Danita Burke

Year 1 Preliminary Progress Meeting with Project Observers Project observers are predominately individuals who have participated in the project either as an interviewee or through conversations and insights. At present there are 35 observers to Seals, Stigma and Survival and on January 26th, 2026 there was an opportunity to engage with them about the Year 1 progress of the project. In advance of the meeting all observers were provided a draft copy of the Year 1 preliminary progress report to review.

Available now! Our Year 1 preliminary report (in English and Kalaallisut). Many thanks to our partners NAMMCO and Innovation South Greenland and to our observers and project participants for making this work possible, @nichecanada.bsky.social @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @arcticinstitute.bsky.social

IASH Presentation of New Routledge Book: Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North Missed PI Danita Burke's presentation of the new Routledge book Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era? at the Institute for the Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh? You can check out the presentation below. Please note the Q&A portion was not recorded.

If you missed the presentation by PI Burke @danitaburke.bsky.social
@cwswarstudies.bsky.social today @iashedinburgh.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social, you can access the presentation on our website. Many thanks to Ben Fletcher-Watson for hosting! @sduarctic.bsky.social @nichecanada.bsky.social

Reminder to register! Upcoming virtual book launch event
@iashedinburgh.bsky.social on February 27th, 2026 for "Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North" @routledgebooks.bsky.social events.teams.microsoft.com/event/09d755... @uoe-sps.bsky.social @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @warcticantarctic.bsky.social

A Grim Anniversary: Remembering the 84 souls lost at sea in 1982, and how the Ocean Ranger remains one our most heartbreaking tragedies - NTV: Newfoundland and Labrador's Most Trusted News Source It’s been over four decades years since the cruel Atlantic swallowed the towering rig, claiming all 84 souls. The facts that surround the sinking of the Ocean Ranger are seared into the collective con...

A Grim Anniversary: Remembering the 84 souls lost at sea in 1982, and how the Ocean Ranger remains one our most heartbreaking tragedies ntv.ca/features/the... @govnl.bsky.social @mike49.bsky.social @ntvnewsnl.bsky.social @memorialu.bsky.social

FYI - Researching in Greenland/Kalaallit Nunaat - Online event March 5th - Learn more here: @nichecanada.bsky.social @naadsn-rdsnaa.bsky.social @ukarcticoffice.bsky.social @warcticantarctic.bsky.social @arctic-circle-org.bsky.social @apecs-denmark.bsky.social arctichub.gl/activities/a...

Many thanks @nichecanada.bsky.social @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social for highlighting our work! @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @sduarctic.bsky.social

Seals, Stigma and Survival Project - Archival Research at Laurier Archives Archival research at Laurier Archives supported Seals, Stigma and Survival, examining environmental, anti-sealing activism records impacting northern communities and economies.

Today we are highlighting the research that @danitaburke.bsky.social conducted at the Laurier Archives for the @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social project.

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#envhist #cdnhist #arctic #archives

Thank you @nichecanada.bsky.social for promoting awareness of our archival research @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social #LaurierArchives in Year 1 of "Seals, Stigma and Survival" niche-canada.org?p=62503&prev... @danitaburke.bsky.social

Massive congrats to colleague #IngvildBode @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @sdu.dk @d-ias.bsky.social & her team @erc.europa.eu #autonorms for their presentation/discussion today on "Sustaining Human Agency in the Military Domain" + best practices toolkit for AI systems www.autonorms.eu/toolkit-best...

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Dec 28, 2025 #CBCNews article - Could rising seal #'s mean more meat on the menu for eastern Quebec? Business owners & sealers hope to take advantage of the abundance of seals present on & around the Magdalen Islands @nichecanada.bsky.social @coastalpeoplerpg.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Many thanks!

The event link is now updated with the new time for Feb 27th 2026! 😀 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/09d755... @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @iashedinburgh.bsky.social @nichecanada.bsky.social @warcticantarctic.bsky.social @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social @apecs-denmark.bsky.social @sduarctic.bsky.social

There's a need to reschedule until Feb 27th. Sorry for any inconvenience! Info on the exact time is forthcoming☺️ @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @iashedinburgh.bsky.social @sduarctic.bsky.social @warcticantarctic.bsky.social @nichecanada.bsky.social @arcticinstitute.bsky.social @naadsn-rdsnaa.bsky.social

Virtual Book Launch: Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era (January 23, 2026) You are invited to attend the January 23, 2026 virtual book launch of "Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era" (Routledge 2025) by Dr. Danita Catherine Burke hosted by IASH, The University of Edinburgh

You are invited to attend the January 23, 2026 virtual book launch of "Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era" @routledgebooks.bsky.social by @danitaburke.bsky.social hosted by @iashedinburgh.bsky.social @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @sduarctic.bsky.social #WiAA

Virtual Event - Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era Book Launch Book Launch: "Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era" Friday - 23 January 2026 - 11:00am - 12:00pm EST Register Here Online launch of Dr Danita Cathe...

Virtual Event Book Launch: “Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era” - @danitaburke.bsky.social - @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social

Friday – 23 January 2026 – 11:00am – 12:00pm EST

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#books #greenpeace #arctic #animalrights

❓ Interested in learning more? Register to attend the toolkit's virtual launch, taking place on Friday, 30 January at 14:00-15:00 (CET). 🔗 Registration is open to all: forms.gle/JHvgsz38NXYC...

Greenland's Role in Arctic Security | CSIS Events Please join the CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program on for a conversation on Greenland's role in Arctic security.

TOMORROW: What does US policy toward #Greenland mean for the future of transatlantic security?

Join @maxbergmann.bsky.social @marisolmaddox.bsky.social + Iris Ferguson for a timely conversation about Greenland's role in Arctic security.
🕚 11:00am ET on Wed. 1/14
🔗: www.csis.org/events/green...

Virtual Book Launch for “Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era” at the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for the Advanced Studies in the Humanities (January 23, 2026) You are invited to attend the virtual book launch of Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era (Routledge 2025) by Seals, Stigma and Survival principal investigator Dr. Danita Catherine Burke. The book launch event is hosted by the Institute for the Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh where Dr. Burke was a Northern Scholar Visiting Fellow from 2023-2025 while working on the manuscript.

Register for the Jan 23, '26 virtual book launch "Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era" by
@danitaburke.bsky.social hosted @iashedinburgh.bsky.social - @sduarctic.bsky.social @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @naadsn-rdsnaa.bsky.social @nichecanada.bsky.social

We are well over a decade into the prominence of academic blogging in knowledge dissemination and democratization, and yet our institutions continue to not recognize this labour financially or in regards to promotion and hiring practices, leading these important publications to serve as symbols of academic precarity and inflexibility.

"Reimagining Academic Publishing: Community, Knowledge, and the Future Beyond Academia."

I have a short new article out in the Practitioner's Forum of the Sustainable Publishing special issue of Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Image Studies, "Reimagining Academic Publishing: Community, Knowledge, & the Future Beyond Academia"

Find it here: imaginationsjournal.ca/index.php/im...

FYI @iashedinburgh.bsky.social hosted "Greenpeace on the Circumpolar North" book launch online event - @uoe-sps.bsky.social @uoe-llc.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social @shetnews.co.uk @scotsman.com @bas.ac.uk @europeanpolarboard.bsky.social @arctic-circle-org.bsky.social @gepjournal.bsky.social

SO exciting! Congratulations-thank you for publishing with us 🎉

Thanks for hosting @iashedinburgh.bsky.social! FYI @nichecanada.bsky.social @fishingforsuccess.bsky.social @highnorthnews.bsky.social @sdu.dk @mike49.bsky.social @coastalpeoplerpg.bsky.social @greenpeace.org @charlygehrke.bsky.social @arcticinstitute.bsky.social @apecs-denmark.bsky.social.

Excited to present on my new @routledgebooks.bsky.social book "Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era" www.routledge.com/Greenpeace-i... on January 23, 2025 at 4pm GMT. @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @mike49.bsky.social @warcticantarctic.bsky.social

Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

Fri 23 Jan:
Book Launch for "Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era" (online-only), 16:00-17:00 GMT

Register free here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/09d755...

Excited to present on my new @routledgebooks.bsky.social book "Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era" www.routledge.com/Greenpeace-i... on January 23, 2025 at 4pm GMT. @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @mike49.bsky.social @warcticantarctic.bsky.social

Call for Papers - 6th Annual International Sustainable Development Dialogue (ISDD) 6th Annual International Sustainable Development Dialogue (ISDD) - June 2026 Global Affairs and Sustainable Development Institute, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria Call for Papers - Deadline Feb...

ICYMI:

Call for Papers – 6th Annual International Sustainable Development Dialogue (ISDD)

Global Affairs and Sustainable Development Institute, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria
Call for Papers – Deadline February 15, 2026

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#sustainabledevelopment

❄️⛄Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Have a Lovely New Year!⛄❄️

Greenland hits back at Trump comments on territory Greenland's prime minister has stressed that decisions about the autonomous territory's future would be made on the island, after US President Donald Trump reiterated that the United States needed Gre...

Greenland's prime minister has stressed that decisions about the autonomous territory's future would be made on the island, after US President Donald Trump reiterated that the United States needed Greenland for "national security"

Part 2: Secondary Investigator Jim Winter’s interview with retired government scientist Dr. Mike Hammill On November 4th, 2025 secondary investigator Jim Winter spoke with Dr. Mike Hammill and together they explored Hammill’s experiences working out of the Quebec region on seal research as a top scientist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Part 2 of the Winter-Hammill interview covers themes such as changes in seal breeding and migration in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, seal-fish and seal-shark relationships and their ecosystem implications, and differences between grey and harp seal adaptability.

Part 2 of interview by SI Jim Winter with retired DFO scientist Mike Hammill on seals, ecosystem changes and community frustrations with information engagement processes @mike49.bsky.social @nichecanada.bsky.social @bernicecb.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com #JimWinterInterviewSeries