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UArctic and Indigenous Peoples: Onwards with Shared Voices

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By Gerald Anderson, Vice-President Indigenous, UArctic, Director, Department of Development and Engagement, Fisheries and Marine Institute, Memorial University of Newfoundland

With the establishment of the University of the Arctic in 2001, indigenous peoples of the Arctic were given a unique opportunity to contribute to a post-secondary education system that is designed by and for the people of the North. We must build on this momentum and achieve even more toward strengthening our collective resources in education, research and outreach.

Much has been done, and there is still much work to do. For the past 25 years or so, many people have lectured, laboured and lobbied to bring UArctic to the status and position it enjoys today. It is indeed with “shared voices” that we both celebrate the accomplishments of these past visionaries and continue their passion in advocating for more progress – whether that be through broadening the reach of our northern voices, promoting inclusiveness or building reciprocal partnerships. 

UArctic was established by the Arctic Council for indigenous peoples and all peoples of the North. With the support of the Arctic Council and the six indigenous peoples’ organizations, UArctic has become a world recognized brand. The time has come for us as indigenous peoples to accept this challenge and take ownership of this great gift we have been given.

Many indigenous leaders have been involved in the growth of UArctic, and it is now the younger generation’s turn to take on the responsibility. I hereby invite indigenous youth to get involved in UArctic and lead the way for all peoples of the North! UArctic’s vision of an empowered North with shared voices is truly an opportunity to grasp for our youth and coming generations. The future is in you.

Table of Contents

  1. Editorial

    By Outi Snellman

  2. Letter from the President

    By Lars Kullerud

  3. Education as a Priority in Arctic Cooperation

    By Aleksi Härkönen

  4. Nordic Higher Education Collaboration: Arctic Teachers as Creators of a Sustainable Future

    By Tuija Turunen

  5. Arctic Children: Preschool Education and Smooth Transition to School

    By Anna Polezhaeva

  6. Circumpolar Universities Association: Communication and Collaboration Between the Peripheral Areas of the North

    By Esko Riepula

  7. The Arctic Heritage – A Contribution from IASC to Developing a Broad Arctic Cooperation

    By Odd R. Rogne

  8. Maintaining Dialogue and Building Capacity – IASC in the Future

    By Susan Barr and Larry Hinzman

  9. IASSA – Giving Voice to Arctic Social Sciences

    By Peter Sköld and Florian Stammler

  10. The Establishment of UArctic and the Arctic Council Process Behind It

    By David Stone, Lars-Otto Reiersen and Jan-Idar Solbakken

  11. UArctic Annual Report for 2016

  12. The Beginnings of Circumpolar Studies

    By Jón Haukur Ingimundarson

  13. The Scandinavian Seminar Group and UArctic: From Vision to Reality

    By Daphne L. Davidson, William J. Kaufmann and Rune Rydén

  14. Circumpolar Collegiality from 1998 to 2006: Reflections on the Early Days of the Council of UArctic

    By Asgeir Brekke and Sally Webber

  15. Growth of Russian Institutions’ Engagement in UArctic

    By Claudia Fedorova

  16. Learning Through Practice: The CASS PhD Network as a Precursor of UArctic Key Teaching Practices

    By Rasmus Ole Rasmussen and Gérard Duhaime

  17. Strengthening Indigenous Engagement in UArctic

    By Jan Henry Keskitalo and Johan Daniel Hætta

  18. Together We Stand Stronger: Interview with Liisa Holmberg

    By Marie Søndergaard

  19. 100 Years of Sámi Cooperation: Interview with Gunn-Britt Retter

  20. UArctic in the Context of Circumpolar Cooperation

    By Heather Exner-Pirot

  21. Reflections on the University of the Arctic at Twenty

    By Oran R. Young

  22. Student Profiles and Follow-up Stories

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