The history of the old European North is the last 150 years characterized by the global demand of firstly timber resources, hydro power were built, mining industry invested in large infrastructural mega-systems which have had a huge path-dependency impact. Later on other resources became influential such as nature and the resources in the sea (oil and gas). Traditionally some of these resources has had a great impact for a very long time such as the fishing resource in Norway, and tar and fur from the inland of Norway and Sweden. The governance of these resources and the local influence is one of the issues studied, and also how national control has been maintained over these resources, despite the rather locally based planning system in the Nordic countries.

The Natural Resources & Environmental Studies Institute (NRESi) at UNBC hosts a weekly lecture series at the Prince George campus. Anyone from the university or wider community with interest in the topic area is welcome to attend. Presentations are also made available to remote participants through Livestream and Blue Jeans. Go to http://www.unbc.ca/nres-institute/colloquium-webcasts to view the presentation remotely.

Past NRESi colloquium presentations and special lectures can be viewed on our video archive, available here.