After the Ice Age: The effects and implications of federal media policy changes on Northern science communication and the Northern science-policy interface during the Harper era ...
A rise in global temperatures in tandem with polar amplification means that the Arctic is warming at a rate three times that the rest of the earth. This is occurring with major implications for the region and is accompanied by a need for adaptive governance and policy initiatives informed by robust...
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2020
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/37936 https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/112202 |
| Summary: | A rise in global temperatures in tandem with polar amplification means that the Arctic is warming at a rate three times that the rest of the earth. This is occurring with major implications for the region and is accompanied by a need for adaptive governance and policy initiatives informed by robust science. From 2006 to 2015, the Canadian government, led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, frequently asserted the importance of the Arctic, speaking to the environmental challenges facing the region. Consistent with this, the Government of Canada invested substantial resources in both Northern science and Northern research infrastructure as demonstrated by its support of polar projects such as the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory, the Canada High Arctic Research Station and the 2007-2008 International Polar Year. In early 2008, changes to federal departmental communications and media policies, controlling how federal scientists were contacted and communicated with journalists, prompted the first ... |
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