in Seattle. Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm, Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Government, asked what would happen if international

The Center is happy to announce a new Arctic Studies minor, Betz Mayer! Betz is an International Studies and Russian Language and Literature major who is expected to graduate Spring Quarter 2019. Though my hometown is in Texas, I have a life-long love for all things winter, cold, and snowy. However, it was my journey

“Ukiuqta’qtumi Hivuniptingnun: One Arctic, One Future,” written by Nadine Fabbi, Canadian Studies Managing Director; Jason Young, former Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow in Inuktitut; and Eric Finke, independent scholar, was recently published in the book One Arctic: The Arctic Council and Circumpolar Governance (2017). The chapter and book are an outcomes of a two-day workshop

The colonial state of Sweden increased pressure on the Indigenous Sámi through legislation that led to increased poverty among Forest Sámis. Two laws in particular impacted their life: the Statutes for Allocation of “State-Owned” Forest Land to Homesteaders (1873) and the Reindeer Husbandry Law (1886). The number of mouths to be fed in the family

As I fly over the southern tip of Greenland en route to the Arctic Energy Summit (September 18–20, 2017 in Helsinki, Finland), I can’t help but reflect on the unique dilemma I face in attending this conference and presenting a poster on my research. My research focuses on the quandary of energy in the Arctic.