Northern Review publishes special issue highlighting northern economic development
WHITEHORSE – The Northern Review, Yukon University’s open access scholarly journal, has published its 57th issue. This latest edition is the first of three special issues that will be published in collaboration with the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), exploring northern economic development.
“Within a few months of getting started, we discovered that we had tapped into a deep vein of talent and subject matter on northern commercial activity,” writes Ken Coates, a founding editor of The Northern Review.
The special issue is a collection of essays that speaks to challenges and opportunities facing northern businesses, industries and communities. On one hand high costs and small populations can challenge commercial success, on the other land claims settlements, Indigenous rights and strong social economy present potential for local economic diversification.
Through this collaboration, CanNor is encouraging locally-driven, globally relevant economic development research that addresses the unique challenges and opportunities of northern communities. The Northern Review will provide a vital platform for scholarship that explores diverse perspectives on sustainable economic development across the territorial North.
At a time when many eyes are turned northward, particularly around sovereignty, security and development, this timely collection of essays elevates northern ideas, experiences and perspectives featuring examples from around the circumpolar world.
This is the first of three special issues (one per year) that will expand on this theme. A call for submissions for the next special issue is currently open.
About The Northern Review
Published by Yukon University’s School of Social Sciences and Humanities (formerly School of Liberal Arts), The Northern Review is a peer-reviewed open access journal publishing research, commentaries, reports, and book reviews that explore human experience in, and thought about, the North, including the territorial and provincial Norths of Canada and the Circumpolar North.
Cover art credit: Detail from “Arctic Cotton Grass" | Nathalie Parenteau | Acrylic on canvas, 20" x 16", 2013