Category: Speaking

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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