Arctic Securities: How to Understand Current Challenges in the Circumpolar World

🌍 Arctic Securities: How to Understand Current Challenges in the Circumpolar World

📅 Date: Wednesday, November 6th
🕓 Time: 4:30 - 6:30 pm PT
🎟️ Cost: $10.00

In the mainstream media, Arctic security often refers to military security—the defense of our North American northern coastlines and national resources, securing the region from conflict and even Russia’s aggression. But security from a northern perspective has other priorities, including food security, housing security, and the security of northern peoples to protect their homelands from outside interests and interference.

This virtual workshop for K-12 educators will address security from two key perspectives – traditional security and human security. Ben Johnson, professor from the University of Groningen and current Fulbright Scholar at the University of Washington, challenges traditional concepts of security. Ben’s research looks at how the Arctic continues to be framed by past notions of security threats. He will discuss new ways of understanding the region from a traditional security perspective. Donat Savoie and Jo Ann Gagnon, both researchers with the Makivvik Corporation in Arctic Québec (Nunavik), have spent the last couple of years researching health security in the Arctic and the impact of the tuberculosis epidemic on Inuit communities. They will share their work and experiences. Nadine Fabbi, director of the Center for Canadian Studies at the University of Washington, will open the session, providing an overview of the Arctic – its geography, people, and current status in international relations.

Washington state educators are eligible to receive two clock hours for participation in the workshop. All participants will receive a supplemental curriculum resource guide for this event!