Just the Tip of the Iceberg: Southern Media Depictions of Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic
As climate change opens up the Arctic, Canada’s sovereignty in the region has received increasing attention in both federal politics and the media. Meanwhile, Inuit have lived in the Arctic since time immemorial. Many Southern Canadians – whose awareness may ultimately have policy implications – rel...
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ftdalhouse:oai:DalSpace.library.dal.ca:10222/72104 2023-05-15T14:32:10+02:00 Just the Tip of the Iceberg: Southern Media Depictions of Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic Westlake, Chloe Department of Sociology & Social Anthropology Master of Arts n/a Elizabeth Fitting Howard Ramos Brian Noble Not Applicable 2016-08-24T15:29:32Z http://hdl.handle.net/10222/72104 en eng http://hdl.handle.net/10222/72104 Anthropology Arctic regions Sovereignty Canada Inuit Media Sovereignty - Arctic region 2016 ftdalhouse 2022-03-06T00:10:07Z As climate change opens up the Arctic, Canada’s sovereignty in the region has received increasing attention in both federal politics and the media. Meanwhile, Inuit have lived in the Arctic since time immemorial. Many Southern Canadians – whose awareness may ultimately have policy implications – rely largely on mainstream media to learn about the region. Therefore, I examine Canadian news stories and seek to illuminate what discourses emerge about Arctic sovereignty. To provide a counter narrative, I also analyze media highlighted and produced by the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, an organization that speaks to Arctic sovereignty directly. Comparing discourses found in Southern news and ITK texts suggests where discrepancies might exist between Inuit and Southern views on sovereignty in the Arctic. I aim to show how unpacking and addressing these different perspectives is fundamental to ensuring that the impacts of colonialism in the Arctic are not exacerbated by sovereignty discourse. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Climate change Iceberg* inuit Dalhousie University: DalSpace Institutional Repository Arctic Canada |
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As climate change opens up the Arctic, Canada’s sovereignty in the region has received increasing attention in both federal politics and the media. Meanwhile, Inuit have lived in the Arctic since time immemorial. Many Southern Canadians – whose awareness may ultimately have policy implications – rely largely on mainstream media to learn about the region. Therefore, I examine Canadian news stories and seek to illuminate what discourses emerge about Arctic sovereignty. To provide a counter narrative, I also analyze media highlighted and produced by the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, an organization that speaks to Arctic sovereignty directly. Comparing discourses found in Southern news and ITK texts suggests where discrepancies might exist between Inuit and Southern views on sovereignty in the Arctic. I aim to show how unpacking and addressing these different perspectives is fundamental to ensuring that the impacts of colonialism in the Arctic are not exacerbated by sovereignty discourse. |
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Department of Sociology & Social Anthropology Master of Arts n/a Elizabeth Fitting Howard Ramos Brian Noble Not Applicable |
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Westlake, Chloe |
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Just the Tip of the Iceberg: Southern Media Depictions of Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic |
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