Security, Environment, Aboriginal and Identity Issues in the Canadian North

SHIFTING ICE CONFERENCE May 5-6, 2011 307 Tier Building
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba

---

Thursday, May 5

8:30       Formal Welcome
              Dr. James Dean, Executive Director, International Relations, UoM
              Dr. Gene Walz, Chair, Organizing Committee

9:00       Keynote Presentation
              Arctic Wanderings
              Margaret Bertulli, Archeologist, Western and Northern Services, Parks Canada

10:50     Welcome - Dr. David Barnard, President, University of Manitoba

11:00     Traditional Security Perspectives

2:00       Environmental and Community Perspectives

7:00       Arctic Film Screening (Robert B. Schultz Theatre, St. Johns College) 
              Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change (2010) 
              directed by Zacharias Kunuk and Ian Mauro.  Isuma Productions.
    

Friday, May 6

8:30       Aboriginal Perspectives

11:00     Literary Perspectives I

1:30      Literary Perspectives II

3:30       Film and Television Perspectives

5:15       Wrap Up

 

---

Sponsors:

University of Trier
Office of International Relations (UofM)
Travel and Conference Sponsorship Fund (UofM)
Dean’s Office, Faculty of Arts (UofM)
Department of Political Studies (UofM)
Centre for Defence and Security Studies