Raised in Northern Canada, as a researcher he has been involved in community-based research in the Circumpolar North for over 20 years. During these years he has published over 80 scientific reports, books, book chapters, and articles dealing with social and economic change in Northern Canada and the rest of the circumpolar world. Over the past 10 years he has led several major Canadian and international research initiatives dealing with social and economic development in northern regions. In 2001 and 2002 he successfully led a team of 12 international social scientists in the first attempt to produce circumpolar social science curriculum material for the University of the Arctic. In 2004 he was chosen to be the lead author for the International Conference on Arctic Research Planning’s Report on Research Outreach (Science Plan 11). In 2006 he was awarded a major SSHRC grant involving 35 researchers and 20 community partners to examine ways that community-based organizations in Northern Canada could better ensure sustainable development in the region. This led to the establishment of the Social Economy Research Network for Northern Canada for which he currently serves as Chair and Research Director. Also in 2006 he was awarded a grant to lead Canadian participation in the European Science Foundation-lead Boreas project dealing with migration in the Circumpolar North. In 2009 he was chosen by UNESCO to represent Canadian social science in their International Experts project on Sustainable Development and Climate Change in the Arctic which took place in Monaco in March, 2009.

 

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Professor, Department of Sociology, Lakehead University

 

Associate Researcher, Northern Research Institute, Whitehorse, Yukon

 

Chair and Research Director (Principal Investigator), Social Economy Research Network for Northern Canada,   Whitehorse, Yukon; Yellowknife, Northwest Territories; Iqaluit, Nunavut

 

Chair, Research Outreach Program Team, University of the Arctic, Rovaniemi, Finland

 

Principal Investigator, Understanding Mobility in the Circumpolar North Project – Canada, Boreas, European Science Foundation, Strasbourg, France

 

Co-director, A Social Impact Assessment of Arctic Science Project, Northern Research Forum/University of the Arctic/International Arctic Science Committee (with M. Bravo, Cambridge University and L. Heininen, University of Lapland)

 

Chair, Canadian Circumpolar Mobility Consortium

 

Member, Political Economy of Northern Regional Development Project, Aalborg, Denmark.

 

Chair, Northern Studies Press, Lakehead University

Hon. B. Soc. Sc.                                    University of Ottawa                                          1981

 

Diplôme de l’É.H.É.S.S.                         École des Hautes Études                                    1983

                                                              en Sciences Sociales, Paris.

 

Doctorat de 3^ième  cycle                          École des Hautes Études                                    1986

                                                               en Sciences Sociales, Paris.

                                                               Directeur de thèse : Edgar Morin

 

2009 –Présent       Chercheur invité         LAMES, CNRS, France

 

2006 - Present       Research Associate    Northern Research Institute, Whitehorse, Yukon

 

2003 - Present       Full Professor             Lakehead University

 

2002- 2003           Chercheur invité          LAMES, CNRS, France 

       

2000 -2001            Guest Professor         Shotoku Gakuen University, Gifu, Japan

 

1995- 1996            Professeur invité         Université Aix-Marseille 1

 

1993- 2003            Associate Professor    Lakehead University

 

1986 -1993            Assistant Professor     Lakehead University

 

Beaulieu M. and Southcott, C. Ever on the Edge of Civilization: Northwestern Ontario from the Boom of the Fur Trade to the Decline of the Forest Industry, Toronto: Lorimer , 2010.

 

R   Heininen, L. and Southcott, C. (eds.) Globalization and the Circumpolar World Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2010.

 

R* Huskey, L. and Southcott, C. (eds.) Migration in the Circumpolar North: Issues and Contexts, Edmonton: CCI Press, 2010.

 

R   Southcott, C. The North in Numbers: A Demographic Analysis of Social and Economic Change in Northern Ontario, Thunder Bay:  Centre for Northern Studies Press, 2006, 242 pp.

R    Southcott, C. “History of Globalization in the Circumpolar World” in Globalization and the Circumpolar World, in Heininen, L. and Southcott, C. (eds.) Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2010.

 

R    Southcott, C. and Heininen, L. “Globalization and the Circumpolar North: An Introduction” in Heininen, L. and Southcott, C. (eds.) Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2010.

 

R* Southcott, C. “Migration in the Canadian Arctic: An Introduction” in Migration in the Circumpolar North: Issues and Contexts, Huskey, L. and Southcott, C. (eds.), Edmonton: CCI Press, (In Print – to appear Spring 2010)

 

R   Southcott, C. “Old Economy/New Economy Transitions and Shifts in Demographic and Industrial Patterns in Northern Regions”, in Transitions in Marginal Zones in the Age of Globalization: Case Studies from the North and South, T. Dunk, ed., Thunder Bay: Centre for Northern Studies Press. 2010.

 

R * Southcott, C.  “The Social Economy and Economic Development in the Canadian North: Constraints and Opportunities” in The Political Economy of Northern Regional Development, Winther, G. (ed.), Copenhagen: Nordic Council, 2010.

 

Southcott, C. “The Socio-economic Impacts of Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Canada’s Northern Communities” in Climate Change and Arctic Sustainable Development, D. Nakashima (ed.) Paris: UNESCO, 2009.

 

R   Southcott, C., (Lead Author) et al. “Science Plan 11: Arctic Science in the Public Interest”, The Arctic System in a Changing World: Science Plans of the Second International Conference on Arctic Research Planning, Stockholm: International Arctic Science Committee, 2006.

 

R    Teitelbaum S., Beckley, T., Nadeau, S., and Southcott, C.  “Milltown Revisited: Strategies for Assessing and Enhancing Forest-Dependent Community Sustainability” in Towards Sustainable Management of the Boreal Forest, Philip J. Burton, Christian Messier, Daniel W. Smith, and Wiktor L. Adamowicz, eds., Ottawa: National Research Council Research Press, 2004, Pp. 155-180.

R * Laflamme, S. Southcott, C. et Roggero, P. "Le rapport aux médias et la profession exercée.  Le cas des francophones du Nord-Ouest de l'Ontario", Revue canadienne de sociologie, printemps, 2010.

 

R* Southcott, C. “Introduction to the Special Issue on the Social Economy in Northern Canada” Northern Review, 30: Spring, 2009, pp. 3-11. (Guest Editor)

 

R *Southcott, C. and Walker, V. “A Portrait of the Social Economy in Northern Canada”,     Northern Review, 30: Spring, 2009, pp. 13-36.

 

R   Shaw, L., Southcott, C., Townsend, E. “A Community Panel on Occupations to consider Economic Opportunities outside Major Urban Centres”, Journal of Occupational Sciences, 16:1, 2009, Pp. 12-17.

 

R *Corbett, N., Laflamme, S. et Southcott, C. « Usage des médias et langue de communication dans la communauté francophone du nord-ouest de l'Ontario », Revue du Nouvel-Ontario, numéro 33, 2008, p. 69-94.

 

R    Southcott, C. “Globalization, Culture, and Northern Identities”, Polar Geography, 29:2, 2005, Pp. 103-118.

Southcott, C., Abele, F., and Natcher, D. “The Social Economy and Canada’s North: Researching New Possibilities in Development”, Northern Notes, 30, 2009, Pp. 16-21.

Southcott, C. The Aboriginal Population and the Economy of Northern Ontario: Census Research Paper Series Report #12, Thunder Bay: Local Boards of Northern Ontario, April 2009, 25 pp.

 

Southcott, C.  Francophones and the Economy of Northern Ontario: Census Research Paper Series Report #11, Thunder Bay: Local Boards of Northern Ontario, April 2009, 28 pp.

 

Southcott, C. and Irlbacher-Fox, S. Changing Northern Economies: Helping Northern Communities Build a Sustainable Future, Victoria, BC: Northern Development Ministers Forum, April 2009, 35 pp.

 

Southcott, C. La communauté francophone du Nord-Ouest de l’Ontario en 2006 : Une communauté en transition, Association des Francophones du Nord-Ouest de l’Ontario, fév. 2009, 26 pp.

 

Southcott, C. Women and the Economy of Northern Ontario: Census Research Paper Series Report #10, Thunder Bay: Local Boards of Northern Ontario, July 2008, 37 pp.

 

Southcott, C. Trends in Northern Ontario’s Income Levels: Census Research Paper Series Report #9, Thunder Bay: Local Boards of Northern Ontario, July 2008, 48 pp

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Southcott, C. Trends in Northern Ontario’s Education Levels: Census Research Paper Series Report #8, Thunder Bay: Local Boards of Northern Ontario, April 2008

 

Southcott, C. The Changing Occupational Structure of Northern Ontario: Census Research Paper Series Report #7, Thunder Bay: Local Boards of Northern Ontario, April 2008

 

Southcott, C. The Changing Industrial Structure of Northern Ontario: Census Research Paper Series Report #6, Thunder Bay: Local Boards of Northern Ontario, April 2008

 

Southcott, C. Labour Force Participation Trends in Northern Ontario: Census Research Paper Series Report #5, Thunder Bay: Local Boards of Northern Ontario, April 2008

 

Southcott, C. Migration and Mobility Trends in Northern Ontario: Census Research Paper Series Report #4, Thunder Bay: Local Boards of Northern Ontario, December 2007

 

Corbett, N., Laflamme, S., et Southcott, C. L’utilisation des nouvelles technologies de communication et la vitalité linguistique et communautaires des Francophones dans le Nord Ouest de l’Ontario : Rapport du sondage Thunder Bay : Association des francophones du Nord-ouest de l’Ontario, septembre, 2007

 

Southcott, C. Aging Population Trends in Northern Ontario: Census Research Paper Series Report #3, Thunder Bay: Local Boards of Northern Ontario, September 2007

 

Southcott, C. Youth Out-migration Trends in Northern Ontario: Census Research Paper Series Report #2, Thunder Bay: Local Boards of Northern Ontario, September 2007

 

Southcott, C. The Changing Population of Northern Ontario: 2006 Census Research Paper Series Report #1, Thunder Bay: Local Boards of Northern Ontario, May 2007.

 

Southcott, C. Social and Economic Change in the Muskoka, Nipissing, and Parry Sound Regions: 2001 Census Summary, January, 2004, North Bay: Muskoka, Nipissing, and Parry Sound Local Training and Adjustment Board, 28pp.

 

Southcott, C.  Aboriginal Communities in Northern Ontario: 2001 Census Research Paper Series: Report #11, January, 2004, North Bay: Northern Ontario Training Boards, 22 pp.