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Graduate
Student Fellowships:
Canada's Arctic Foreign Policy |
Deadline for application: January 6,
2011 |
The Northern
Governance Thematic Network of the University of the
Arctic, with support from the Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade Canada, is pleased
to announce 10 available fellowships for graduate
students, valued at $5,000 each.
Research papers will focus on one of the following
two areas:
1) Addressing the rising interest in the Arctic
region from non-Arctic states.
- How are non-Arctic states approaching Arctic
issues? (e.g. China, Japan, Argentina, India,
South Korea, UK, Netherlands, Germany)
- What have they done or are they doing that is
directly relevant to the Arctic?
- What capabilities do they have that they could
contribute to the work of Arctic States?
- What are their interests? (e.g. political,
commercial, scientific)
- How should Canada engage with these emerging
players?
- To what extent?
- What are the benefits (to Canada and to
Northerners)?
- What are the pitfalls (for Canada and for
Northerners)?
2) Assessing readiness of industry for increased
shipping in the North.
- What are the industry’s perspectives on
potential for shipping?
- How advanced is the industry in preparing for
shipping in the North? What more remains to be
done?
- How do preparations in North America compare
to elsewhere?
- What does the industry see as the key obstacle
to shipping in the North?
- What does this imply for Arctic States from a
policy perspective?
- What strategies are other Arctic States
developing or have developed that Canada could
learn from?
- What are the “tourism” dimensions?
Qualified applicants must:
- be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada;
- be actively pursuing a graduate degree
(Master’s, Ph.D. or equivalent) in circumpolar
and/or northern research;
- be in good academic standing, as determined by
your university;
- submit a completed application form;
- submit a 1 page paper proposal/abstract;
- submit a letter of appraisal from a
supervisor.
Successful applicants will be notified by Friday,
January 14, 2011. Final papers are due March
11, 2011, must be submitted in English
or French, and cannot exceed 5,000 words
including footnotes. Fellows will be invited to
participate in a symposium in Saskatoon the week of
March 14th.
Please submit applications to:
Heather Exner-Pirot
International Centre for Northern Governance and
Development
9 Campus Drive, Room 280.1 Arts
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A5
heather.exnerpirot@usask.ca
306.966.1624
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