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 …
Category: Speaking
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 …
Lecture at University of Akureyri
On Thursday, April 18, I was at the University of Akureyri in northern Iceland, where just a few days previously I’d been invited to give a presentation based on my May 2012 Policy Options article, “Nunavut, Greenland and the politics of resource revenues“. I also incorporated elements of my Fall 2012 Northern Public Affairs article, “Political vision …
Lecture at 38th BACS Conference
On Friday, April 5, I will be at the British Library in London to participate in the 38th annual conference of the British Association for Canadian Studies (BACS). This year’s conference theme is “Crediting Canada: Canada as an economic world leader?” and BACS has asked participants to explore the “triple-A” image that Canada has enjoyed …
Presentation at IUCN-Shell Arctic workshop
I’m delighted to have been invited to Oxford on March 24 and 25 to participate in a workshop on sustainable development in the Arctic. My hosts will be the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Royal Dutch Shell, who are collaborating on a project to develop cross-sector standards for industrial activity in …
Lecture at Edinburgh Centre for Canadian Studies
Next week I’ll be in Edinburgh, Scotland, leading a research seminar at the Centre for Canadian Studies in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. My seminar is part of the Centre’s Autumn 2012 Open Research Seminar Series, and it will be based on my forthcoming Northern Public Affairs paper, …
Lecture at 5th Polar Law Symposium
I’m very pleased to be participating next week in the 5th Polar Law Symposium in Rovaniemi, Finland, organized by the Polar Law Institute at the University of Akureyri and the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland. I will be giving a short presentation in the afternoon of Thursday, September 6, based on my recent Policy …