‘Arctic in Transition’ – Conference kicks off today
Université du Québec à Montréal
Montreal, Quebec
An international Arctic conference is underway today at Montreal’s Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). The two-day meeting has brought together experts from Russia, Europe and North America to talk about the controversial issues facing the circumpolar world: energy exploration, indigenous issues, regional geopoltics and environment.
Eye on the Arctic blogger Heather Exner-Pirot was a panelist at the morning session “Geopolitics of Arctic Europe” and spoke about China in the Euro-Arctic region. To read a blog she wrote on this issue earlier this year, click here.
Upcoming panel discussions will tackle issues around energy resources in the Arctic and globalization and international resources in the North.
For the complete schedule, click here.
If you can’t attend in person, the entire conference is being web-cast. Click here, to view. The conference runs until Tuesday, October 4, 2011.
Make sure to tell us what you think.
Write to Eilis Quinn at eilis.quinn(at)cbc.ca