Department
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Laurentian University of Sudbury, ON
Organization
Seeking Bridges and Associates
Email
lennard.sillanpaa@sympatico.ca

Location

Orleans, ON , Ontario K1E 1J5
Canada

Bio

Two major studies: (1) Awakening Siberia (2008), a survey of 24 indigenous minorities in Siberia by Univ. of Helsinki and Russian Academy of Sciences; (2) Political and Administrative Responses to Sami Self-Determination (1994), on the land title rights of the Nordic Sami. Both works published in Finland.

Interests

Social Science

Science Specialties

Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic region.

Current Research

Revival and development of indigenous cultural and socio-political rights of minorities in the Arctic region.