Yukon College publication takes on Canada’s role in the Circumpolar North

Number 33 (Spring 2011) of The Northern Review, “Canada’s Role in the Circumpolar World”, is hot off the presses. The issue focuses on Canada’s North, the role it plays in our national identity and the position it occupies in expanding debates about Arctic management, development, sovereignty, security and protection.

The contributing authors are a diverse group of emerging Canadian Arctic scholars. They are among the winners of Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Circumpolar Affairs Graduate Fellowships established to encourage youth, our future leaders, to think deeply on Canada’s role in the circumpolar world.

These award-winning authors explore the Government of Canada’s historic and contemporary positions and policies on the Arctic and then build on the lessons learned from them. The articles, as a collection, highlight ways that Canada can draw on and leverage the nation’s northern ties into strong Arctic policies.

“We are always proud of The Northern Review, but this issue is particularly welcome because it makes an important contribution to the study of contemporary circumpolar political matters at a time when climate change, Arctic development, and circumpolar cooperation are in the headlines”, said Amanda Graham, a senior editor of The Northern Review.

Guest editor for this volume is Greg Poelzer, director of the International Centre for Governance and Development at the University of Saskatchewan and academic partner for the Fellowships. The journal’s senior editors are Ken Coates (University of Waterloo), Judith Kleinfeld (University of Alaska Fairbanks), and Amanda Graham (Yukon College and University of the Arctic).
The issue includes the following articles: “Canadian Leadership in the Circumpolar World: An Agenda for the Arctic Council Chairmanship 2013–2015” by Heather Exner-Pirot; “Rising Above the Rhetoric: Northern Voices and the Strengthening of Canada’s Capacity to Maintain a Stable Circumpolar World” by Peter Kikkert; “The Arctic Linked to the Emerging Dominant Ideas in Canada’s Foreign and Defence Policy” by François Perreault; “Canada’s Tous Azimuts Arctic Foreign Policy” by Joël Plouffe; “Political Climate Change: The Evolving Role of the Arctic Council” by Alison Ronson and “Canada, the Arctic, and Post-National Identity in the Circumpolar World” by Lisa Williams. The issue also contains a collection of book reviews.
The Northern Review is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal published twice each year by Yukon College in Whitehorse. Since 1988, its mandate has been the publication of original research that explores human experience in the Circumpolar North. The journal’s global audience includes diverse readers with an interest in northern life, research, policy-making, and governance.
 

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