The 25th of April 2025, the annual CIRRICQ conference, organised by OPSA, will bring together experts and professionals from the Arctic region. These speakers will discuss about the many issues and challenges facing the region: navigation, natural resources, regional institutions, security, sovereignty, trade, relations with local populations, climate issues, connectivity, governance,...
Each speaker will attempt to answer the following question: What kind of “Arctic” can we expect in 2030, or even 2040?
Among those speakers, several professors and post-doctoral students from Université Laval will be present.
Here is the preliminary programme for the day:
8 :30 – 9 :00 : reception & coffee
9 :00 – 9 :30
- Introductory remarks by the Director, Observatoire de la politique et la sécurité de l'Arctique
- Guest of honor: Martine Biron, Minister, Relations Internationales et de la Francophonie du Québec
9 :30 – 11 :15 – Trump Administration and Arctic region
- Anessa Kimball, prof., Université Laval
- Mathieu Landriault, Director, Observatoire de la politique et la sécurité de l’Arctique
- Stéphane Roussel, professor, École nationale d’administration publique
11:15 - 11:30 Break & coffee
11 : 30 – 12 :30 Realities on Arctic Field
- Guillaume Paradis, superintendent, Garde côtière du Canada
- Faustin Habiyaremye, advisor to the Infrastructure Department, Société du Plan Nord
12:30 – 13 :30 Lunch
13 :30 - 15:00 – L’Arctique face aux bouleversements climatiques
- Frédéric Lasserre, professor, Université Laval
- Magali Vullierme, researcher, Observatoire de la politique et la sécurité de l’Arctique
- Marianne Falardeau, professor, TÉLUQ
- Thierry Rodon, professor, Université Laval
15 :00 – 15 :15 Break & Coffee
15 :30 – 17 :00 Arctic and the reshaping of international power relations
- Jean-François Payette, scientific director, Observatoire de la politique et la sécurité de l’Arctique
- Pauline Pic, postdoctoral researcher, Université Laval
- Michael Delaunay, researcher, Observatoire de la politique et la sécurité de l’Arctique
- Anna Soer, PhD candidate, Université d’Ottawa
Further information:
Registration link: click here
Place of the event: École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP), 555 Boulevard Charest Est, 2e étage, Québec, QC, G1K9E5
