Peter Kikkert (DBA Brian Mulroney Institute of Government at St. Francis Xavier University)
Identifying and Assessing Search and Rescue and Emergency Response Capabilities in the North American Arctic — The applicant proposes to analyze the lessons learned from Operation Nanook and Operation Arctic Shield related to SAR and emergency response capabilities. The applicant proposes to host a two-day workshop in Ottawa that would engage Arctic and Antarctic practitioners and experts from Canada, U.S, Denmark, Greenland and Australia in a discussion of the lessons learned, best practices, capabilities, and evolving technologies.