Complex Inequalities and Regional Perspectives Summer School in East Greenland: Student Experiences and Learnings
Summary:
Growing up in Greenland, inequality is not just a statistic—it’s something visible that Greenlanders live with across distances, languages, and opportunities. In East Greenland, this inequality is even more pronounced: in the challenges of access to education, healthcare, media, and even national conversations about identity and development. From isolated settlements to regional centers like Tasiilaq, people face barriers that are both geographic and structural, but also cultural rooted in how Greenland is imagined from the outside and organized from within.
In this roundtable, we will reflect upon what inequality looks like from an East Greenlandic perspective, and how these experiences shape local resilience and community identity. What does it mean to grow up where resources are scarce, but community ties are strong? How do young people navigate opportunities that are often concentrated in other parts of the country? And how can national and international institutions engage with these local realities in more respectful and sustainable ways?
Drawing on experiences from CASES 2025 and our own observations, this discussion invites a conversation about inclusion, representation, and the future of Arctic communities. This student-led roundtable aims to highlight the learning outcomes of CASES 2025 for the undergraduate and graduate level scholars that participated, and their insights coming from the discipline they study, including linguistics, geography, international studies, law, arctic world politics, and journalism.
Facilitators:
Hansigne Broberg, PhD student in Journalism, and Assistant Professor of Journalism at Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland), Greenland
Audrey-Jeanne Caplain, Master student in criminology at Université de Montréal, Canada
Panel members:
Jenikka Kirkland, Master student in International Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
Frans H. Petersen, Student in Arts of Linguistics, Literature, and Media at Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland), Greenland
Viola Ukkola, Master student in Arctic World Politics at the University of Lapland, Finland
Murielle Pichoir, PhD student in Geographical Sciences at Université Laval, Canada
Date: December 4, 2025, 5 PM -6:30 UTC (12 PM - 1:30 PM EST)
English-French interpretation will be available.
Please note this event will be recorded and shared on YouTube.
*If you have not received an invitation with the Zoom link by e-mail, please fill out the form and we will send it to you : WAGE Roundtable - Registration
For any other question, you can contact us at info.wage@ulaval.ca.
