The presentation will focus on the uniqueness of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago particularly the reality that it is an Indigenous homeland (Inuit Nunaagat). Authority to govern Canada’s Arctic waters is shared between federal government agencies and the Indigenous Peoples of the North who are constitutionally protected rights holders. As climate change threatens traditional ways of being and is allowing greater access to the region – bringing both opportunities and challenges – a collaborative governance regime is being developed with co-development and co-management at its heart.
SUZANNE LALONDE is a professor of Public International Law and the Law of the Sea at the Law Faculty of the Université de Montréal. She holds a Ph.D. in Public International Law from the University of Cambridge. Her research and publications focus on issues of sovereignty and boundaries on land and at sea, with an emphasis on the Arctic. She is currently investigating how new geopolitical tensions in the region are exacerbating ambiguities in the law of the sea regime. She is a member of the Canadian Arctic Security Working Group, a co-lead of the North American Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN) and was a contributing author in the Arctic Council PAME project on the Central Arctic Ocean (2025).
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