Canada and the Changing Arctic: Sovereignty, Security, and Stewardship

List of Acronyms

3-D defence-development-diplomacy AAC Arctic Athabaskan Council ACAC Arctic Council Advisory Committee ACIA Arctic Climate Impact Assessment ACND Advisory Committee on Northern Development AEPS Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy AGC Auditor General of Canada AIP air-independent propulsion AIS Arctic Identification System AMAP Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program AOPSs Arctic offshore patrol ships ASAT anti-satellite attack technology ASWG Arctic Security Working Group (formerly ASIWG/Arctic Security Intergovernmental Working Group) AU assessment unit AWPPA Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act BP British Petroleum BPA Basic Principles Agreement C4ISR command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance CAFF Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna CARA Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal CARC Canadian Arctic Resources Committee xxvii Acronyms CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CCG Canadian Coast Guard CF Canadian Forces CFNA Canadian Forces Northern Area CLCS Commission on Limits of the Continental Shelf CMS Chief of the Maritime Staff CMSS Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary CSCE Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe DEW Distant Early Warning DEXAF Department of External Affairs DFAIT Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade DFO Department of Fisheries and Oceans DND Department of National Defence DRDC Defence Research and Development Canada EC European Commission EEZ exclusive economic zone EU European Union GBN Global Business Network HCSCFAIT House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade IASC International Arctic Science Committee ICC Inuit Circumpolar Council IMO International Maritime Organization INAC Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada IPO indigenous people’s organization IPS International Policy Statement ISR intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance ITK Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami JTFN Joint Task Force North LAC Library and Archives Canada LCMSDS Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University LNG liquefied natural gas MCDV Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel MELAW Marine and Environmental Law Institute, Dalhousie Law School MMBOE million barrels of oil equivalent MP Member of Parliament MSOC Marine Security Operations Centres Project n.m. nautical mile xxviii Acronyms NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NDFP Northern Dimension of Canada’s Foreign Policy NMC Nunavut Marine Council NNF Nanisivik Naval Facility NORAD North American Aerospace Defence Command NORDREG Northern Canada Vessel Traffic Services NORPLOY Northern Deployment (Canadian Maritime Forces) NSERC Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada NSR Northern Sea Route (Northeast Passage) NTI Nunavut Tunggavik Inc. NWP Northwest Passage NWT Northwest Territories OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic PAIR Pre-Arrival Information Report PAME Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment PM Prime Minister PMO Prime Minister’s Office PMO-A Senior Official in the PMO RAIPON Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North RG Record Group RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police SAOs senior Arctic officials SAR search and rescue SCPA Standing Committee on Public Accounts SS-A Secretary of State for the Arctic SSCFO Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans SSCNSD Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence SSHRC Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada UArctic University of the Arctic UAV unmanned aerial vehicle UBC University of British Columbia UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNFCC United Nations Framework on Climate Change UV ultraviolet WDGF Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation Acronyms xxix Map 1 Circumpolar world, 2007–8. Source: Natural Resources Canada ...