Preparing for the Age of the Arctic, TODAY
The Canadian Studies Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, presents:
Preparing for the Age of the Arctic – Canada, the United States & the Arctic Council, by Terry Fenge, Consultant, Ottawa
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
2-3:30 p.m., University (Faculty) Club, Southeast Dining Room
Canada assumes the chair of the eight-nation Arctic Council in 2013 for a two-year term to be followed by the United States in 2015. What might they do to deepen circumpolar co-operation in a world hungry for the Arctic’s energy and minerals? Should they sponsor a legally binding treaty to provide for “orderly” development in the region? What role should the region’s indigenous peoples – Inuit, Athabaskans, Saami and others play as we prepare for the Age of the Arctic? (Leona Aglukkaq, Canada’s Health Minister, will chair the Arctic Council marking the first time an Inuk has served in this position.)
Co-sponsored with the Future of Ice: Arctic and Antarctic Policy and Science Initiative