2015 - 2016 #FulbrightArctic Initiative May 17-21, 2015 Inaugural Meeting - Iqaluit Hosted by Fulbright Canada in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
A Message from Dr. Michael K. Hawes, CEO Fulbright Canada As we prepare for the inaugural meeting of the Fulbright Arctic Initiative in Iqaluit and ready ourselves for the experience of lifetime, both professionally and personally, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate all of the grantees and thank our hosts in Iqaluit, who have been incredibly generous with their time and their insights into life in the far North. I would also like to thank Fulbright Canada’s principal sponsors, the United States Department of State and the Government of Canada through the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada. I would also like to thank our support team at the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars in Washington DC. This is a landmark initiative and one where the investment is bound to pay off in so many important and encouraging ways. Collectively, the network is designed to examine issues relating to energy, water, infrastructure, and health and human wellness. It will do so both through the pursuit of individual research projects and through a collaborative project. Moreover, all of the work will take place within the broader and increasingly compelling context of climate change and with a deep appreciation for and a growing understanding of traditional and indigenous knowledge. The research of this group is both innovative and exciting, and, ultimately critical to building our store of knowledge and addressing our shared challenges. It is my hope that our time in Iqaluit can be used to formulate a clear and deliberate strategy for the network, and, at the same time, examine, explore, and wonder at the wealth of culture, knowledge, and understanding that the good people of Iqaluit are willing to share with us. Welcome to Canada and welcome to the program! Michael Hawes
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Fulbright Arctic Meeting May 17-21, 2015 Iqaluit, Nunavut Canada
Table of Contents Program Overview
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Meeting Agenda
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Distinguished Guests & Speakers
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Administrative Team
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Lead Scholars
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Fulbright Arctic Initiative Grantees
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Map of Iqaluit
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Acacia Johnson
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Acknowledgements
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A Message from Lead Scholars Dr. Ross Virginia and Dr. Mike Sfraga Welcome everyone! The inaugural meeting of the Fulbright Arctic Initiative is being held in Iqaluit for a number of important reasons. First, we are coming together to define a new initiative and a new kind of program for Fulbright and for the people of the Arctic. The best way to go about this is as guests of an Arctic community, where we can engage with the people, gain insights from them, and form partnerships that will carry us through as we proceed with our work on the Arctic Initiative. Fulbright Canada is our local host and full partner in this endeavor. How can 17 Fulbright scholars, representing the 8 Arctic Council states, come together with the lead scholars, with their colleagues from Fulbright, and with the community of Iqaluit, to define an ambitious research agenda that includes significant outreach and public engagement? This is our task and our challenge and represents the overarching goal for the short time that we will share in Iqaluit. The specific goal for the meeting is to learn from one another and build a shared identity. We, as Fulbright scholars, will be planning new collaborative research that involves the people of the North and has meaning for them. To make this happen we plan to engage with the local community, learn from them, and provide ample time for collaborations to develop and for the group as a whole to make decisions on how we will communicate and chart a path for the 18 months that we have together. The primary task on day one is to form the Thematic Working Groups, addressing the core areas of water, energy, infrastructure, and health. Please be prepared to position your interests and research within your identified working group. Members within each group will be expected to identify how their research and interests connect and support of the theme and envision what contributions could be added to a collective approach supporting the theme. The agenda for this meeting is a road map, subject to revision and innovation, and will include more informal discussion and dialogue. The sun will not set on us. Think big and be prepared to share. Ross Virginia and Mike Sfraga
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Fulbright Actic Initiative Meeting Agenda May 17-21, 2015 Saturday May 16th Afternoon & Evening
Arrival of scholars in Ottawa Lord Elgin Hotel, 100 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON K1P 5K8
Sunday May 17th 9:25am
Canadian North flight #5T 436, from Ottawa to Iqaluit
12:35pm
Arrival in Iqaluit and check-in at Frobisher Inn
2:00pm
Lunch, introductions, and agenda overview Storehouse Bar and Grill at the Frobisher Inn Dr. Ross Virginia and Dr. Mike Sfraga, Lead Scholars Dr. Michael Hawes, CEO, Fulbright Canada Ms. Lana Muck, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
3:00pm
Walking tour of Iqaluit and “The Road to Nowhere” Guided by Karen Kabloona, Board member, volunteer, Ilitturvik University Society
6:00pm
Welcome Dinner Opening remarks: Mary Ekho Wilman, Mayor of Iqaluit Closing remarks: Okalik Eegeesiak, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council Frobisher Inn: The Gallery Fine Dining Room
Monday May 18th From 7:00am
Breakfast Frobisher Inn: The Gallery Fine Dining Room
9:00am-12:00pm
Plenary Session Baffin Room, Frobisher Inn • The Fulbright Arctic Initiative (FAI) - A short history • FAI Organization and the roles of lead schoalrs and staff • FAI, The Arctic Council and the U.S. Chairmanship Program • Skype meeting with Ambassador David Balton, Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials and Julie Gourley, U.S. Senior Arctic Official • FAI goal setting: shared aspirations and expectations
12:00pm-1:30pm
Lunch with participants from the Elder’s Qammaq Drop-In Centre Baffin Room, Frobisher Inn
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1:30pm-5:00pm
Plenary Session Baffin Room, Frobisher Inn • FAI “products”, public engagement and outreach • Brief presentations of individual research projects • Identification of Thematic Working Groups
5:00pm - 5:30pm
IIE/CIES Office Hours Location: TBD Mr. Lawrence Mason and Ms. Korin Hoffman will be available to answer administrative questions regarding FAI grants. Attendance is optional
6:00pm
Dinner and Free Evening The Granite Room at the Discovery Lodge Hotel
Tuesday May 19th From 7:00am
Breakfast at Frobisher Hotel Frobisher Inn: The Gallery Fine Dining Room
9:00am-12:00pm
Plenary Session Baffin Room, Frobisher Inn • Thematic Working Group Sessions • Design of group research project(s) and timelines • Working Groups report back • Lunch with students from the high school environmental club Baffin Room, Frobisher Inn
12:00pm-1:00pm
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1:00pm-2:30pm
Presentation by Dr. Gwen Healey Director Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre
3:00pm-4:30pm
Meeting with Honourable Peter Taptuna, Premier of Nunavut Mr. Edward Picco, Principal Secretary to the Premier Legislative Assembly
6:00pm
Reception with local partners and dignitaries Throat singing performance by the Inuksuk Drum Dancers Baffin Room, Frobisher Inn
8:00pm
Light Dinner Storehouse Bar & Grill at the Frobisher Inn
Wednesday May 20th From 7:00 am
Breakfast at Frobisher Inn
9:00am-12:00pm
Plenary Session Baffin Room, Frobisher Inn • Thematic Working Group breakout sessions • Discussion of group projects • Progress and shared challenges
12:00pm-1:30pm
BBQ at the Nunavut Research Institute Building 959, Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0
1:30pm-3:30pm
Tour of the Nunavut Research Institute Ms. Mary Ellen Thomas, Senior Research Officer Mr. Jamal Shirley, Manager, Research Design
4:30pm - 5:30pm
Presentation by Dr. Janet King, President, Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor) Baffin Room, Frobisher Inn Coffee break
5:30pm - 6:00pm
IIE/CIES Office Hours Location: TBD Lawrence Mason and Korin Hoffman will be available to answer administrative questions regarding FAI grants. Attendance is optional
6:30pm
Dinner Water’s Edge Seafood & Steak House 923 Federal Road, Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0
Thursday May 21st 8:00am-12:00pm
11:30am
Breakfast and Closing Plenary Session Baffin room, Frobisher Inn • Formalization of Thematic Working Groups and internal communications • Decisions on next steps: Use of Basecamp and scheduling of online sessions for FAI as a whole and for Thematic Working Groups • Opportunities for outreach and presentations at key Arctic venues prior to Finland FAI meeting, February 2016 Lunch
1:30pm 4:35pm Evening
Canadian North flight #5T 437, Iqaluit to Ottawa Arrival in Ottawa Departure of scholars from Ottawa
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Distinguished Guests and Speakers Ambassador David A. Balton is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries in the Department of State’s Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science. He is responsible for coordinating the development of U.S. foreign policy concerning oceans and fisheries, and overseeing U.S. participation in international organizations dealing with these issues. His portfolio includes managing U.S. foreign policy issues relating to the Arctic, and Antarctica. Ambassador Balton has functioned as the lead U.S. negotiator on a wide range of agreements in the field of oceans and fisheries and has chaired numerous international meetings. His Arctic Council experience includes co-chairing the Arctic Council Task Forces that produced the 2011 Agreement on Cooperation on Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue in the Arctic, and the 2013 Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic. He is presently serving as Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials. Ambassador Balton previously served for 6 years as Director of the Office of Marine Conservation in the Department of State and for 12 years in the Department’s Office of the Legal Adviser. Ambassador Balton received his A.B. from Harvard College in 1981 and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1985. (Josie) Okalik Eegeesiak was elected Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) in July 2014. ICC represents the international interests of Inuit in Canada, Greenland, Chukotka (Russia), and Alaska (USA). Ms. Eegeesiak was President of Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) from 2008-2014. QIA represents approximately 14,000 Inuit in 13 communities of the Qikiqtani Region. QIA’s mandate is to to protect, preserve, and promote Inuit rights, interests, and aspirations. Prior to taking over the presidency of the QIA, Ms. Eegeesiak was self-employed, her work focused on human resources, and community development. Her background includes representing the Inuit community in various capacities through government, and non-government organizations, at the international, national, territorial, and community level through boards and committees. Among her long list of appointments, most recently she was appointed as the Chair of Nunasi Corporation in 2013, the Chair of Larga Baffin, and the Chair of the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation from 2007 to 2010 that produces Inuktitut television programming for Inuit by Inuit. Ms. Eegeesiak is fluent in written and oral Inuktitut, and was born, raised, and educated in Iqaluit. Okalik attended Nunavut Arctic College and McMaster University. She has one daughter and two grandchildren. She is the oldest of ten children with five sisters and four brothers. Her mother, Seemeega, is an active member of the elders’ centre in Iqaluit.
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Julie Gourley has served as the United States Senior Arctic Official (SAO) since 2005. As the SAO, she is the primary U.S. representative to the Arctic Council, the leading intergovernmental forum for addressing matters related to the Arctic. In this role, Ms. Gourley manages the State Department’s Arctic Council portfolio, handling a wide range of environmental, economic, and political issues related to U.S. foreign policy interests in the Arctic Region. Prior to becoming the SAO, Ms. Gourley served in the State Department’s Office of Environmental Policy where she worked on multilateral environmental agreements under the United Nations Environment Program. She has also worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Originally from Ohio, Ms. Gourley holds a Bachelor of Science in Geography with a concentration in urban and regional planning from Ohio University. Dr. Gwen Healey was born and raised in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and it is in this community that she continues to live with her family and work. Gwen is the Executive and Scientific Director of the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre (AHRN-NU) in Iqaluit, NU. She completed her PhD in Public Health at the University of Toronto in 2015, where she studied youth and parent perspectives on sexual health and relationships in Nunavut. It is well-known in Canada that northerners face a number of challenging circumstances when it comes to health. Drawing upon the existing strengths and resources of communities, as well as building capacity to conduct research in the North, are key components to addressing a number of northern health concerns. Gwen founded the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre (AHRN-NU) in 2006. The goal of the Centre is to enable health research to be conducted locally, by northerners, and with communities in a supportive, safe, culturally-responsive, and ethical environment, and to promote the inclusion of both Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and western sciences in addressing health concerns, creating healthy environments, and improving the health of Nunavummiut. Since Qaujigiartiit’s inception in 2006, Qaujigiartiit has successfully brought over $8 million dollars in research and training grants into Nunavut, and more than 400 Nunavummiut have led, partnered on, or participated in research projects and training workshops in Nunavut during that time. Gwen is also the Chair of the Iqaluit District Education Authority, which is the largest school board in Nunavut, and is the mother of 2 busy little girls.
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The Inuksuk Drum Dancers are a group of music students from Inuksuk High School who specialize in traditional and contemporary Inuit music originating from several regions of Nunavut. They recently wowed audiences at the Arctic Winter Games in Alaska and are regularly featured at special events and festivals in Iqaluit.
Dr. Janet King was appointed to her current position as President of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency in July 2014. She began her public service career as a research scientist, conducting geological field research in Canada’s northern territories. Janet subsequently took on senior management roles in a number of federal departments, including responsibilities for food and health products regulation, industry sector development (life sciences, service industries, tourism), and regional economic development in Canada’s western regions. While leading the Northern Affairs Organization at Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada from 2011-2014, Janet was responsible for devolution of responsibility for lands and resources to the Government of the Northwest Territories as well as the renewal of lands and resources regulatory frameworks in Canada’s North. Janet has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto, and a Masters of Science degree and PhD from Queen’s University, all in the field of Geology. Edward Picco is a resident of Iqaluit, Nunavut. He was first elected in the 1995 Northwest Territories election. He was re-elected in the 1999 Nunavut election, and in the 2004 Nunavut election. Mr. Picco holds the distinction of being one of the few Canadian politicians elected to two different Legislative Assemblies, having been elected in 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, and in 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Mr. Picco held several cabinet posts in the Government of Nunavut including Minister of Health and Social Services, Minister of Education, Immigration, Homelessness, Energy, and Nunavut Arctic College. He had represented Iqaluit East since 1999 and was the longest serving MLA in Nunavut prior to the general election in 2008. He chose not to run in the 2008 general election and re-entered the private sector. Since June of 2014, Mr. Picco has been employed as the Chief of Staff for the Premier of Nunavut. Prior to entering politics, Mr. Picco was the Business Development Manager of the Baffin Business Development Corporation (BBDC). He holds a Diploma in Adult Education from St. Francis Xavier University, and is a graduate of the College of Trades and Technology, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Mr. Picco was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal that was presented by His Royal Highness Prince Philip in recognition of his on-going support to the Terry Fox program. He also received the Queen’s Dimond Jubillee Medal for Community Service. He is a recipient of Iqaluit’s Volunteer of the Year award, and is the local fundraising Chair for the re-building of Iqaluit’s St. Jude’s Anglican Cathedral.
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Jamal (James) Shirley grew up in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. He earned a Master’s degree in resource, and environmental studies (MES) from Dalhousie University in 2002. Jamal has worked at the Nunavut Research Institute (NRI) in Iqaluit since 1998, and has a strong interest in water research. Jamal provides advice and support to scientists working in the natural, social, and health disciplines in Nunavut. He provides logistic and technical support for field and lab based activities at NRI’s research laboratories in Iqaluit, and he helps to broker research and training partnerships for Nunavut Arctic College’s Nunavut Environmental Technology Program. Jamal has served on the Nunavut Environmental Contaminants Committee (NECC) since 1999, and represents NRI on the Nunavut Government’s Sustainable Development Advisory Group. The Honourable Peter Taptuna was acclaimed in the general election held on October 28, 2013, to represent the constituency of Kugluktuk in the 4th Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Mr. Taptuna was elected Nunavut’s third Premier during the November 15, 2013 proceedings of the Nunavut Leadership Forum. Premier Taptuna was formally sworn into office on November 19, 2013. Born in Cambridge Bay, Premier Taptuna has spent most of his life in Kugluktuk. He attended residential school in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. Premier Taptuna worked in the oil and gas industry for 13 years, during which he was a member of the first, and only all-Inuit drilling crew, on an offshore rig in the Beaufort Sea. Premier Taptuna has also held positions at the Lupin Gold Mine, and the Kugluktuk Hunters and Trappers Organization. Premier Taptuna holds a diploma in management studies from Nunavut Arctic College, where he took courses in managerial accounting, corporate and contract law, business administration and human resources management. Premier Taptuna has also earned journeyman, and red seal trades certifications. Premier Taptuna previously sat in the 3rd Legislative Assembly, during which he served as Deputy Premier, Minister of Economic Development and Transportation, Minister of Energy, Minister responsible for the Nunavut Housing Corporation, Minister responsible for the Nunavut Development Corporation, Minister responsible for the Nunavut Business Credit Corporation, and Minister responsible for Mines. Premier Taptuna served as a member of the Municipal Council of Kugluktuk, and Deputy Mayor from 1999 to 2004. He has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Kitikmeot Corporation, and the Nunavut Development Corporation. Peter and Joanne Taptuna have five children and nine grandchildren.
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Mary Ellen Thomas is presently the Senior Research Officer at the Nunavut Research Institute which is part of Nunavut Arctic College. She worked as the Manager, Research Liaison at NRI before transferring to this position. She is personally interested in science promotion, science education and capacity building, and the integration of western science and traditional knowledge. She graduated from the University of Saskatchewan and worked in several sub-Arctic communities before coming to what was then the NWT. She has lived and worked in Iqaluit and Pangnirtung for over 30 years. She served in various positions in the Department of Education and Nunavut Arctic College before joining NRI in 1999. Ms. Thomas have also served on various community non-profit boards and is the recipient of the Queen’s Jubilee Medal. Mayor Mary Ekho Wilman was born in Qimmiqsuuq, a traditional Inuit camp in Cumberland Sound. In 1957, Mary moved to Iqaluit when her parents, Naqi and Tiglik, relocated. She attended school in Iqaluit, Churchill and Ottawa. Later, Mary completed professional training in Human Resources Management at McGill University and the Canadian Centre for Management Development. Mary has extensive work experience with the Governments of the NWT and Nunavut, including senior management positions both with the governments and Inuit organizations. Mary was first elected to the Iqaluit City Council in 2009 and, during her first term, served as chair of the Planning and Lands, Safety and Grievance Committees. Mary was re-elected in October 2012. Currently, Mary operates a consulting and clothing design business in Iqaluit. Mary and her husband, David have two children, Naomi and Luke, and five grandchildren: Izaac, Leila, Georgianna, Inuki and Lee.
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Information about Iqaluit Average Climate for May Month May
Record high 13.3°C 55.9°F
Average high -1.2°C 29.8°F
Average low -7.6°C 18.3°F
Record low -26.1°C -15°F
Sunrise, Sunset Date Sunrise Sunset May 17, 2015 3:18 AM 9:45 PM May 21, 2015 3:06 AM 9:57 PM Inuktitut About 75% of Inuit in Nunavut speak Inuktitut as their mother tongue. There are many dialects and vocabulary and pronounciation vary from place to place. Inuktitut consists of 45 syllabics and 15 finals. Most signs around Iqaluit are in both English and Inuktitut.
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Dr. Michael Hawes is the Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America and the Executive Director of the Canada - U.S. Fulbright Program. Michael has been a professor of international political economy and international relations in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University since 1985. During the 1999/2000 academic year Michael was the J. William Fulbright Distinguished Professor of International and Area Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and the John A. Sproul Senior Research Fellow in the Canadian Studies Program. He has held posts as visiting scholar at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico in Mexico City, visiting professor of International Relations at Tsukuba University in Japan, and, on several occasions, visiting professor of international political economy at the International University of Japan. Michael has published widely on foreign policy, political culture, international economic relations, regional integration in North America and East Asia, and related subjects. Michèle Phillips is the Program Officer for External Relations at Fulbright Canada. Her responsibilities include public and media relations, communications, and outreach for recruitment and alumni programs. Michèle completed a Master’s degree in Communications from the University of Ottawa, with a focus on corporate social responsibility and its influence on branding. Her research had a focus on environmental and sustainability issues, which has bridged nicely with her work on the Fulbright Arctic Initiative at Fulbright Canada. Prior to joining Fulbright Canada she was the communications officer at the HRREC at the University of Ottawa.
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Terhi Mölsä, Executive Director since 2002, is responsible for the strategic development of the Fulbright Center in Finland and is in charge of staff, finance and organizational matters, alumni and public affairs, development and fundraising. A former journalist, Terhi Mölsä has nearly 30 years of professional experience in higher education internationalization, initially at the institutional level at the Office of Academic and international Affairs of the University of Tampere, where she helped launch their European mobility programs, at the national level serving Finnish Ministry of Education agencies. Terhi Mölsä has served as a consultant, trainer, and curriculum developer on international education leadership and management both in Europe and the United States, and organized and chaired international education conferences in several European countries. Past Chair of European Fulbright Directors, she currently serves on several Boards and leadership positions, including the Advisory Board of the Fulbright-Schuman Program of the European Union and the United States, and the Leadership Development Committee of NAFSA: Association of International Educators in the United States. Having studied and conducted research with scholarship awards in Estonia, Russia, and the United States, she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Russian, a Master’s in International Relations (University of Tampere) and pursued advanced studies in higher education leadership and governance. Her current research focuses on internationalization and the changing academic profession.
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Lana Muck is the Deputy Director of the Office of Academic Exchange Programs. Since 2002 Lana has served in various capacities in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, including the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Staff, Office of Academic Programs, and Grants Division. She holds undergraduate degrees in History and Political Science from Valparaiso University (IN) and a M.A. in International Politics from American University (DC). Lana is an alumna of the Fulbright Program; she was a U.S. student researcher to Canada to study Arctic governance at the University of Alberta, with frequent travel to Stephen Money is an Academic Exchange Specialist in the office of Academic Exchange Programs, part of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, where he works on Fulbright programs in the Europe region. Prior to joining the State Department, Mr. Money administered Fulbright exchanges for scholars and teachers at the Institute of International Education, and worked in the international admissions office at American University. Mr. Money has a B.A. in International Studies from Vassar College and an M.S. in European Studies from the London School of Economics.
Lawrence Mason is a Senior Program Officer and Team Lead for Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program at the Institute of International Education’s Council for international Exchange of Scholars (CIES). My. Mason’s responsibilities at CIES include the management and implementation of the Fulbright Arctic Initiative. In addition, Mr. Mason also manages the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program team, the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program for Iraq, the Fulbright Junior Faculty Development Program for Lebanon, and the Afghanistan Junior Faculty Development Program. Prior to joining IIE in 2000, Mr. Mason was with the Investment Management Division of the World Bank. Korin Hoffman is a Program Officer at CIES. She works on the Fulbright Arctic Initiative and Fulbright Visiting Scholar Enrichment Programs. She is the contact person at CIES for Fulbright Arctic Initiative grant administration and coordinates closely with Fulbright Commissions and IIE Russia to facilitate the grant process for Visiting grantees. She also manages online collaboration for the Fulbright Arctic Initiative through webinar facilitation and Basecamp.
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Fulbright Arctic Initiative Lead Scholars Dr. Michael Sfraga is a geographer with a focus on the geography of Arctic landscapes, Arctic policy, and the impacts and implication of a changing climate on the social and political regimes in the Arctic. Dr. Sfraga has served as a faculty member, department chair, and Associate Dean in the UAF School of Natural Resources and Extension, where he led a comprehensive revitalization of the geography program. These changes included the creation of degree programs in Circumpolar North and Pacific Rim Studies, Geographic Information Systems and Technologies, and Landscape Analysis and Climate Change Studies. Dr. Sfraga currently serves in a Cabinet level position as Vice Chancellor, with duties and responsibilities across a broad range of programs, initiatives, and services. Dr. Sfraga is co-director of the University of the Arctic Institute for Arctic Policy and a member of the Board of Directors, Institute of the North.
Dr. Ross Virginia is the Myers Family Professor of Environmental Science and Director of the Institute of Arctic Studies within the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA. He received his Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of California at Davis and previously held positions at the University of California Riverside and San Diego State University. He is an ecosystem ecologist interested in how rapid environmental change affects ecosystems and society. His research seeks to understand how climate change alters soil biodiversity and the cycling of carbon between ecosystems and the atmosphere. His current research examines carbon and nitrogen cycling in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, where Virginia Valley is named in honor of his research, and in the tundra ecosystems of western Greenland. He also studies the relationships between the disciplines of ecology, ecosystem science, and environmental law. He is active in Arctic policy and global environmental issues as Co-director of the University of the Arctic Institute for Arctic Policy.
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Fulbright Arctic Initiative Scholars Canada Susan Chatwood is the Executive and Scientific Director of the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. She is an Assistant Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of British Columbia, holds a Masters in Epidemiology from McGill University and is a Ph.D. candidate in Medical Science at the University of Toronto. She is the past President of the Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health. Susan has spent most of her career in remote and northern communities, working in clinical settings, public health and research. Her research interests include circumpolar health systems stewardship and performance, and the synthesis of knowledge that promotes broader connotations of health systems and wellness. During the Canadian chairmanship of the Arctic Council she was pleased to lead an international team of researchers who explored promising practices for mental wellness initiatives in circumpolar regions. For more than 25 years, Dr. Greg Poelzer has been an enthusiastic advocate for Northern and international research and post-secondary education. Greg was the Founding Director and, currently the Executive Chair, of the International Centre for Northern Governance and Development. He was the inaugural Dean of Undergraduate Studies, University of the Arctic and is the Lead of the UArctic Thematic Network on Northern Governance. Greg’s research focuses on comparative Northern development and on Aboriginal-state relations. His co-authored book, Arctic Front: Defending Canada in the Far North (2008), was awarded (with his coauthors) the Donner Prize for excellence and innovation in Canadian public policy. His second co-authored book, From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for All Canadians, is forthcoming, Spring 2015 (UBC Press). He is currently working on a sole authored monograph, entitled Saskatchewan: The Next Norway? Greg is a member of the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy and the Department of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan. Greg is an avid hunter and fisherman and enjoys mountain hiking and white water canoeing.
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Acknowledgement and Government Collaboration Beginning in the 1940s, the Fulbright Program has provided the foundational impulses for the internationalization of higher education, and it has been instrumental in making the United States the leading destination for international students and scholars. It plays a key role in attracting and supporting some of the best international students and scholars, and it is one of the world’s most respected academic programs. Though its origins can be traced to Senator Fulbright and to the US government, today’s Fulbright Program is based on executive costsharing and partnership agreements with 49 states, each of which has a bi-national Fulbright commission responsible for managing the program in the spirit of mutual understanding. There is a long-standing strategic dimension to the Fulbright Program. It is about building and maintaining robust educational, scientific, economic, and political partnerships. At the same time, it is about knowledge transfer, developing a deeper and more nuanced understanding about social and environmental issues, and about competition in the global marketplace. The Fulbright Arctic Initiative is a relatively new innovation in Fulbright programming and involves the financial commitment of the USG, in the first instance, through the US Department of State. It is, however, a clear example of cost-sharing and mutual support and understanding. The costs associated with the Iqaluit meeting were provided through the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada under the auspices of the Canadian International Arctic Fund. Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada also provided a grant, supported by the Circumpolar Affairs Directorate (CAD), the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) and the Northern Contaminants Program (NCP), that allowed us to underwrite an additional Canadian scholar (Dr. Trevor Lantz) whose work proceeds from a traditional and local knowledge (TLK) perspective. This grant is a testament to the commitment the Government of Canada has to traditional and local knowledge and to the confidence that they have in Fulbright Canada.
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Grant provided by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada supported by the Circumpolar Affairs Directorate, the Canadian High Arctic Research Station, and the Northern Contaminants Program Dr. Trevor Lantz is an Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria. He holds a Ph.D. (Landscape Ecology) from the University of British Columbia, an MSc (Ethnoecology) from the University of Victoria, and a BSc (Botany) from the University of Alberta. Trevor’s research focusses on understanding the rates, causes, and consequences of environmental change in the western Canadian Arctic. He and his students in the Arctic Landscape Ecology Lab work collaboratively with indigenous hunters and trappers to gain insight into regional environmental change and to guide detailed field research investigating the processes facilitating change. To place their field studies in a regional context, and to examine variation at a broader scale, they use remote sensing and modelling. Trevor’s recent research has focused primarily on four areas: 1) vegetation change, 2) thawing permafrost, 3) traditional knowledge studies, and 4) Arctic storm surges. Trevor lives in Victoria, British Columbia with his partner and daughter and enjoys playing in an amateur bluegrass band aptly named “Time in Between.”
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Denmark Dr. Anne Merrild Hansen holds a M.Sc. in environmental engineering and a Ph.D. in strategic environmental assessment. Anne’s professional interest is implementation of large-scale industries and ventures for responsible performance in the Arctic. Her previous experience includes working as a planner in the municipality of South Greenland and as environmental and social advisor for Maersk Oil, Kalaallit Nunaat, where she coordinated a joint social baseline study on behalf of four operating oil and gas companies in Baffin Bay. Anne is presently an associate professor at The Danish Centre for Environmental Assessment at Aalborg University. She is also a research associate at Centre for Innovation and Research in Culture and Learning in the Arctic and an external lecturer at Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland. Anne is also a member of the Baffin Bay Davis Strait Regional Implementation Team on Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic, with the Arctic Council.
Dr. Niels Vestergaard has been a professor in Resource Economics at University of Southern Denmark since 2005. Before going into academia he worked in the Greenland Home Rule Administration from 1987-1990. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Copenhagen from 1998. He is leading the Centre of Fisheries & Aquaculture Management & Economics (FAME). Niels has supervised 8 Ph.D. students and numerous Master students. Niels’ research is concentrated on the economics of renewable resources, and especially those resources with a focus on fisheries, marine biodiversity, and marine ecosystems and he has published about 40 peerreviewed articles as well as numerous book chapters and scientific reports. Niels has published several articles about the Greenland Shrimp Fishery and recently (2014) he was a co-editor of a volume on Marine Invasive Species in the Arctic. He was also involved in the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment in 2005. Currently, Niels’ research is centered on modeling of technical progress in bio-economic models and on risk and uncertainty of Arctic marine resources.
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Finland Dr. Laura Sokka works as a senior scientist in the Energy Systems team of the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. She has a Ph.D. in environmental science and policy from the University of Helsinki. She is specialized in climate and other environmental impact assessment applying life cycle assessment (LCA) and other life-cycle based methods. Her work mainly concerns environmental impacts of energy production solutions and systems. During the past years her research has particularly focused on the assessment of forest and other bioenergy sources, and local energy systems. In 2012-2014, Laura participated in the preparation of the IPCC AR5 WG3 report as a contributing author and chapter science assistant in Chapter 6 (transformation pathways). She is also a member of the Finnish national IPCC contact group. Moreover, she was an expert member of the Finnish delegation in the UNFCCC climate negotiations in Warsaw and in Lima, and in the IPCC meetings in Stockholm in 2013, and in Berlin and Copenhagen in 2014. Presently she is contributing to the on-going preparation of the report “Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic (AACA)” commissioned by the Arctic Council.
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Dr. Bjarni Már Magnússon is an assistant professor at Reykjavík University School of Law, Iceland. His teaching and research interest lies in public international law, especially the law of the sea. He holds a cand.jur degree in law and MA in international relations from the University of Iceland, LL.M in ocean and coastal law from the University of Miami and Ph.D in international law from the University of Edinburgh. Dr. Magnússon acted as a junior counsel for Bangladesh in the dispute concerning delimitation of the maritime boundary between Bangladesh and Myanmar in the Bay of Bengal. He is the author of the book: The Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles Delineation, Delimitation and Dispute Settlement, published in 2015 by Brill/Nijhoff.
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Norway Dr. Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Tromsø- The Arctic University of Norway, as well as Research Associate at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). She is also a member of the Norwegian Royal Commission on Afghanistan investigating the Norwegian efforts in Afghanistan from 2001-2014. Gjørv was the International Principal Investigator for the International Polar Year project “The Impacts of Oil and Gas Activity on Peoples of the Arctic using a Multiple Securities Perspective”, funded by the Norwegian and Canadian Research Councils, and is currently co-leader of the Arctic Extractive Industries Ph.D./Master’s program that examines the impacts of extractive resource development on Arctic communities. She is also a partner in two projects examining the physiological, social and economic impacts of resource industries on Arctic communities from a human security perspective (and the resulting policy implications). Gjørv writes about international relations theory, security theory, security in the Arctic, and civil-military interaction (both in Arctic as well as complex operations settings such as Afghanistan). She is the author of “International Relations, Security and Jeremy Bentham” (Routledge, 2005), and “Understanding Civil-Military Interaction: Lessons Learned from the Norwegian Model” (Ashgate, 2014), as well as lead co-editor (and contributing author) to “Environmental and Human Security in the Arctic” (Routledge, 2013). She has also written articles in Review of International Studies, Security Dialogue, and the International Studies Review, among other journals. Dr.Øystein Varpe is an Associate Professor in ecology at Department of Arctic Biology, University Centre in Svalbard (Longyearbyen, Norway) and an adjunct researcher at Akvaplan-niva (Tromsø, Norway). Varpe holds a PhD in biology from University of Bergen (2007). His main interests are in evolutionary ecology, and his work spans a wide range of species but is mostly on birds, fish and plankton. He uses statistical analyses of data as well as mathematical models and simulations. Varpe runs the Seasonal Ecology Group where he, together with students and postdocs, focuses on how the strong seasonality of the Arctic shapes ecological processes. Fieldwork has been central in his work, and he has substantial experience from the Arctic as well as the Antarctic, including research cruises and work in seabird colonies. Varpe is a partner in several large research projects aiming to understand high-latitude organisms and ecosystems. He enjoys teaching and is a work package leader in bioCEED - Centre of Excellence in Biology Education. His broad interests also include conservation, harvesting, sustainability and the philosophy of science. He lives in Longyearbyen, 78 degrees north, with his wife and two children.
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Russia Dr. Maria Tysiachniouk holds a Master of Science in Environmental Studies from Bard College, NY, a Ph.D. in Biology from the Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from Wageningen University, the Netherlands (2012). She has taught at Herzen Pedagogical University, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Wageningen University, University of Lapland, and the University of Erfurt. Since 2004 she has studied global governance through FSC certification and published a book “Transnational governance through private authority: the case of Forest Stewardship Council Certification in Russia.” In 2012 she started extensive research on transnational oil production chains in Russian Arctic, focusing on the interactions between oil companies and indigenous communities. Maria Tysiachniouk has written more than 180 publications on topics related to transnational environmental governance, edited several books, and has fieldwork experience in several countries and regions. She is currently the chair of the Environmental Sociology group at the Center for Independent Social Research, St. Petersburg.
Sweden Dr. Tom Arnbom has more than 40-years’ experience in the Arctic and has seen many changes over the years. His career can be divided into four sections: academic, media, government and working for an NGO. His academic background is in marine mammals (MSc Sperm whales off Galapagos Islands, Memorial University, Canada and Ph.D. Southern elephant seals on South Georgia, Antarctica at Stockholm University/ British Antarctic Survey, Sweden/UK). During his graduate studies at South Georgia, he did some filming, which led him to media after finishing his Ph.D. During almost ten years he was part of the international natural history film industry. He used his scientific background to transform relatively heavy scientific findings into stories few had told the public. The end result should be simple and correct narration. Then he got an offer for a position at the Swedish Ministry of Environment with a group of external experts who were giving advice directly to the Minister. In 2007 he went to WWF Sweden as Senior Conservation Officer. Today, he is responsible for Arctic issues, such as Arctic Council and to coordinate projects in the Russian Arctic. He has participated in four WWF expeditions: Chukotka-polar bears (2007), Svalbard-climate change (2009), Laptev Sea-walrus (2013) and Svalbard-polar bears (2014). WWF has broadened his knowledge of the Arctic, from political negotiations to pure scientific questions. The Arctic is an intellectual challenge while it is undergoing some dramatic shifts, and conservation has to manage a moving target where the end result is unknown. That is why he loves this region and cares for the people living here. His task during the Fulbright Arctic Initiative is to develop a pan-Arctic agreement for management of walruses.
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Aslı Tepecik Diş (M.Sc.), is a Research Fellow at Nordregio and a PhD Candidate at the Royal Institute of Technology. Her background is in the broad field of sustainable development and climate change within the context of urban and regional development in a Nordic-Baltic European perspective. She holds two Masters Degrees in European Spatial Planning and Geological Engineering from Blekinge Institute of Technology and Ankara University respectively. She has worked on several applied research projects focusing on the interactions between spatial planning, climate change and gender, such as “Another Climate” funded by FORMAS (the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning), as well as on ESPON (European Spatial Planning Observation Network) projects including ESPON RERisk, EDORA, ITAN, RISE and BEST METROPOLISES. Her on-going projects include “Dialogue Platform on Energy and Resource Efficiency in the Baltic Sea Region (EFFECT)” financed by the Swedish Institute, “Sustainable Urban Regions in the Nordic countries” financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers and “EUROBORDERREGIONS” supported by the European Union within the 7th Framework Program. Her recent research interest focuses on the changing economic, social and cultural circumstances of the Arctic Region in the phase of climate change. The multifaceted uncertainties faced by the Arctic, future politics and governance of the Arctic Region are the main focus areas in her work.
United States Dr. Linda Chamberlain, an epidemiologist, is the founding director of the State of Alaska Family Violence Prevention Project and an adjunct professor at the University of Alaska. She earned a Masters of Public Health degree at Yale School of Medicine and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The scope of her research has expanded from an initial focus on the effects of domestic violence on women and children to include other adverse childhood experiences with an emphasis on the implications of trauma for early brain development. Known for her ability to translate science into practical strategies for diverse populations that can be adapted into daily practices, she is the author of numerous curricula and community resources. Her research interests include the application of mind-body practices to promote self-regulation and resilience among children and adults who have experienced trauma and studying the social ecology of resilience to identify and promote core elements of trauma-informed, self-healing communities. She has been a national advisor to Futures Without Violence for 15 years during which time she has helped to shape national policies, best practices and standards of care. Recognition for her work includes a National Kellogg Leadership Fellowship, an Alaska Women of Achievement Award, and serving as the Inaugural Scattergood Foundation Scholar on Child Behavioral Health. She lives on a rural homestead with her husband and dog team outside of Homer, Alaska.
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Dr. Tamara Harms is an ecosystem ecologist and biogeochemist focused on the interface of terrestrial ecosystems with freshwaters. She studies cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus, the elements most essential to life. Much of her recent research has focused on the potential for thawing permafrost to influence export of nutrients, including nitrogen and phosphorus, from catchments to freshwaters and coasts. She collaborates with scientists at the Bonanza Creek and Arctic Long-Term Ecological Research Programs in Alaska, conducting research in arctic tundra and boreal forest. Tamara earned a B.S. in ecology and microbiology from the University of Washington, an M.S. and Ph.D. in biology from Arizona State University, and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Biology & Wildlife at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Dr. Gwen Holdmann is the Director of the Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP), an applied energy research program based at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. ACEP focuses on community-scale fossil and renewable/alternative energy technologies with a special emphasis on delivering affordable energy to remote communities. As a highly interdisciplinary program, ACEP has 22 staff and more than 30 affiliated faculty whose expertise spans a wide range of energy-related disciplines. Prior to joining the University of Alaska, Gwen worked as a design engineer and energy project manager in the private sector. Most recently, Gwen served as the Vice President of New Development at Chena Hot Springs Resort near Fairbanks from 2004-08. While in that position, she helped design and manage construction of a 400 kW geothermal power plant, which is only operating geothermal power plant in the state and the lowest operating commercial geothermal power plant in the world (using 72°C geothermal fluid). In addition, she helped develop numerous other innovative energy projects ranging from hydrogen production and utilization, to cooling a 10,000 square foot ice museum year-round using geothermal fluid, to developing one of the first year-round commercial greenhouses in the state. Gwen moved to Alaska in 1994, shortly after graduating from Bradley University with a B.S. degree in Engineering Physics. She is the mother of three young children—Leif and Marais (twins, age 6), and Lael (age 4)—and is married to Iditarod and Yukon Quest musher Ken Anderson. Together, they maintain a kennel of about 35 dogs, and live off-grid in a house they built themselves powered through a combination of solar PV, wind, and diesel generator and heated with wood. In their free time, they enjoy sailing in their Catamaran and hope someday to complete the Northwest Passage, and/or the Northern Sea Route.
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Dr. Noor Johnson is a Senior Advisor to the Office of International Relations at the Smithsonian, where she supports the development of global initiatives on cultural heritage and biodiversity conservation. She also holds an appointment as Adjuct Assistant Professor of Environment and Society at Brown University (Providence, RI). Her research has examined knowledge politics and processes in environmental governance, with a particular focus on Inuit involvement in climate change policy in the Canadian Arctic. As a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University, she worked with the Inuit Circumpolar Council to develop the Atlas of Community-Based Monitoring in a Changing Arctic (www.arcticcbm.org). Noor’s recent work focuses on knowledge and consultation practices in relation to offshore oil and gas development in the Arctic. She has a Ph.D. from McGill University (Cultural Anthropology), an M.A. from American University (Public Anthropology), and a B.A. from Brown University (Development Studies). She previously served as a junior Fulbright Scholar in Sri Lanka, where she studied conflict and development. Itty S. Neuhaus is Associate Professor of Art at State University of New York at New Paltz. Her multi-media art projects use drawing, video, photography and sculpture to reflect upon change in nature in relation to human endeavor. The remote locations that have fueled the work include glacial crevasses and geothermal activity in Iceland, karst caves in Slovenia, and icebergs in Labrador. Awards include her first CIES Fulbright in 2010 to Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada called Current Shift: Shifting Perspectives. She has had residencies at Gros Morne National Park in Canada, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA, and the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire, US. Exhibits include solo shows at the Sculpture Center in New York City, US and Stadthaus Ulm, Germany. Most recently the video installation Understory, the results of her Fulbright project in NL, Canada, was featured at Esther Massry Gallery and Dorsky Curatorial Projects in NY. She received a BFA in Painting from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY and a Master of Fine Arts (terminal degree) in Sculpture from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA.
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Fulbright Arctic Initiative Working Group Mentors Dr. Melody Brown Burkins is the Associate Director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College. An earth and ecosystems scientist with over 20 years of experience in academia and government, she is an advocate for policy-engaged scholarship and is developing programs in science policy and diplomacy as well as gender equity and representation. Burkins serves as a member of the National Academies’ Board on International Scientific Organizations (BISO) and is Chair of the U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Geological Sciences (USNCIUGS). Prior to her work at Dartmouth, she served as the energy and environment policy advisor to U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy in Washington, DC, and in a diversity of management and leadership roles at the University of Vermont advancing strategic initiatives in STEM, environmental monitoring, economic development, supercomputing, and “transdisciplinary” research initiatives with state, national, and international partners. She has been twice appointed as a formal U.S. Delegate to international scientific meetings, including the International Geological Congress (2012) and the International Council of Science (2014), and served on Vermont’s first Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) committee. Burkins earned her MS and PhD in earth and ecosystem sciences at Dartmouth College and her undergraduate degree (BS, geology) from Yale University. Dr. Michael Castellini earned his PhD from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1981 and has been a faculty member at the University of Alaska Fairbanks since 1989. He was the founding Science Director for the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, the Director of the Institute of Marine Science at UAF, the Associate Dean and then Dean for the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. He is now the Associate Dean for the UAF Graduate School, and a member of the UAF Center for Arctic Policy Studies. Dr. Castellini’s research focuses on how marine mammals have adapted to life in the sea and he has studied marine mammals around the world examining their biochemical, physiological and behavioral adaptations for deep and long duration diving. Mike’s graduate students have worked from Alaska to Antarctica, and he has been on over 13 scientific expeditions to the Antarctic. He has been actively involved in NSF public education programs related to Climate Change and Ocean awareness and has written over 100 scientific papers on his work. He is involved in local, state and National panels and committees dealing with policy issues, Arctic ecosystem management and agency oversights.
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Acacia Johnson Acacia Johnson is a Fulbright Canada recipient, as well as a recipient of the Fulbright Canada-RBC EcoLeadership award. She is a photographic artist who is devoted to capturing the magic of the Circumpolar North. Born and raised in Alaska, she has also spent several years living in northern Norway. She works seasonally as an expedition guide and photography lecturer in Greenland and in the Canadian Arctic. A recent graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, she has exhibited her photographs internationally and has pieces included in collections at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum and the Smithsonian Museum of American History. She hopes to continue to explore her passion for the Arctic with photography, writing, and education. Under the Same Stars: A word from the artist “With the support of a Fulbright Canada Student Award, I have been able to realize a longstanding dream: to spend a winter living on the north shore of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic, learning about the relationship of people to the winter landscape and creating photographs illustrating my findings. While my idea was originally landscape-based, I discovered while living on Baffin Island that the heart of my Arctic experience lay with the people who live there. Turning my focus towards portraiture has yielded a much richer and more complex project than I ever could have imagined. Thanks to the generous support of the Fulbright Canada-RBC Eco-Leadership award, my exhibition “Under the Same Stars” saw its debut in Ottawa on April 22, 2015, and will also be showcased at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa during “Doors Open Ottawa” June 6 & 7, 2015, and at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. in the Fall of 2015.” Photographed during her four month Fulbright Canada residence on the north shore of Baffin Island, Acacia Johnson’s series Under The Same Stars reflects on the notion of interconnectedness and on the solid roots that the Arctic communities have with the land and sea, both by retaining traditional and local knowledge and by exploring modern influences. This community-focused perspective provides an intimate glimpse into the realities of living in the Canadian Arctic, highlighting the shared experiences that unite people across the globe. Photo credits: Acacia Johnson For more information www.acaciajohnson.com
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Acknowledgements We appreciate the volunteers, speakers, and sponsors who made this meeting possible. The Fulbright program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at U.S. Department of State, and Administered in the United States by the Council of International Exchange of Scholars
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State
A special thank you to the Government of Canada
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