The Labrador Research Forum is a collaboration of many organizations in Labrador, including the Labrador Campus, the Nunatsiavut Government, the Innu Nation, NunatuKavut Community Council, the Torngat Secretariat, and the Labrador North Chamber of Commerce.
We are excited to announce the following plenary panel topics and speakers for the 2022 Labrador Research Forum (details to follow):
Arctic and subarctic futures
Panelists:
Val Courtois, Indigenous Leadership Initiative
Dalee Sambo Dorough, PhD, International Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Indigenous Rights Advocate, & Professor
Norma Kassi, Co-Scientific Director, Canadian Mountain Network
Facilitator:
Ashlee Cunsolo, PhD, Founding Dean of the School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies, Labrador Campus
Northern Post-secondary Education
Panelists:
Jodie Lane, Director of Education, Nunatsiavut Government & School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies Academic Council Member
Kelsey Wrightson, PhD, Executive Director of Dechinta Research and Learning Centre
Becky Mearns, President of Nunavut Arctic College
Bronwyn Hancock, PhD, Associate Vice-President of Research and Development, Yukon University
Facilitator:
Ashlee Cunsolo, PhD, Founding Dean of the School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies, Labrador Campus
Indigenous conservation & Protected areas
Panelists:
Mary Denniston, Imappivut
George Russell, NunatuKavut Community Council
Martin Lougheed, Chair of the Torngat Mountains National Park Co-Management Board & Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Research Manager
Facilitator:
Jamie Snook, PhD, Executive Director of the Torngat Wildlife, Plants, & Fisheries Secretariat
youth futures
Panelists:
Brian Pottle, Nunatsiavut & President of the National Inuit Youth Council, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Abigaile Poole, NunatuKavut
Regan Burden, CBC
Facilitator:
Monika Rumbolt, Youth Engagement Officer (Labrador Region), Ulnooweg Indigenous Communities Foundation
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