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Public policy professional focused on the politics and economy of the Arctic, especially the Canadian North. Once a senior policy official in the Government of Nunavut, now Managing Principal of Polar Aspect.

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Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada (c) 2008 Anthony Speca

Devolution in the NWT: Progress or poison?

1 November 2014
by Anthony Speca
Publications

When the Northwest Territories achieved devolution of lands and resources from Ottawa in April, it was a historic moment in Canada’s political evolution. But a key test of devolution’s nation-building potential will be how well it supports real aboriginal-government partnership. On that score, there is cause for concern.

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Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada (c) 2008 Anthony Speca

The Arctic affects us all, just not equally

7 October 2014
by Anthony Speca
Publications

‘What happens in the Arctic affects us all’ may well be true. But today’s popular slogan for the fight against climate change must not be used to justify putting our own needs and interests above those of Arctic peoples.

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Apex, Nunavut, Canada (c) 2008 Anthony Speca

Straining to hear the Arctic voice

15 September 2014
by Anthony Speca
Publications

Despite Greenpeace’s recent attempts to align their Arctic campaign with indigenous peoples such as the Inuit, their new ‘global survey’ on Arctic industrial development continues their pattern of discounting the Arctic voice.

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Remarks on Greenpeace and Clyde River in The Arctic Journal

Remarks on Greenpeace and Clyde River in The Arctic Journal

30 July 2014
by Anthony Speca
Asides, Press & Mentions

Recently, journalist Kevin McGwin of Greenland’s The Arctic Journal asked me to comment on the budding relationship between Greenpeace and the Inuit community of Clyde…

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Greenshit go home! Lecture at University of Chichester

Greenshit go home! Lecture at University of Chichester

27 March 2014
by Anthony Speca
Asides, News & Events

I’m delighted to have been invited to speak at the University of Chichester tomorrow, March 28, as part of the History Department’s lecture series on…

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Citation in Canadian Parliament debate on NWT devolution

Citation in Canadian Parliament debate on NWT devolution

6 December 2013
by Anthony Speca
Asides, Press & Mentions

Yesterday, New Democrat MP for Vaudreuil-Soulanges Jamie Nicholls cited my article, “Nunavut, Greenland and the politics of resource revenues“, during the second reading of the…

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Citation in Michigan State International Law Review

Citation in Michigan State International Law Review

8 October 2013
by Anthony Speca
Asides, Press & Mentions

Tony Penikett and Adam Goldenberg have recently published a fascinating article in the Michigan State International Law Review, entitled “Closing the Citizenship Gap in Canada’s…

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Citation in Polar Law Textbook II

Citation in Polar Law Textbook II

28 May 2013
by Anthony Speca
Asides, Press & Mentions

Yesterday, the Nordic Council of Ministers published its second collection of essays on polar law, Polar Law Textbook II, edited by Natalia Loukacheva, Nansen Professor…

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Lecture at University of Akureyri

Lecture at University of Akureyri

21 April 2013
by Anthony Speca
Asides, News & Events

On Thursday, April 18, I was at the University of Akureyri in northern Iceland, where just a few days previously I’d been invited to give…

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Lofoten Islands, Norway (c) 2008 Anthony Speca

A response to Greenpeace

11 September 2012
by Anthony Speca
Publications

A recent letter from Greenpeace Canada only strengthens the impression that Greenpeace’s vision for the Arctic doesn’t include the states and peoples who already govern and occupy the region.

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