The last thing that I found really important in your remarks was the fact that the interaction with first nations and indigenous persons in the Arctic seems to be a one-way street. That underscores the fact that the conversation on resource development as well seems to be very ideologically rigid in terms of it being “bad”.
What recommendation would you make for an Arctic research strategy that would alleviate what I think is an entrenched, rigid ideology that is rarely challenged in Canadian academia or in federal funding structures?