Project research and outputs:
Publications
Burke, D. and Kielsen, E. (2025). “Acknowledging and Addressing the Absence of Greenlandic Public Input into the EU’s 2024 Public Consultations on the Fitness of its Trade in Seal Products Regulations”. SDU Arctic, November 8.
Burke, D. (2025). Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era. Routledge.
Burke, D. and Kielsen, E. (2025). “The European Union excluded Greenland from public consultations on the EU seal product ban. Why?” The Conversation Canada, August 27.
Website Pieces
Fieldwork Reflection Series
Kalaallit Nunaat/Greenland Fieldwork – July-October 2025 (November 3, 2025)
Fieldwork: EU – Brussels (September 16, 2025)
Archival Research at Laurier Archives, Wilfrid Laurier University (September 7, 2025)
Parasitic Nose Worms: Seal to Human Transfer of Parasites (June 26, 2025)
Fieldwork visit to Carino Processing Ltd – April 2025 (May 15, 2025)
Jim Winter Interview Series
Part 1: Secondary Investigator Jim Winter’s interview with retired government scientist Dr. Mike Hammill (December 15, 2025)
Part 2: Interview between secondary investigator Jim Winter and retired Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientist Dr. Garry Stenson (December 11, 2025)
Part 1: Interview between secondary investigator Jim Winter and retired Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientist Dr. Garry Stenson (December 8, 2025)
Part 2: SI Jim Winter’s interview with Mike Kehoe of the Coastal People Resource Protection Group (November 24, 2025)
Part 1: SI Jim Winter’s interview with Mike Kehoe of the Coastal People Resource Protection Group (November 10, 2025)
EU Trade in Seal Products Fitness Test Series
Comments provided to the “Trade in seal products – fitness check of EU rules” 2024 public consultations (Canada) (June 2, 2025)
Comments provided to the “Trade in seal products – fitness check of EU rules” 2024 public consultations (Sweden) (May 5, 2025)
Comments provided to the “Trade in seal products – fitness check of EU rules” 2024 public consultations (Denmark) (April 7, 2025)
Comments provided to the “Trade in seal products – fitness check of EU rules” 2024 public consultations (Finland) (March 24, 2025)
New Research
New Publication – Greenpeace in the Circumpolar North: Lessons Learned from the Anti-Sealing Era (November 17, 2025)
Cultural genocide, International Fund for Animal Welfare and the pursuit of an anti-sealing agenda (September 28, 2025)
New piece out now in The Conversation! “The European Union excluded Greenland from public consultations on the EU seal product ban. Why?” (August 28, 2025)
Fact Sheet – Impact of the EU ban on seal products: 3 things you need to know…(August 4, 2025)
The Inuit Exception: Fit for Purpose? (August 1, 2025)
Introducing Non-violence (June 16, 2025)
Introducing Stigma (April 2, 2025)
General
Out now! New Podcast with Danita Burke talking about “Seals, Stigma and Survival” and her new Greenpeace book (December 16, 2025)
New publication by SI Kristina Svels, observer Viktor Eriksson and others (October 2, 2025)
Inuit Harvesting Year – Work by Secondary Investigator Erik Kielsen (July 8, 2025)
An Interview with Documentary Filmmaker Anne Troake (May 28, 2025)
Related research by team members:
Kristina Svels (with co-authors) (2025) “Struggling towards co-existence of the Baltic Sea coastal fisheries and the grey seal“. Maritime Studies.
Fur Institute of Canada (2024) A White Paper – “Past, Present and Future of the Canadian Seal Fishery“.
Danita Catherine Burke. (2023) “Canada-EU summit: Will Canada push for an end to cultural violence against seal hunters?“. The Conversation.
Kristina Svels (with co-authors) (2023) “Reassessing the management criteria of growing seal populations: The case of Baltic grey seal and coastal fishery“. Marine Policy.
Danita Catherine Burke (2023) Cultural Violence, Stigma and the Legacy of the Anti-Sealing Movement. Routledge.
Kristina Svels (with co-authors) (2022) “Mitigating a social conflict between seal, conservation and fisheries in the Baltic Sea: multilevel and synergistic approaches.” TemaNord
Danita Catherine Burke (2022) “Navigating a Research Topic that is Close to Home“. Arctic – InfoNorth Essay.
Geneviève Desportes (with co-authors) (2021). “Local Seal or Imported Meat? Sustainability Evaluation of Food Choices in Greenland, Based on Life Cycle Assessment“. Foods.
Danita Catherine Burke (2021) “The Case for a Greenpeace Apology to Newfoundland and Labrador“. The Northern Review.
Danita Catherine Burke (2020) “Re-establishing Legitimacy after Stigmatization: Greenpeace in the North American North“. Polar Record.
Kristina Svels (with co-authors) (2019) ” The impacts of seals and cormorants experienced by Baltic Sea commercial fishers“. LUKE.
Jim Winter (2018). “Animal rights corporations’ attacks on Faroe Islands and Canada are a labyrinth of lies“. Opinion Piece, IWMC World Conservation Trust.
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