Learn more about the Ålandic perspective on local fisheries, including the impact of grey seals via a new LUKE report by Seals, Stigma and Survival SI Kristina Svels, project observer Viktor Eriksson and co-authors Linda Sundström and Pekka Salmi

Thanks @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social #LaurierArchives for the chance to explore your holdings & reflect more on my @routledgebooks.bsky.social book "Cultural Violence, Stigma & the Legacy of the Anti-Sealing Movement" @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social @nichecanada.bsky.social

While reviewing recently collected material from the Laurier Archives, project PI Danita Burke has begun to question “was I wrong?” in her 2023 book on anti-sealing cultural violence. Here Burke discusses whether the situation has escalated to cultural & economic genocide

Fieldwork update: Talking with diplomats and advocates in Brussels about sealing traditions and economic importance, the EU ban and recent fitness check of the trade in seal products regulations, the impact of seals on marine ecosystems and ecosystem imbalances in the Arctic, sub-Arctic and Baltics

Would love to publish a version of this post on our website! We always publicize the Joan Mitchell Travel Award, and it is great to hear how it is used! (And support your project!) Here's a post from the first one awarded to @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social in 2014! niche-canada.org/2014/06/18/l...

Research Recap: Archival research on anti-sealing/harvesting activism, #Greenpeace, #IFAW, impact on Northern Canadian economies and Canadian Indigenous communities and peoples at the Laurier Archives and Collections, Wilfrid Laurier University #SurvivingSealingStigma

The European Union excluded Greenland from public consultations on the EU seal product ban. Why?

The European Union excluded Greenland from public consultations on the EU #seal product ban. Why? theconversation.com/the-european... via @theconversation.com

Check out the new piece informed by research for the project "Seals, Stigma and Survival" and itsongoing fieldwork in @ca.theconversation.com‬ "The European Union excluded Greenland from public consultations on the EU seal product ban. Why?" ‪@ec.europa.eu‬ ‪@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu‬

New! Piece by PI @danitaburke.bsky.social & SI Erik Kielsen on the EU public consultation on fitness of its trade ban on seal products. Prelim results suggest no Greenlandic public input. Calling for @ec.europa.eu to pause report & engage first @coastalpeoplerpg.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com

Delighted my new @routledgebooks.bsky.social book "Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era" is available for preorder routledge.com/Greenpeace-i.... Thanks to all who made this possible! @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @sdu.dk @iashedinburgh.bsky.social

Interesting interview with Finnish sealer Jouni Heinikoski from 2024 on #TheBroadcastCBC #CBCRadioCanada talking about Finland's hope for the European Commission lifts the seal trade ban www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... @ec.europa.eu @coastalpeoplerpg.bsky.social @luke.fi @eu.finlandabroad.fi

Fieldwork observation: Some sealers note hypocrisy of @ec.europa.eu position sealing is morally reprehensible w/ pig farming in Europe. Words like "strange" & "disgusting" have come up in contrast to experiences of humane hunting in open fresh ecosystems www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etud...

Fact Sheet - Impact of the EU ban on seal products: 3 things you need to know… #survivingsealingstigma #EUsealproductban #InuitException #personaluseexemption #Arctic #subArctic #NorthAtlantic

Fact Sheet - Impact of the EU ban on seal products: 3 things you need to know… #survivingsealingstigma #EUsealproductban #InuitException #personaluseexemption #Arctic #subArctic #NorthAtlantic

Interesting take on the EU seal product ban and the often-cited Inuit Exception. This piece questions whether the exception truly supports Indigenous rights as intended—worth a read. 🦭🇪🇺 #IndigenousRights #SealProducts #EUpolicy

When people debate the status of the EU ban on seal products, much attention is given to EU consideration for Indigenous rights through the Inuit Exception, but is the Inuit Exception fit for purpose? Read our latest piece to learn more

Busy day! Secondary Investigator Erik Kielsen #InnovationSouthGreenland #KielsenCoordination is in Nanortalik. This is the second research trip in Greenland, the first was in Narsaq. Aim: Highlight local views on sealing, EU trade ban & activism impacts visitgreenland.com/destinations... @sdu.dk

Check out the work of work of ‪@sealsandsurvival.bsky.social‬ Secondary Investigator Erik Kielsen who has created a tri-lingual Inuit Harvesting Year chart #Greenland

New fear unlocked: swimming with seals and contracting seal-borne parasites in your nose. Read this article first before wading in!

This is a must read! I Spoke w/ Prof Buchmann about seals & parasites & learned that his work includes a fascinating situation where a man very likely contracted a seal-borne parasite in his nose after swimming around seals (and their feces). Didn't know this was possible! @cwswarstudies.bsky.social

Thinking about going for swim in the ocean or sea this summer? Read “Parasitic Nose Worms: Seal to Human Transfer of Parasites” first and learn more about seals and parasites in the waters of the Baltics

Check out my latest short piece aimed at helping to clarify what non-violence means @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social @cwswarstudies.bsky.social

Seals, Stigma and Survival introduces the philosophy of non-violence addressing the questions: (1) What is non-violence philosophy?; (2) Why does non-violence matter in anti-sealing activism?; and (3) Who claims to adhere to non-violence? #SurvivingSealingStigma #NordicArcticProgramme

This piece is an overview of comments provided by Canadian-based contributors in 2024 to the EU fitness check on the trade in seal products ban, including governments, gov't departments, Indigenous orgs, community groups and associations and Canadian residents #Canada #NordicArcticProgramme #NAPA

Check out the @danitaburke.bsky.social @cwswarstudies.bsky.social interview #InfoNorth with NL documentarian Anne Troake and her work on highlighting anti-sealing activism harms #survivingsealingstigma @fishingforsuccess.bsky.social @coastalpeoplerpg.bsky.social survivingsealingstigma.com?p=143

FACT: Ever wonder why prices of each seal pelts varies & how those variations are determined? At Carino this machine enables a precise measurement for pelts to determine price per sq ft @mike49.bsky.social @coastalpeoplerpg.bsky.social @ntvnewsnl.bsky.social @vocmnews.bsky.social @govnl.bsky.social

It was a pleasure to visit Norwegian-Canadian seal processing company Carino for @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social & learn about their work/role in the preservation, promotion & protection of local sealing/fishing TK @fishingforsuccess.bsky.social @coastalpeoplerpg.bsky.social @cwswarstudies.bsky.social

The project is underway! First stop: fieldwork at the Norwegian-Canadian seal processing business – Carino. Learn more about the experience, including the work ongoing at Carino to preserve, protect and promote irreplaceable traditional sealing/fishing knowledge

Don't think that the explosion of seal populations in the Arctic, sub-Arctic, North Atlantic & Baltic Sea areas is an issue? Check out the feedback submitted by Professor Kurt Buchmann, leading parasitologist, to the EU 2024 public consultation on the fitness of its seal regulations

This is an overview piece of comments provided by Swedish-based contributors in 2024 to the EU fitness check on the trade in seal products ban #Sweden #NordicArcticProgramme #NAPA

Am now a senior research fellow @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @sdu.dk. Many thanks to my colleagues, family and friends for all your support @sduarctic.bsky.social @iashedinburgh.bsky.social @warcticantarctic.bsky.social @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social

Interview with Jim Winter, retired CBC journalist and former president of the Canadian Sealers Association; learn more about the history of anti-sealing activism and the profound impact it is having on rural and coastal communities #researchrecap #survivingsealingstigma

The chance to learn about the skillful fusion of sealing/fishing TK w/ modern practices occurred in an atmosphere of positivity, hard work & hope. If only we were all so lucky to go to work & know what a positive & impactful role our work was having for our cultures & communities

Many thanks Dion Dakins for the opportunity to tour the Norwegian-Canadian Carino's seal processing facilities in NL & to learn about the company's vital role in protecting & using sealing/fishing TK w/ modern advancements in its daily work @govnl.bsky.social @coastalpeoplerpg.bsky.social

One of the most striking things I've learnt working on cultural violence, sealing & TK: Just 48 people actively stand b/t the extinction of generations of continuous sealing/fishing traditional knowledge on cultural & economic seal processing practices in Newfoundland & Labrador @govnl.bsky.social

Our latest piece highlights Danish-based feedback to the EU 2024 public consultation on the fitness of its seal ban regulation #Denmark #survivingsealingstigma #NAPA #NordicArcticProgramme

Thank you #routledgePolitics,IRandAreaStudies @routledgehistory.bsky.social for promoting my book and its OA chapters doi.org/10.4324/9781... @tandfresearch.bsky.social @cwswarstudies.bsky.social @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social @coastalpeoplerpg.bsky.social

Learn more about Home from the Sea/Sealers Memorial - "The human toll of sealing" @cbcnews-rss.bsky.social - newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/the... @coastalpeoplerpg.bsky.social @sealsandsurvival.bsky.social @routledgehistory.bsky.social @mike49.bsky.social @govnl.bsky.social

Our latest piece highlights Danish-based feedback to the EU 2024 public consultation on the fitness of its seal ban regulation #Denmark #survivingsealingstigma #NAPA #NordicArcticProgramme

Was I wrong? In my book Cultural Violence, Stigma and the Legacy of the Anti-Sealing Movement (now available in paperback www.routledge.com/Cultural-Vio...) I made the case that at a minimum anti-sealing campaigning demonstrated cultural violence. But was it cultural genocide...?

Seals, Stigma and Survival draws on the literature on #stigma. The following is an introduction to stigma, briefly addressing the questions: (1) what is stigma?; (2) why does stigma matter?; and (3) how is stigma acquired? #survivingsealingstigma #NordicArcticProgramme #NAPA

Seals, Stigma and Survival's new piece highlights Finnish-based contributors to the #EU 2024 public consultation on the fitness of its seal ban regulation, focusing on contributors who expressed support for a review and amendment of the EUs seal product ban #Finland #survivingsealingstigma

FYI - The United Seal Industry Association of NFLD & LAB was created to explain why sustainable seal harvests have become an environmental necessity and to dispel inaccurate information about the seal harvest that has been circulating for decades. usianl.org/about/ @coastalpeoplerpg.bsky.social

Forthcoming: Series of pieces on the @ec.europa.eu consultation on the fitness of its seal product ban incl submissions from some #SealsStigmaandSurvival observers like Archipelago Pares rf aprf.ax #ÅlandIslands #Finland. Check out our website for upcoming piece on Finnish views on EU ban for more

Forthcoming: Series of overview pieces via project website on Nordic/Canadian views submitted to the 2024 EU Trade in Seal Product Regulation Fitness Check @ec.europa.eu Submissions from project SI Jim Winter & observer @coastalpeoplerpg.bsky.social ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... @mike49.bsky.social

Forthcoming: Series of overview pieces on our website coming on Nordic/Canadian views sent to the 2024 Trade in Seal Product rules fitness check @ec.europa.eu. In prep for series contributions sent from project observers incl #FurInstitute ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... @coastalpeoplerpg.bsky.social

My #Arctic article "Non-violence & Activism: The Case of #Greenpeace's Anti-Sealing Campaign" is out! doi.org/10.14430/arc... @sduarctic.bsky.social @cwswarstudies.bsky.social. Thank u interviewees @greenpeace.org & funders @iashedinburgh.bsky.social @memorialu.bsky.social #JRSmallwoodFoundation

A profile for our research project "Seals, Stigma & Survival" is on the @sduarctic.bsky.social @sdu.dk website if you want to learn more about it www.sdu.dk/en/forskning... @sannemdt.bsky.social @charlygehrke.bsky.social @mike49.bsky.social @coastalpeoplerpg.bsky.social @highnorthnews.bsky.social

Here you can find numerous publicly available sources on the history of sealing and its cultural and economic importance for different cultures and communities across the Arctic & sub-Arctic. This page will be updated throughout the project #survivingsealingstigma