Scott Forrest

Research

My current research examines the problematic issue of how to define indigenous peoples at the international level. This research is part of my doctoral studies at the at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, in Rovaniemi, Finland, and in the Faculty of Social Sciences. I am currently working in the research project INDIPO: Indigenous Peoples as International Actors (Alkuperäiskansat kansainvälisinä poliittisina toimijoina: Alkuperäisyys poliittisen toimijuuden konstruktioissa), funded by the Finnish Academy (Suomen Akatemia). In addition to my research, I am the academic coordinator of the University of Lapland's Arctic Studies Program.

I have been involved in both the theory and practice of international relations in the circumpolar region for several years. While completing my Masters degree in International Studies at the University of Northern British Columbia, I moved to Rovaniemi, Finland in 1997. Between 1998 and 2004 I worked as Information Manager for the University of the Arctic.

Publications

• Forrest, S. “Indigenous self-determination in Finland: a case study in normative change,” Polar Record, vol. 42, no 3 (July 2006), pp. 229-238.
• Forrest, S. et. al. “ICT and Higher Education in the Arctic: A Baseline Overview of National and Regional Strategies,” On Top of It: Overcoming the Challenges of ICT and Distance Education in the Arctic. Ed. Leo Pekkala, et. al., Rovaniemi, Finland: University of the Arctic Press and University of Lapland Faculty of Education, 2004, pp. 15-50. [Order]
• Christensen, N.B and S. Forrest. “Self-Government and Information Technology in Nunavik”, Arctic Economic Development and Self-Government. Ed. Gérard Duhaime and Nick Bernard, Quebec, PQ, Canada: GÉTIC 2003, p. 269-282.
• Forrest, S. “The Territorial Dimension of State-Saami Politics”, Conflict and Cooperation in the North. Ed. Kristiina Karppi and Johan Eriksson. Umeå: Kulturens Frontlinjer, Norrlands Universitetsförlag I Umeå AB, 2002, pp. 251-268. [Order]
• Myers, H. and Forrest, S. "Making Change: Economic Development in Pond Inlet, 1987 to 1997", Arctic, vol. 53, no.2 (June 2000), p.134-145.
• Forrest, S. Global Tenure and Sustainable Use. Washington, DC: International Union for the Conservation of Nature, 1999.
• Forrest, S. "Tenure Systems in the Arctic" Tenure and Sustainable Use. Ed. James Oglethorpe. Cambridge, UK: International Union for the Conservation of Nature, 1999, p.57-62 (including French and Spanish summaries).
• Forrest, S. "Into the breach: student mobility and the electronic age." Learning to be Circumpolar Eds. Richard Langlais and Outi Snellman. Rovaniemi, Finland: Circumpolar Universities Association, University of Lapland, 1998.
• Forrest, S. Do Fences Make Good Neighbours? The Influence of Territoriality in State-Sámi Relations. Prince George, Canada: University of Northern British Columbia (Masters thesis), 1998.
• Forrest, S. "Territoriality and State-Sámi Relations," Arctic Circle. Ed. Norman Chance. http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/ArcticCircle/HistoryCulture/Sami/samisf.html.
• Forrest S, G. Frizzell, and S. MacLarnon. "Forum or Function: Legitimacy and Responsibility of the Northern Forum," Co-authored with Garth Frizzell and Shauna MacLarnon, Conference Proceedings: The Changing Climate. Saskatoon, Canada: University of Saskatchewan, 1997.

Conference Papers

• International Studies Association Annual Convention, Honolulu, HI. “Indigenous self-determination in Finland: a case study in normative change,” Feb. 2005.
• Northern Research Forum, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada. “Indigenous Identity as a Strategy for Cultural Security,” Sept. 2004.
• International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK. “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? The Definitional Dilemma of Indigenous Peoples in the International Sphere,” May 2004.
• Karelian Summer School, “Where Does Europe Start and End,” Petrozavodsk State University, Petrozavodsk, Russia. ”Barbarians and Civilization in Colonial History?” Aug. 2003
• Capacity Building in the North, Roskilde, DK. “Online learning solutions in the University of the Arctic”, May 2000.
• Circumpolar Universities Conference, Aberdeen, UK. “Indigenous Space on the Frontiers of Europe: Orality and Literacy”, June 1999.
• International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences, Copenhagen, DK. “Socio-Economic Indicators in Pond Inlet,” May 1998.
• Arctic Forum, Arlington, VA. “Territoriality and State-Sami Relations,” June 1997.

Awards

• CIMO Graduate Assistantship 1999-2000.
• UNBC Graduate Award for Faculty of Management and Administration, March 1997.
• Northern Consortium Student Mobility Grant, for study at University of Lapland (Finland), March 1997.
• Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) Award for Excellence in Arctic Research, for "Territoriality and State-Sami Relations." February 1997.
• Teaching Assistantship. University of Northern British Columbia, September 1996.