2006 Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum | Abstracts

The Canadian Circumpolar Institute at the University of Alberta

Elaine L. Maloney¹, Ryan Danby^2
1Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta, Suite 308, 8625-112 St., Campus Tower, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E1, Canada, Phone 780-492-4999, Fax 780-492-1153, elaine.maloney@ualberta.ca
²Circumpolar Studfents' Association/Biological Sciences, Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta, Suite 308, 8625-112 St., Campus Tower, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E1, Canada, Phone 780-492-1799, Fax 780-492-1153, rdanby@ualberta.ca

Established on 1 July 1990, the Canadian Circumpolar Institute (CCI) was founded on a 30-year tradition of excellence in northern research fostered by its predecessor, the Boreal Institute for Northern Studies. The institute builds on the continuing involvement of Northernists and Northerners from around the world, and has been involved with numerous important initiatives, from the development of a world-class northern library collection, to establishing and sustaining a number of North - South links with a diverse set of client communities. The CCI is a multidisciplinary research institute whose role is to foster northern studies in a wide range of academic and professional faculties at the University of Alberta. Its role is to foster scholarly activity related to the circumpolar North, to be responsive to calls for research on northern issues, and to encourage Northerners to participate in research development and execution. It fulfills its mandate in a number of ways, but primarily through a program of grants and scholarships, and by encouraging communication through workshops, seminars, conference, and newsletters, and through the publication program of CCI Press.