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We are delighted to announce that Seals, Stigma and Survival received continued support from the Nordic Institute in Greenland for Phase 2 of the project, which will commence in the autumn. Thank you for all who participated in Phase 1, including NAMMCO and Innovation South Greenland for their support, participants, observers and administrative staff at our host institution, the University of Southern Denmark.

Out now in The Polar Journal is a new open access piece by project principal investigator Danita Burke, "The EU’s role in legitimising the stigmatisation of sealing and sealers". Seal hunting is a polarising topic, and the European Union’s 2009 ban is arguably the most high-profile and impactful statement against the practice of seal hunting on the world stage.

Seal hunting is a polarising topic, and the European Union’s 2009 ban is arguably the most high-profile and impactful statement against the practice of seal hunting on the world stage. At the same ...

On April 21st, 2026, the Network in Canadian History & Environment published an interview by Heather Green with Seals, Stigma and Survival principal investigator Danita Catherine Burke. In the interview Dr. Burke discusses the project, the inspiration behind it and why it's so important. If you would like to read more, please check out the full interview on the Network in Canadian History & Environment | Nouvelle initiative Canadienne en histoire de l'environnement website. Many thanks to Heather Green and NiCHE for the opportunity to raise awareness about your project.

Researcher Danita Burke examines stigma from anti-sealing activism, highlighting cultural harm, community impacts, and integrating traditional knowledge to reshape policy debates.

Earlier this year, Dr. Danita Catherine Burke shared a research post with NiCHE discussing the Seals, Stigma and Survival Project. We wanted to know more about this project and about Danita's research...

On March 23rd, 2026 Seals, Stigma and Survival secondary investigator Erik Kielsen has an opportunity to sit down with the vice chairman of the national fishers/hunters organization KNAPK, Jens Peter Kielsen in Qaqortoq, Kalaallit Nunaat. In the short but impactful conversation with Erik, Jens Peter stresses the historic and continuing importance of seals for hunters and locals in Southern Kalaallit Nunaat.

On March 2, 2026 Erik Kielsen attended the Arctic Forum: Food at Umeå University in Sweden representing Seals, Stigma and Survival and Innovation South Greenland. The Arctic Forum on Food brings together researchers, policymakers, Indigenous knowledge holders, and innovators to explore two critical questions: How can we ensure sustainable, healthy and culturally grounded transitions in a rapidly changing world? And what role might food and Indigenous knowledges play in transitions?

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.

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.

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...

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

On-line press event on Tuesday 3 February with Rasmus Leander Nielsen and Jeppe Strandsbjerg.

With the seal population on the rise in eastern Quebec, local businesses and hunters are hoping to take advantage and grow the market for seal meat and seal-derived products.

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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

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...

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

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.

This book explores Greenpeace’s efforts to expand its engagement in the Circumpolar North in the 21st century and how this work is affected and informed by the organization’s controversial legacy of a...

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This book explores Greenpeace’s efforts to expand its engagement in the Circumpolar North in the 21st century and how this work is affected and informed by the organization’s controversial legacy of a...

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...

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...