Exploring energy transition in the Arctic – UNBC May 2023
Graduate students and faculty from around the world gathered at UNBC’s Prince George campus to gain insight into the challenges facing the Far North as it grapples to find sustainable solutions in the face of climate change.
“It was wonderful opportunity for us with the network and the Arctic Academy organization to have the opportunity to come to British Columbia, to Prince George – where distances are big,” says ASRSR Lead Karin Buhmann, who is a professor of Business and Human Rights in the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark.
Students and faculty from across Canada and around the world recently gathered at UNBC’s Prince George campus for the Arctic Academy for Sustainability 2023. Following up on the first academy in Finland last August, the goal of this year’s interdisciplinary summer school was to provide participants with a deeper understanding of the issues raised by energy transition in the Arctic, including green energy transition, Indigenous rights and partner engagement principles explains organizer Professor Paul Bowles of UNBC’s Global and International Studies and Economics departments. “It provided a great opportunity for graduate students at UNBC to learn with a group of graduate students and faculty from around the world,” he adds. With funding from the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, faculty instructors facilitating the Arctic Academy are all members of the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Resources and Social Responsibility (ASRSR).
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UARCTIC ACADEMY FOR SUSTAINABILITY 