

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Sovereignty Issues in a Changing Canadian Arctic
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-06:00)
- **Event Description**: Rapid warming in the Canadian Arctic is opening new shipping routes and access to resources, increasing global attention to the region. This event will examine the expanding presence of Russia, China, and the United States, and the potential threats posed to Canadian sovereignty. It will also highlight the rights, security, and wellbeing of Indigenous communities.

Join us Wednesday, April 8th as Ernie Regehr discusses these topics with local Ploughshares member Trudy Govier.

Ernie Regehr, O.C. is Senior Fellow in Arctic Security and Defence at The Simons Foundation Canada. Mr. Regehr is one of Canada's most prominent and respected voices on international disarmament and peace and Co-Founder and former Executive Director of Project Ploughshares, an ecumenical agency of the Canadian Council of Churches implementing the churches' call to be international peacemakers and upholders of justice. He is currently a Research Fellow at the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement, Conrad Grebel University College, the University of Waterloo. He is also a former Chairman of Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention, a project of Canadian Pugwash Group.

He has served as an NGO representative and expert advisor on a number of Government of Canada delegations to multilateral disarmament forums. He is a former Commissioner of the World Council of Churches Commission on International Affairs and is an Officer of the Order of Canada. In January 2011, he was named as the 26th laureate of the Pearson Peace Medal.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/calgary/sovereignty-issues-in-a-changing-canadian-arctic/200029815360914
- **Event Categories**: business
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Calgary
- **state**: AB
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: 2919 8 Ave NW, Calgary, AB, Canada, Alberta T2N 1C8
- **lat**: 51.0595
- **long**: -114.12868
- **full address**: 2919 8 Ave NW, Calgary, AB, Canada, Alberta T2N 1C8

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Ploughshares Calgary Society (https://allevents.in/org/ploughshares-calgary-society/355556)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 08 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-06:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 2919 8 Ave NW, Calgary, AB, Canada, Alberta T2N 1C8
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Ploughshares Calgary Society
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** business
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Sovereignty Issues in a Changing Canadian Arctic ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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