From May 26 to May 29, 2026, the UArctic Congress 2026 took place in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. Several members of the WAGE Circumpolar Partnership were in attendance.
The WAGE Circumpolar Partnership held a session on inequalities in the circumpolar Arctic, organized by Dr. Gérard Duhaime and Dr. Karen Everett, which featured presentations by several WAGE members:
Session 31. Inequalities in the Circumpolar Arctic
Gérard Duhaime and Karen Everett
https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75716/session/215595
In this session:
- The Economy of the North ECONOR 2025 and a path towards ECONOR 2030
Mr Lars Svennebye, from Statistics Norway, Oslo, Norway
- Socio-economic conditions and inequalities in the circumpolar Arctic
Karen Everett, Sébastien Lévesque, Taoyuan Wei, Gérard Duhaime, from Université Laval, Québec City, Canada and CICERO, Oslo, Norway
- Indigenous Economic Institutions and Wealth and Inequality in the Arctic
Dr Andrey Petrov and Dr Victoria Sharakhmatova, from University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Galls, USA
- Different approaches to include subsistence income when measuring income inequality and poverty in Greenland
Emeritus and Part time lecturer Birger Poppel, from Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland; Institute of Learning, Nuuk, Greenland and Danish Technical University (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark
- Gender inequality – a qualitative study among Greenland Inuit
Ph.D. Emerita MarieKathrine Poppel, from Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland
- How can cultural safety work resolve complex inequalities in Kven and Norwegian-Finnish youth’s encounters with public services?
Dr. Soile Päivikki Hämäläinen, et al, Professor Anita Salamonsen, from UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway and UiS University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.
- Exploring Child Support in Nunavik: Barriers, Perceptions, and Impacts
Pascale Laneuville, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
The following sessions were organized by members of the partnership:
Session 181. Extractive Industries and Sustainable Arctic Communities
Dr. Chris Southcott
https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75716/session/215397
Session 191. Indigenous Economies and Sustainable Arctic Communities
Dr. Andrey Petrov, Dr. Victoria Sharakhmatova, and Dr. Chris Southcott
https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75716/session/215375
Session 229. Resilient Futures: Decolonial and Participatory Pathways for Arctic Health and Well-being
Geneviève Vachon
https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75716/session/215587
Finally, members of the partnership also delivered presentations:
- Urban greenspace in the north to enhance resilience and community wellbeing: Biocultural heritage, culture, and social space in Anchorage, Alaska
Davin Holen, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
- Arctic Food Supply Chains and Retail Price Support Programs
Dr. Michael Jones, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA and Sébastien Lévesque, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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