The Joint Master of Governance and Entrepreneurship in Northern and Indigenous Areas (GENI) is designed to prepare students in northern and Indigenous communities to take on leadership roles in supporting their communities with economic development by using innovative and entrepreneurial approaches. GENI students will gain competencies in areas including governance, policy, consultation and entrepreneurship.
Mobility is an integrated part of the program. Students are expected to participate in short-term exchanges in the form of field schools, both in Northern Saskatchewan and Northern Norway. Flexible education and online teaching will be a part of all core courses in the program. Through the applied research-based project, the program will provide students with a unique opportunity to gain work experience from industry, government and Indigenous peoples concerning natural resource management, consultations and negotiations, and economic development or other governance issues in the circumpolar north.
Graduates of the program form an international network that strives to understand the current and future challenges of the North, such as climate change and globalization, and how to best resolve them in ways that strengthen the position of the communities and the peoples of the region.
The program is interdisciplinary and is open to students from a wide variety of educational backgrounds. Students can expect to complete the thesis-based program is four years of part-time study or two year full time study.
The GENI program is delivered jointly by UiT The Arctic University of Norway and the University of Saskatchewan.
Join the Global Classroom of the North!
Application deadline: March 15th 2019
For more Information:
Emmy Stavøstrand Neuls
Specialist, International Graduate Programs and Circumpolar Outreach
Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
University of Saskatchewan campus
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