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September 2015

Wed
30
Sep
ARCTIC-WISE: Bridging Northern Knowledges of Change

Sherrill Grace, OC, FRSC., English, UBC

How have Canadian writers and filmmakers re-imagined the hero/explorer narrative of Sir John Franklin? In this talk Sherrill Grace will look at how these groups have opened up debate, especially in light of recent discoveries and ongoing searches related to Franklin and his last voyage.

October 2015

Sun
18
Oct
ARCTIC-WISE: Bridging Northern Knowledges of Change

Sheila Watt Cloutier, OC, Activist, author and politician, International Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council

Join us for a special talk and fireside chat with Sheila Watt-Cloutier. Ms. Watt-Cloutier will speak about her book The Right to Be Cold, which explores the relationship between ecological conservation of the Arctic and the survival of Inuit culture, language and ways of life, and ultimately the conservation of the world.

November 2015

Thu
5
Nov
ARCTIC-WISE: Bridging Northern Knowledges of Change

Edward Struzik, Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, Queen’s University

Join author/photographer Edward Struzik as he takes you on a 45-million year journey into the Arctic’s past and a whirlwind tour of what is happening there now. Discover what the past and the present tell us about the future that is unfolding.

December 2015

Tue
8
Dec
ARCTIC-WISE: Bridging Northern Knowledges of Change

Tim Papakyriakou, Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba

The emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases from human activities are the single largest anthropogenic factor contributing to climate change. In reviewing what we know of the Arctic’s carbon cycle and CO2 uptake potential, Dr. Papakyriakou will address the question: does sea ice matter?

January 2016

Thu
28
Jan
ARCTIC-WISE: Bridging Northern Knowledges of Change

Janicke S. Kaasa, Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, University of Oslo, Norway

In this talk, Janice S. Kaasa will present some examples of how this changing North is represented in 1950s English-Canadian travel writing, and how the genre has been instrumental in the shaping of the discourse on the region.

February 2016

Mon
22
Feb
ARCTIC-WISE: Bridging Northern Knowledges of Change

Susan Rowley, Anthropology, UBC

March 2017

Thu
9
Mar
ARCTIC-WISE: Bridging Northern Knowledges of Change

Dr. Ian Stirling, OC, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta

The ice-breeding seals of the Arctic and Antarctic occupy similar habitats, but must live with very different predators. This difference of predatory threat has resulted in the evolution of differences in the ecology and behavior of seals in these two polar regions.