Canada’s north: learning from the past, understanding the present, navigating the future
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2020-03-02
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Lackenbauer, Whitney
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In his Lansdowne Lecture, Professor Lackenbauer examines the recent political history of the Canadian North through a focus on cooperative and conflictual relations between settlers and Indigenous peoples. He outlines the most significant contemporary challenges and opportunities in the region, and offers expert thoughts on the future of northern Canada in a context characterized by rapidly changing dynamics related to economic globalization, political devolution, and climate change.
Professor P. Whitney Lackenbauer is one of the leading global experts on Arctic history and politics, specializing in Arctic security, sovereignty and governance issues; modern Canadian military and diplomatic history; and Aboriginal-state relations. He is Professor of History and Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in the Study of the Canadian North at Trent University. His recent books include China’s Arctic Aspirations and What They Mean for Canada (co-authored 2017), One Arctic: The Arctic Council and Circumpolar Governance (co-edited 2017), and Whole of Government through an Arctic Lens (co-edited 2017)