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A combination of resource-hungry great powers, climate change, and rapidly evolving resource extraction technology has turned one of the world’s most stable regions into a focal point of much geopolitical interest and concern. Can the eight circumpolar states accommodate not only one another’s interests, but also those aspirant non-Arctic states?

These events are being offered in partnership with »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥'s Global Health office and the Canadian Red Cross, with financial support from the Government of Canada

This presentation will examine some of the major global security risks facing Canada in this century, in particular how climate change acts as a threat-multiplier and what this means for Canada's new foreign policy priorities.