Towards a Canadian Arctic Strategy (Tuesday)
Professor Franklyn Griffiths, University of Toronto
Sponsored by the School of Energy and Environment (SEE)
7:30PM-9:00PM TELUS Centre 150
Renewed interest in the Arctic has been dominated by pessimistic perspectives focused on the likely effects of global warming. While melting of the Arctic may lead to a resurgence of power politics and inter-state conflict in the region, more optimistic scenarios imagine the circumpolar world as an emerging zone of cooperation.
In May 2008 the School for Energy and the Environment, along with the Alberta Institute for American Studies and the Canadian International Polar Year Secretariat, hosted the Canadian Arctic Summit. Since that time the European Union and several countries, including the US and Russia, have released an Arctic Strategy. The Government of Canada announced the details of a new Northern Strategy for Canada in summer 2009. What will or should happen next? Join this lively discussion about what priorities a Canadian Arctic Strategy should promote.