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Feminist Legal Studies �ʹ�����’s (FLSQ) is hosting “Arctic/Northern Women: Situating Law and Justice in Development and Equality,” a ground breaking, interdisciplinary, and multinational conference on Feb. 28 and March 1 that will bring to campus experts in Indigenous, northern, and Arctic issues from Finland, Sweden, Norway, the U.S. and Canada.

Researchers, law practitioners, representatives of non-profits, and policy advocates will examine how their fast evolving and intersecting fields are shaping contemporary Arctic/northern and Indigenous politics.

“The most important question we will be attempting to answer is how to ensure that women’s voices and experiences – especially those of Indigenous women – are brought into governance processes as laws, policies, budgets, financial resources, land use changes, and social issues are addressed during this period of rapid transformation,” says �ʹ�����’s law professor Kathleen Lahey, who is organizing the event with her FLSQ co-director, �ʹ�����’s law professor Bita Amani.