Heather Exner-Pirot is the managing editor of the Arctic Yearbook, a regular blogger for Radio Canada’s Eye on the Arctic website, and coordinator of the UArctic Thematic Network on Northern Nursing Education. She is currently a strategist for outreach and Indigenous engagement at the University of Saskatchewan. Joël Plouffe is co-managing editor of the Arctic Yearbook, fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, and member of the Arctic Institute Steering Committee at the University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies. He is currently completing his PhD in public policy analysis at the National School of Public Administration (ENAP) in Montreal. https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/contributor/heather-exner-pirot-and-joel-plouffe/rss en Governance Tue, 04 Oct 2016 12:09:46 +0000 Heather Exner-Pirot and Joël Plouffe https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/10/04/canadian-arctic-policy-speech-short-on-clear-action https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/10/04/canadian-arctic-policy-speech-short-on-clear-action While the Trudeau government seeks closer relations with Russia on Arctic issues, concrete foreign policy actions in the region are found wanting, write Arctic experts Heather Exner-Pirot and Joël Plouffe.