Summer School

CASES 2023 took place from June 7th to June 18th, in Canada's Northwest Territories, in Yellowknife, Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk. The "Circumpolar Arctic Summer School on Economy and Society" (CASES) was the first Summer school organized by the WAGE Circumpolar Partnership.

The summer school was prepared and coordinated by Davin Holen (University of Alaska Fairbanks), Jessica M. Shadian (University of Toronto), Gérard Duhaime (University Laval), and Karen Everett (University Laval). The theme of the 2023 edition of the summer program was "Building equity through economic diversification" and was oriented towards extractivist economies.

The summer school brought together five social sciences students from Finland, Russia, and Québec: Eleonora Alariesto (University of Lapland), Philippine Almodovar (Université Laval), Nadine Boucher (Université Laval), Myriam Labrecque (Université Laval) and Polina Syadeyskaya (University of Northern Iowa).

More information here

October 14-30, 2024 |  Ungava Bay (Nunavik), Canada

Taking place first in Kuujjuaq and then onboard the Canadian research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen, the International Graduate School on the Emergence of Innovative Blue Economies in the Arctic focuses on the emergence of innovative blue economies in the Arctic and addresses both the challenges and the opportunities Northern communities are facing.

Find more information about WAGE second summer school, organized in collaboration with Sentinel North program, HERE.

More information soon!