Tue, Apr 08, 2008
Seminar Announcement: One-day seminar on Canada's and Europe's Northern Dimension, May 19, 2008
This one-day seminar is a joint initiative by the Canadian Circumpolar Institute and the Thule Institute. It is the first in a proposed series and is organized in collaboration with the Embassy of Canada in Finland. The Seminar will take place at the University of Oulu in Finland, on May 19, 2008.
The seminar will bring together policy-makers and researchers to explore common perspectives and future challenges of Europe's and Canada's northern regions.
Led by key policy-makers and political leaders from Canada, Finland and the EU and prominent researchers from Canada and Europe, the seminar will explore a number of important Northern concerns that include sovereignty and national security issues and circumpolar cooperation; opportunities and challenges of resource development in the North; health issues and challenges facing Northern communities in the Nordic states; and the northern dimension of commercial and economic ties between Canada and Europe.
For more information, including information on registration and programme, please visit: http://thule.oulu.fi/englanti/research/ndseminar.html