The North is an increasingly important focal point of public policy as melting polar ice transforms the Arctic into the epicentre of new global economic and geopolitical interests. This multidisciplinary edited volume explores how the dramatic changes in Canada's North will affect its peoples, its governments, and the social, economic and political future of northerners.

Pre-released chapters:

• Canada and the Changing International Arctic: At the Crossroads of Cooperation and Conflict
  Rob Huebert (September 2008)
  
  
• Canadian Arctic Sovereignty: Time to Take Yes for an Answer on the Northwest Passage
  Franklyn Griffiths (September 2008)
  
  

Northern Exposure stems from a symposium held from October 25 to 27, 2007 in Montebello, Quebec. It opened with a panel discussion among six young leaders from across the North -- Udloriak Hanson (Nunavut), Elaine Alexie (Northwest Territories), George Berthe (Nunavik), Laura MacKenzie (Nunavut), Natan Obed (Nunatslavut/Nunavut) and Aynslie Ogden (Yukon). The panellists outlined their vision of the future of the North and underlined the importance of education, culture, Aboriginal languages and the land. Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Nobel Prize nominee and citizen advocate on Arctic climate change, gave the keynote address.

conference program | participant list | youth panel discussion (MP3) | remarks by Sheila Watt-Cloutier (MP3)