I’m pleased to share the press release below, announcing the launch of the Læra Institute for Circumpolar Education, a new part of the international University of the Arctic, to which I’m honoured to have been appointed Managing Director. Our work formally began in early September, and I’m looking forward to collaborating with my UArctic colleagues …
Category: Asides
Appointment to Trent School for the Study of Canada
I’m honoured and delighted to announce that today I’ve been appointed to the School for the Study of Canada at Trent University as an Adjunct Professor. This appointment follows recent collaboration with Trent on Model Arctic Council initiatives, both online as part of a Trent course and in-person as a stand-alone five-day simulation for students …
A letter from Greenpeace
My recent Northern Public Affairs column, “Arctic saviour complex,” seems to have caught the attention of Greenpeace. In my column, I criticized Greenpeace for failing to cooperate with arctic states and indigenous peoples in its campaign to “save the Arctic” from oil pollution and overfishing. As I wrote in a later summary of my column: Greenpeace …