Description

These opening remarks and the "Armchair Discussion: Climate Change and Geopolitics in the Arctic" are part of “The Arctic and Climate Change : The Intersection of Geopolitics and Disinformation” conference, which is part of the “Climate Change and the Futures of War and Peace” conference organized by the Centre FrancoPaix of the Raoul Dandurand Chair, the Climate Security Association of Canada and the Information Integrity Lab of the University of Ottawa.

Opening remarks by:

• Jennifer Irish, Director, Information Integrity Lab, uOttawa
• Vincent Rigby, Former National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the PM, and former Chair of Senior Arctic Officials at the Arctic Council

Discussion with:

• Bruno Charbonneau, Professor, Royal Military College Saint-Jean and President, Climate Security Association of Canada 
• Christian Leuprecht, Professor, Royal Military College Kingston, and co-editor of Polar Cousins: Comparing Antarctic and Arctic Geostrategic Futures

Moderator: Jennifer Irish, Director, Information Integrity Lab, uOttawa