APECS Arts and Humanities Discipline Coordinator

Jennifer Dunn is from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. She is interested in Arctic politics, languages and literatures.  Jennifer recently completed a six-month internship as Northern Affairs Policy Officer at the Embassy of Canada in Oslo through the Circumpolar Young Leaders Program.  At the Embassy her work focussed on Canadian-Norwegian cooperation on circumpolar issues.  She has attended a meeting of the Arctic Council as a Youth Delegate representing Canada.  Jennifer is also a member of the reference group for the Jokkmokk Winter Conference in Sweden, and a contributor to the online Arctic Futures newsletter.  She will be staying on for a short contract at the Embassy following her internship.

Jennifer has completed three years of an Honours BA at the University of Ottawa in English Literature with a Minor in Arabic Studies. She plans to continue with her studies to the PhD level.  She is a former member of the University of Ottawa Varsity Women’s Rowing Team, and a current member of the Norwegian Students' Rowing Club.  She has studied in Tunisia and Denmark, and has travelled across India, western Europe, North America and Scandinavia. She speaks Norwegian, Danish, French and some Arabic. She plans on studying Russian and Inuktitut in the future.