Abstract
This chapter concludes the examination of the predominant ideas by looking into the security ideas about the Canadian Arctic. It argues that the predominant security ideas about the Canadian Arctic have developed into two main themes—traditional security ideas and stewardship security ideas. The traditional ideas are centred upon the military dimensions of security while the stewardship ideas focus on Canada’s self-appointed role as the guardian of the Arctic environment and mediator between the romantic ideas of the pristine Arctic environment and the economic ideas of the Arctic as a frontier for economic development. Both fall under the overarching umbrella of the predominant security ideas because the notion of protection of Canada’s northern-most frontier region is at the core of narratives for both the traditional and stewardship ideas.
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Munk School 2011, p. v.
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Oxford Dictionaries 2015.
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Munk School 2011, p. xxiii.
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e.g. Elliot-Meisel 1998.
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Elliot-Meisel 2009, p. 207.
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Interview with a sociologist, 18 September 2012; the interviewee was called sovereignty protection as a “plastic term” with multiple meanings.
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Munk School 2011, p. 36.
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Kirton and Munton 1987, p. 92.
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World Health Organization n.d.
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Kirton and Munton 1987, p. 92.
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Interview with a former deputy minister —1970s–1980s.
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Interview with an icebreaker specialist, 19 September 2012.
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Interview with an icebreaker specialist, 19 September 2012.
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e.g. Elliot-Meisel 2009, p. 205.
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Koudenburg et al. 2015, p. 14.
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Miller 2008, p. 394.
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Miller 2008, p. 395.
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e.g. MacLennan 1949.
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Elliot-Meisel 2009, p. 205.
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Boileau 2005.
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Canada’s History 2014.
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LeGresley 1993.
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Rowley 1987, p. 37.
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e.g. Laruelle 2014, p. 96.
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Munk School 2011, p. 53.
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Head and Trudeau 1995, p. 17.
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Elliot-Meisel 1998, p. 49.
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Elliot-Meisel 1998, p. 50.
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Elliot-Meisel 1998, pp. 42, 49–50, 52–53.
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Elliot-Meisel 1998, pp. 44–5.
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Behravesh 2011.
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Caldwell 1990, p. 24; During the Second World War , Canada again expressed its interest in controlling Greenland . Canada proposed that it be responsible for protecting Greenland after the German invasion of Denmark and had sent the St. Roch under the command of Henry Larsen through the Northwest Passage in part to monitor the situation in Greenland . The United States, however, opposed Canada’s proposal and instead chose to occupy Greenland itself.
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Elliot-Meisel 2009, p. 205.
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Canada’s History 2015.
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Fuller 2013.
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Grace 2001, p. xix, 12.
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Fuller 2013.
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Byers 2010, p. 899.
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Elliot-Meisel 1999, p. 407.
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Elliot-Meisel 1998, pp. 104–107.
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Elliot-Meisel 1998, pp. 56, 64–5.
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Elliot-Meisel 1998, pp. 105–106.
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Elliot-Meisel 1998, pp. 106.
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Elliot-Meisel 1998, pp. 105–107.
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Canadian Coast Guard 2012.
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e.g. Caldwell 1990, pp. 43–4.
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Elliot-Meisel 1998, p. 112.
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Caldwell 1990, pp. 44–5.
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Canadian Coast Guard 2012.
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Tomlin et al. 2008, p. 107.
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Tomlin et al. 2008, p. 107.
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Tomlin et al. 2008, p. 107.
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Holsti and Rosenau 1990, p. 96.
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Holsti and Rosenau 1990, pp. 96–7.
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Tomlin et al. 2008, p. 127.
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Tomlin et al. 2008, pp. 148–9.
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Tomlin et al. 2008, p. 128.
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Lilley 2010.
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Interview with a defence politics specialist, 16 October 2012.
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Blanchfield 2009.
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Blanchfield 2009.
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Byers 2010, p. 903
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Byers 2010, p. 903.
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Lilley 2010.
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Munk School 2011, p. 53.
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Davis 2012.
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CBC News 2014.
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CBC News 2014.
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Byers 2009, pp. 27–29.
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Prime Minster Harper quoted in Chase 2014.
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Sale and Potapov 2010, p. 92.
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Elliot-Meisel 1998, p. 77.
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Cory 1936.
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Cornut 2010, p. 948.
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Hinchey 2017.
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Alia 2007, p. 123.
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Chase 2013.
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Lagassé and Sokolsky 2009, p. 28.
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Ipsos Reid 2011, p. 1.
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Jervis 2006, p. 650.
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Munk School 2011, p. 32.
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Elliot-Meisel 1998, p. 130.
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Bilder 1970, p. 4, 22–24.
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Elliot-Meisel 1998, pp. 130–133.
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Elliot-Meisel 1998, pp. 130–133.
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Transport Canada 2014.
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For more discussion about “windows of opportunity”, see Birkland 1997 p. 6.
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Jervis 2006, p. 649.
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Kirton and Munton 1987, pp. 78, 85.
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Sanger 1970, p. 10.
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Newman 1970.
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Sand 2007, p. 374.
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The Montreal Star 1970.
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Head 1972, pp. 242–3.
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Elliot-Meisel 1998, p. 143.
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Elliot-Meisel 1998, p. 143.
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Burke 2017, p. 45.
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Bilder 1970, p. 2.
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The New York Times 1970.
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Bilder 1970, p. 28.
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Kindred et al. 2006, pp. 460–1.
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Franckx 1986, pp. 161–2.
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World Wildlife Fund 2015.
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Yeomans 2012.
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Canadian Mint 2015a, b, c.
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Environment Canada 2014.
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Sale and Potapov 2010, pp. 137, 209.
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Parks Canada 2011.
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Department of Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs 2013.
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Department of Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs 2013.
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Burke, D.C. (2018). Chapter 3: Protecting the Home Front. In: International Disputes and Cultural Ideas in the Canadian Arctic. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61917-0_4
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