This course, offered Spring 2016, will explore the work of the Arctic Council from the 
perspective of the way in which it embodies Canadian and American interests, reflects differences in the Northern policy goals of each nation, and structures American and Canadian relations in the Arctic. The emphasis is on the big picture and the context in which the Arctic Council continues to evolve both as an international organization and as an organization which brokers Canada-US regional interests in the North. We will explore the history of US and Canadian interest in developing the Arctic Council, similarities and commonalities in perspective in the early years, the rise of a sustainable development agenda and the different national narratives on sustainability which have subsequently developed. Particular attention is paid to the transition of the Arctic Council Chairmanship from Canada to the United States in 2014.
The course will be taught by the Canada Fullbright Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies, Heather Nicol. Nicol is a professor in the department of geography at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, where her teaching and research focuses on geopolitics in the North American Arctic region.
- When: Spring 2016
- Where: SMI 105
- Time: Tuesdays, 9:30am-12:20pm
- Credits: 3
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