Canada and the Arctic Canadian leadership on international Arctic issues is undertaken by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development under the direction of Canada’s Senior Arctic Official.

 

The Arctic is a topic that facinates the editorial team at CozBerHoy Media BlogI This vast and fragile northern area is one of the last wilderness frontiers left on planet earth.  HOY March 07, 2015

 

 

 

The Politics of Arctic Sovereignty: Oil, Ice, and Inuit Governance by Jessica Shadian

 

Interest in Arctic politics is on the rise. While recent accounts of the topic place much emphasis on climate change or a new geopolitics of the region, the history of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) and Arctic politics reaches back much further in time.

Drawing out the complex relationship between domestic, Arctic, international and transnational Inuit politics, this book is the first in-depth account of the political history of the ICC. It recognises the politics of Inuit and the Arctic as longstanding and intricate elements of international relations.

 

Beginning with European exploration of the region and concluding with recent debates over ownership of the Arctic, the book unfolds the history of a polity that has overcome colonization and attempted assimilation to emerge as a political actor which has influenced both Artic and global governance.

 

Suggested site: Rethinking Westphalian Sovereignty: The Inuit Circumpolar Council and The Future of Arctic Governance   HOY March 07, 2015