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Author: Heather Exner-Pirot

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Blog: The innovation imperative in Arctic policy

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 15:14
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Arctic foreign policy, like public policy in general, goes through phases.   Our current phase began around 2006 and can

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Blog: Poirier’s Revenge – The map of Canada has the wrong Arctic boundaries. No, really.

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 18:37 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 19:17
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When Polar Knowledge Canada was created out of the ashes of the Canadian Polar Commission in 2015, it published a

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Blog: How much does the Arctic Council cost?

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 18:11
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Speaking about sustainable development at an event on Arctic politics this summer, I expressed doubt that the Arctic Council could

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Blog: An acute crisis in northern health care

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 13:38 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 13:49
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It’s often said that you can’t put a price on good health. But as I learned at a conference in

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Blog: The EU’s Arctic policy – A means, not an end

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 13:13
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Last week, the European Union launched a new integrated Arctic policy. This comes on the heels of a 2008 Arctic

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Blog: Why northern development is hard

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 21:06 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 19:33
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Everyone seems to love simplifications these days; maybe it’s always been so. We want to be told that solutions to

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Stories concerning everything from drilling and education, to journalism and the environment, were among your most read stories this week. (iStock)
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Blog:Put up or shut up with your Arctic Conflict Theory

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 18:03 — Last Updated: Friday, May 20, 2016 at 12:45
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The Arctic is on the verge of conflict; so the theory goes. Melting ice is uncovering a trove of riches,

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Blog: The Arctic Council’s Capacity Challenge

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 15:32 — Last Updated: Friday, October 16, 2015 at 15:25
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Last month the Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat (IPS) put out a request for proposals (RFP) for the long-discussed funding

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Overlapping claims to the North Pole don't mean conflict is inevitable says a Norwegian expert. (iStock)
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Blog: The return of the Arctic Five

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 18:13 — Last Updated: Friday, July 24, 2015 at 21:07
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Last week, the five Arctic Ocean coastal states signed a much heralded moratorium on fishing in the high seas portion

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A view of Iqaluit in Canada's eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. What would a northern university mean to Canada's Arctic communities? (Robert Gillies/AP)
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Blog: Northern Canada doesn’t have a university … Does it need one?

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Friday, July 10, 2015 at 18:16 — Last Updated: Monday, July 13, 2015 at 20:22
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Much ado has been made by the fact that northern Canada – specifically the territories – does not have a

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Blog: Telehealth in the Arctic – Unfulfilled potential

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 19:58 — Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2015 at 19:57
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Telehealth is going mainstream. That was the message from a pair of recent stories in Wired magazine, an InTouch Health

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United States Secretary of State John Kerry leaves a news conference at the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Ministers from the eight Arctic nations and the leaders of northern indigenous groups form the Council. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
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Blog: Arctic Council Ministerial – Winners and Losers

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Monday, April 27, 2015 at 13:43 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 14:04
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Canada’s Chairmanship of the Arctic Council concluded on Friday in Iqaluit. With the dust now settled, it’s time to review

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Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada's eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. (The Canadian Press)
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Blog: The Canadian Arctic Council Ministerial – What to expect

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 15:36 — Last Updated: Friday, May 20, 2016 at 12:46
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As current Chair of the Arctic Council, Canada will host the biannual Ministerial meeting in Iqaluit, April 24-25, before handing

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What role are observation nations like the UK and China actually playing in the Arctic Council? (iStock)
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Blog: The Third Wheel: Observers in the Arctic Council

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Monday, March 23, 2015 at 15:54 — Last Updated: Friday, May 20, 2016 at 12:47
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Does the United Kingdom need an Arctic Ambassador? According to the UK House of Lords Select Committee on the Arctic,

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An undated landscape in Alaska's Arctic. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Getty Images)
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Blog: The Arctic – An Uncommon Heritage of Humankind

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 21:30 — Last Updated: Friday, May 20, 2016 at 12:49
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Retired U.S. Admiral James Stavridis wrote a piece in Foreign Policy this week calling for the negotiation of an Arctic

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