Arctic Future: The Circumpolar International Internship Newsletter - March 2009
In this issue of Arctic Future newsletter, the Circumpolar Young Leaders describe their experience in Sweden; two former CYL participants weigh in on the issue of Arctic governance; vegetarianism in the North is discussed; A CYL intern expresses her thoughts on the issue of northern identity; and two northern emerging leaders are featured: Robin Urquhart and Nyla Innuksuk. Additionally, contributor Jesse Tungilik writes on the issue of whether youth in the North are actually being engaged as meaningfully as they should be in policy decisions that they will inherit.
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