The UArctic Magazine SHARED VOICES 2013 Regional, European and Art and Design Global Student Mobility Strengthened by Global mobility is Northern Cultures 06 increasingly important, The Thematic Network but regional mobility should 21 on Arctic Sustainable not be forgotten either. Arts and Design examines how art can help communicate cultural identities in the changing Arctic. Academic Mobility SubZero in Canada Communicating Arctic In remote areas 12 Research Thematic 10 interconnectivity Network: When art and science and partnerships are meet, traditional scientific the key to successful communication becomes education, as Canadian visually inspiring. institutions can attest. Editorial Team Outi Snellman, Lars Kullerud, Scott Forrest, Hannele Palviainen Editor in Chief Field schools in the North: Outi Snellman An Alaskan perspective Managing Editor Scott Forrest From introducing Graphic Design & Layout Puisto Design & Advertising, 27 Arctic perspectives www.puistonpenkki.fi to overcoming challenges, Cover Graphic Alexander Markus Lembke international field schools serve Print Run many educational purposes. 3 000 Printer Erweko Oy, 2013 Printed on Munken Pure by Arctic Paper Cover 170g/m2, contents 90g/m2 The UArctic Magazine Shared Voices 2013 UArctic International Secretariat University of Lapland Box 122 96101 Rovaniemi Finland [email protected] Tel. +358-16-341 341 Fax. +358-16-362 941 www.uarctic.org This magazine has been made possible by funding from the governments of Norway and Denmark, and the University of Lapland. 04 Letter from the President 20 Student Profile: Lars Kullerud Hilkka Kemppi The Nordic Model 05 The True Impact of 21 Art and Design Strengthened Marit Nybakk Circumpolar Mobility by Northern Cultures strongly believes 08 Outi Snellman Timo Jokela that Nordic cooperation has never been better and more 06 Regional, European and 22 Arctic Yearbook & Calotte efficient than now. Global Student Mobility Academy: Pushing Ideas & Bernd Wächter Dialogue Across Borders Lassi Heininen, Heather Exner-Pirot & 07 Student Profile: Joël Plouffe Laura Aineslahti 23 Thematic Network on 08 The Nordic Model Northern Governance Nicolai Stampe Qvistgaard Greg Poelzer Towards a 10 Academic Mobility in Canada 24 Student Profile: Northern Brand Denis Bevington Natasha Letchford UArctic members 11 Student Profile: 25 Towards a Northern Brand 25 face common Harry Borlase Ute Vogel & Astrid Revhaug challenges in recruiting international students to their 12 SubZero 26 Circumpolar Studies study programs. Antti Tenetz and Mobility Claudia Fedorova 13 Student Profile: Shawn Jantzen 27 Field Schools in the North: An Alaskan Perspective 14 Will the Melting of Arctic Frozen John Eichelberger Methane Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions? 28 The Verdde Program Jürgen Mienert Laila Aleksandersen Nutti 16 Student Profile: 29 Student Profile: Gunver Justesen Aura Pieski 17 Mobility in Thematic Networks 30 Student Profile: Kirsi Latola Ekaterina Evseeva 18 People and the Arctic 31 Capitalizing on Extractive Industries the IPY Legacy Florian Stammler Øyvind Paasche UArctic for 2012 Annual Report in the centerfold 4 Letter from the President By Lars Kullerud, President, University of the Arctic his year marks the do even more to engage with the the Circumpolar North to engage end of our current world outside the Circumpolar with actors and regions outside Strategic Plan 2009- North. A new Arctic moment the North that nevertheless hold 2013, and much of is upon us. The world, and a strong interest and influence in Tthe past year has been focussed particularly Circumpolar North, is the region’s future. on where UArctic is headed in a period of rapid change. The as an organization. For the drivers of change include climate The University of the Arctic will development of our new Strategic change, increased global socio- work to strengthen knowledge Plan, we have undertaken both economic interdependence and and capacity to meet the needs of internal and external evaluations accelerating use and spread of the North and the world. UArctic on our activities and organization, information and communication believes that a sustainable future as well as extensive member technologies allows even sparsely for the North and its people lies in consultation, which formed the populated areas to be the centre of a competent northern population, basis of extensive deliberations development. The growing global a strong northern knowledge base, and planning by our Board of population will be increasingly and partnerships with the non- Governors. The advice provided dependent on northern natural Arctic world. Key elements of by the University of the Arctic’s resources. For our members, this vision include strengthening very competent External Review Internationalization, new use of the voice of the Arctic in the Team (report available on the technology and organizational world as well as the world’s UArctic website) was particularly changes stimulate new ways of understanding of the Arctic, and helpful for the development working in higher education and to cooperate across borders in our new UArctic Strategic Plan research. The world influences the North to leverage experience, 2020, to be completed by the and is dependent on the Arctic; knowledge, competence, end of the year. As a result of what we do in the Arctic investment and influence. these processes, it is clearer than influences the world. ever that UArctic shall develop As UArctic begins another further as an organization for The familiar words “In the North, chapter in its relatively short its members, and be the extra For the North, and by the North” story, I look forward particularly networking resources and carry an important message: to the exciting opportunities infrastructure necessary to make sustainable development of the for networking and cooperation our members better able to serve Arctic can only be achieved with across the Circumpolar North their students and the region. a competent northern population and across the globe that aim able to make its own wise at a sustainable North in an Another outcome of the Strategic decisions. However, it is equally interdependent world. Plan discussions, is that we must clear that it is to the benefit of Editorial 5 Alaska Fairbanks Vancouver Island U University of U of Alaska Anchorage Yukon College U of Northern BC University of Alberta NE Federal U ASIAC Ukhta State T Komi State Pedagogical Syktyvkar State University north2north 2012 Northern Arctic Federal University student mobility University of Saskatchewan Northern State Medical University MIBO The width of the bars Murmansk SHU correspond to the number Murmansk STU of students U of Regina State Polar Academy U of Manitoba The True Impact Herzen SPU Lakehead U Sámi Education Inst Out In Saint Mary’s U Rovaniemi U Memorial U of Applied Sciences Russia 53 14 Newfoundland Finland 40 20 University University of Lapland of Circumpolar of Nordland Sweden 26 13 University of Oulu Norway 32 51 Oulu U of Applied Sciences Canada 9 57 By Outi Snellman, Universityin Svalbard Centre University of Helsinki USA 7 12 Vice-President Administration, UArctic Kemi-Tornio U of Applied Sciences Graphic Hugo Ahlenius / Nordpil University of Turku Total 167 167 Luleå U of Technology Mobility Umeå University Harstad University College Stockholm U Finnmark University of Tromsø Mid Sweden U University College n this issue of Shared The vision of north2north, as community. I would argue that, parts of the world. These Voices we focus on with the whole of UArctic, was for example, Ekaterina from students and teachers will have mobility. UArctic’s to build the future generation of northern Siberia already had learned a lot during their week student mobility program, leaders for the North who can quite an impact in the student in Lapland, but perhaps they north2northI , has now been help the North seize control of community in Alaska when also already will have changed running for ten years with a its own destiny. she studied there, making the – perhaps the seed to do total of 1,275 students having campus and even the Fairbanks something lasting for the North benefitted of this circumpolar Ten years is not a very long community just a little bit more is already planted. program. time for assessing impact of circumpolar. She left Alaska a such a program, when the different person with an open When Scott Forrest, a young Already when UArctic was just numbers are relatively small. mind for the Arctic, and she exchange student from UNBC, an idea on the drawing board In terms of the total student has since then gone on to create Canada, knocked on my door of the planning committee it population in the eight Arctic a lot of change around her over 15 years ago and asked was clear that mobility, for states, the number of students either in attitude or in formal if there was something he both students and faculty, going on exchange to another structures. could help out with in the would need to be at the core of Arctic state, let alone into a international office, little did UArctic’s activities. In order northern-relevant program, Mobility in UArctic has he know. Scott travelled to the to build a northern identity and will always be a drop in the many forms, from the North, and ended up staying. a region people would need bucket – it would be hard to organized student mobility That initial exchange had a to have personal connections make very strong conclusions in north2north to exchanges tremendous impact of all of to different “Norths” – either on the impact of the program of faculty between member Scott’s future choices: career, through directly having stayed based on a strict statistical institutions, particularly in family, home, even citizenship. in another northern place or analysis quite yet. This is why Thematic Networks. This But I would argue that the through personal experiences we chose to look at impact year’s cover photo illustrates impact he has had on the with someone from another from the perspective of the mobility within a new Thematic organizations he has worked northern region.