February 1, 2016
Task Force students from JSIS 495C: The Arctic – A New Player in International Relations, traveled to Canada’s capital, Ottawa, from January 23rd to 30th, 2016 to engage in
January 31, 2016
Marc-Andre Dubois, coordinator of the World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) Arctic program engagement with international organizations, gave us a great insight into the working of the WWF and Arctic
January 31, 2016
Our Arctic Task Force team sat down for a lunchtime session with Pitseolak Pfiefer, currently in his third year of undergraduate studies at Carleton University studying Political Science, to discuss
January 31, 2016
We visited Nunavut Sivuniksavut (N.S.), a post-secondary Inuit education program based in Ottawa. We learned more about the founding of N.S. and had the treat of watching a student performance.
January 29, 2016
On January 27, the Canadian Studies Task Force met with the Minister Counseller Else Kveinen of the Norwegian Embassy to expand our knowledge of the Arctic policy that Norway has
January 29, 2016
Our visit to the Finnish Embassy was a very valuable experience for all of our Task Force members. Ambassador Charles Murto and Head of Public Diplomacy, Anni Ståhle, were both very candid
January 29, 2016
Getting to experience Ottawa through the eyes of two very different community members was enlightening. Both Craig MacDonald, a native of Ottawa, and Jamie Koebel, an Apeetagosan/Nehiyaw woman from Lac La Bich, Alberta, saw the city
January 8, 2016
Summary: Organizations, like the Arctic Council, have fostered international collaboration among nations and Indigenous groups on Arctic issues through nonbinding agreements. Greater collaboration between federal governments and Arctic inhabitants is
December 23, 2015
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.
October 27, 2015
“[Cybersecurity is] the preservation of the availability, confidentiality, and integrity of information and its underlying infrastructure, so as to preserve the security of networks and ultimately people.” Sara Curran The