Could climate change turn Canada’s Arctic into an emerging market?On November 20th, 2018 Dr. Jessica Shadian moderated a panel at OPTrust’s Climate Change Symposium in Toronto, Canada. Repost of original article which appeared on Benefit’s Canada and can be accessed by clicking HERE. As climate change restructures the Canadian Arctic year by year,
The Emerging Economy of the North American Arctic EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This brief makes the argument that the most effective way for Canada to protect and strengthen its Arctic sovereignty is to turn attention to the critical need for infrastructure investment in the Canadian North.1 Rather than having a conversation about whether or not Russian
Canada is slow to recognise its own north and the potential that it hasDr. Shadian recently spoke with the BBC about the opening of the Northwest Passage and the opportunity for Canada to be a key player in that region.China is more closely looking at developing the North American Arctic as part of
Arctic360 appears before Parliamentary CommitteeBy Dr. Jessica M. ShadianI had the fortunate opportunity to discuss Canada's Arctic Sovereignty with the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. I discussed why Canada needs to take its Northern Infrastructure Gap seriously. Canada's sovereignty is not facing a threat from Chinese or Russian battleships. Its
What's Driving Investment Opportunities in the Arctic? The Arctic benefits from co-operation between the five coastal nations: Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia and the United States. Why is multilateralism the preferred approach to managing the challenges facing the Far North? In an interview with Bloomberg TV Canada’s Rudyard Griffiths, Mike Sfraga, director of
North America must seize its Arctic opportunity – or risk being left out in the cold Dr. Jessica Shadian (Arctic360 Founder and CEO), Clint Davis (Managing Director of Acasta Capital Indigenous) and Mead Treadwell (former Lieutenant Governor of Alaska and president of Pt. Capital) discuss why Canada has to up its game in
The Emerging Economy of the North American Arctic: Infrastructure Investment Analysis TOWARDS A LONG-TERM ARCTIC INVESTMENT STRATEGYAs global alignments are being reshaped and Canada’s North shifts from a frozen periphery into a centrepiece of global interest, Canada’s North is increasingly a source of immense strategic and economic opportunity. To realise those opportunities a
2018 Investment Conference ReportIn partnership with The Wilson Center’s Polar Initiative, the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History and Trinity College, University of Toronto, Arctic360 hosted the inaugural Arctic Investment Conference. It is only through equal collaboration among those in the North and informed global interests that it will be possible to solve the
Artic360's First Annual Conference In February 2018, Arctic360 had its official kick‐off and held its inaugural Conference on the challenges and opportunities for infrastructure investment in the North American Arctic. It became the first conference of its kind in Canada that brought together northern leaders, Indigenous Development Corporations, the Federal government and institutional investors
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