This is a past event
The North research theme stand was very well attended at the International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS) VIII in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada from May 22 - 26, 2014.
ICASS VIII
Nearly 500 people attended along with Dr Tatiana Argounova-Low from the Department of Anthropology and Sophie Dietrich from the History of Art (both pictured) representing the North research theme table that received a great deal of interest from people from across the circumpolar North.
The keynote speakers and their address title/topics:
Chief Joe Linklater, Gwichin Council International, Canada - Traditional Self Governance in a Modern Context.
Dr Alexander Pelyasov, Director, Centre of Arctic and Northern Economies at the Council for Research of Productive Forces, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation - Northern Futurology: The Next 20 Years.
Henriette Rasmussen, Director, Greenlandic Broadcasting, and former Minister of Culture, Education, Science and Church, Greenland - Inuit are Used to Change and to Adapt to New Places and New Situations: Our History Proves that. The Challenge is Elsewhere.
Dr Sverker Sorlin, Professor in the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm - Environmental Humanities and the Arctic - Transforming Knowledge, Transforming Sustainabilities.
- Speaker
- Chief Joe Linklater, Gwichin Council International, Canada and others
- Hosted by
- The University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, CANADA
- Venue
- University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, CANADA
- Contact