It was a pleasure to attend the 2018 UArctic Congress last week, co-hosted by the University of Oulu and the University of Helsinki in Finland. The conference was UArctic’s second large-scale meeting of scholars and other professionals dedicated to Arctic studies. I heard many interesting presentations, especially in the area of Arctic education, one of …
Category: Speaking
Presentation at UN Association Norwich
Last week I had the privilege of addressing a meeting of the United Nations Association Norwich, a branch of the UN Association of the UK, about the Arctic as a homeland. Rejecting the typical perception of the Arctic as either a pristine wilderness to be cordoned off, or a treasure chest of resources to be …
Panel discussion at 9th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences
Last weekend, I visited Umeå University in northern Sweden, where I had the honour of co-chairing a panel discussion about a pair of recent Model Arctic Council conferences at the Ninth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences. My co-chair, Mr Jeff Kormos of the University of Northern British Columbia, and three other panellists first considered …
Presentation at 1st UArctic Congress
Last week, I had the privilege to attend the 2016 UArctic Congress, hosted by St Petersburg University in the strikingly handsome city of St Petersburg, Russia. UArctic is a consortium of universities conducting research on the circumpolar North, and the conference involved delegates from many countries. It was the first such conference organised by UArctic—and …
Presentation at Durham University
Yesterday, Saturday the 14th May, I was at St Mary’s College at Durham University to participate in a workshop for postgraduate students and early-career scholars researching the Arctic. Our purpose was to reflect on the challenges, ethics and responsibilities involved in conducting Arctic fieldwork. Organised by two doctoral students in Durham’s Department of Geography, Johanne …
Lecture at 41st BACS conference
Tomorrow, Saturday the 23rd April, I’ll be at the British Library in London to participate in the the annual conference of the British Association for Canadian Studies (BACS) — BACS’s 41st and my third. My presentation will focus on the polar-bear sport hunt in Nunavut, based on my op-ed article “Cecil, Nanuq and Inuk” published last summer …
Coverage in New Security Beat
Over the past few weeks, my recent presentation on human security and development in Nunavut was covered twice in New Security Beat, the blog of The Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program. The first post, “Providing for the periphery”, features a full audio podcast of my remarks, as well as some journalistic extracts. The …
Panel discussion at The Wilson Center
Yesterday, Tuesday the 28th July, I joined a panel discussion on human security and development in the Arctic at The Wilson Center in Washington, DC. Watch a full webcast of the discussion on The Wilson Center’s website. It was a privilege to share the stage with Craig Fleener of the Office of the Governor of …
Lecture at 40th BACS Conference
Tomorrow, Saturday the 25th April, I’ll be at the British Library in London to participate in the 40th annual conference of the British Association for Canadian Studies (BACS). This year’s conference theme is open, and my presentation will focus on land and resource devolution in the Northwest Territories, based on my recent policy commentary for the …
Lecture at University of Chichester
I’m delighted to have been invited to speak at the University of Chichester tomorrow, March 28, as part of the History Department’s lecture series on contemporary politics. Making use of a popular slogan in Greenland, I’ve entitled my talk “‘Greenshit go home!’ Greenpeace, Greenland and green colonialism in the Arctic”. My focus will be the …