WINNIPEG, MB – University of Winnipeg President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Lloyd Axworthy is a featured writer on the future of Arctic development in the prestigious international magazine Global Brief which hit news stands this week. Here’s a brief excerpt from the article entitled Networks and the Future of the Arctic.
“The Arctic has become a `hot spot’ for corporations seeking energy wealth as they invest billions in the region; they will expect governments to advance their interests as well. Scientific and academic study teams are playing a very crucial role in determining the impacts of climate change . . . while NGOs and environmental groups, along with several high-level commissions, are promoting region-wide ecological governance schemes.”
“There is obvious demand for more effective international teamwork to meet the challenges of Arctic governance. A new strategy for Arctic governance must therefore encompass a shift in consciousness toward global networks, and recognize that the challenges of the region are not limited to national concerns – and, indeed, that these broader concerns cannot be addressed solely by the governments of nation-states. These are challenges that require broader awareness, international cooperation and innovative ideas.”
Access the entire Axworthy article co-authored by UWinnipeg Senior Executive Officer Dan Hurley here.
Publishing out of the Glendon School of Public and International Affairs at Toronto’s York University, Global Brief targets a global readership with the works of top and up-and-coming writers dealing with world affairs. Authors include Shashi Tharoor, India’s new Minister of State for External Affairs and former UN Under-Secretary-General; John E. McLaughlin, former head of the CIA; John Kay of the Financial Times; Louise Frechette, former Deputy Secretary-General of the UN; former Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer; Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker and Louise Arbour, President and CEO of the International Crisis Group and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
UWinnipeg also made national news on Saturday, June 12, 2010, when senior Globe and Mail newspaper correspondent Jeffrey Simpson highlighted UWinnipeg’s commitment to community revitalization in a feature article Remaking the University of Winnipeg.“ Mr. Axworthy, now in his second term as president, has brought the same passion for social change, community engagement and using public institutions to help the disadvantaged that he brought to politics,” writes Simpson. “He has given the school a mission to integrate fully with inner-city Winnipeg, to improve access for disadvantaged students, to take the university into the community.”
Read the Globe and Mail article here.
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