Experiences
The videos on this page demonstrate a variety approaches that can supplement the circumpolar curriculum. These include contributions from a variety of academic and non-academic practitioners, and insights from both Indigenous knowledge and cultural experts, as well as those engaged in diplomatic simulation and dialogue.
1. The Læra Institute for Circumpolar Education
The following three videos were produced as part of the first Læra Student Conference for Circumpolar Studies Online students as part of the Enhancing the Curriculum project - a joint initiative between the Læra Institute, Yukon University ARA and Circumpolar Studies Online at Trent University.
The End of Arctic Exceptionalism
Prof P. Whitney Lackenbauer of Trent University shares his insights into the questions raised both historically and in contemporary politics by the concept of Arctic exceptionsalism in a talk entitled: Geopolitical Competition and the Contemporary Circumpolar Arctic.
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The talk is introduced by Prof Amanda Graham of Yukon University.
Polar Bear and the Politics of Climate Change
This talk by Dr. Tristan Pearce, Associate Professor in Geography at UNBC and Canada Research Chair in the Cumulative Impacts of Environmental Change, explores our changing climate through the prism of his own ground-breaking research, Inuit knowledge and questions relating to polar bear management.
This talk is introduced by Dr Gary Wilson, Professor of Political Science at UNBC and academic co-director of The Læra Institute.
Film, Language and Culture: The View from Saamiland
This talk is by Liisa Holmberg, a Sámi filmmaker and producer, and founder of the Sámi Film Institute. She discusses her experience as an artist in Saamiland and the role of film in sharing an sustaining Sámi and other Indigenous Arctic cultures.
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She discusses her work with Dr Heather Nicol, Professor of Canadian Studies at Trent University and academic co-director of The Læra Institute.
2. Dr. Ilan Kelman, University College London
Discussion and project, Natural Disasters in the North
Dr. Ilan Kelman, Professor of Disasters and Health in the Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction at University College London, speaks with Circumpolar Studies students about natural disasters in the Arctic.
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Heather Nicol, Head of Canadian Studies at Trent University, builds on his perspective to provide a disaster simulation scenario assignment for students in the class.