September 27, 2024 – New York City, New York – Global Affairs Canada

The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada will host the Canada-Nordic Strategic Dialogue from September 27 to 29, 2024, in New York City and Iqaluit.

In a rapidly changing Arctic marked by new challenges and increased strategic competition, deeper collaboration with like-minded Arctic states is needed.

Minister Joly will host a working dinner with her counterparts from the Nordic states on September 27, on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. During the dinner, the participants will discuss transatlantic security issues and exchange on opportunities to deepen cooperation on shared strategic foreign policy priorities.

On September 28, Minister Joly will travel to Iqaluit, Nunavut, with foreign ministers and representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. During their visit, they will meet with the Honourable P.J. Akeeagok, Premier of Nunavut, and members of the Cabinet of the Government of Nunavut to discuss evolving geopolitical dynamics and economic development priorities that have implications for how Canada, Nunavut and the Nordic countries approach the Arctic and the North, both individually and collectively.

The delegation will also meet with representatives of Inuit organizations to discuss their priorities and perspectives, on how to work together in support of a secure, prosperous and resilient Arctic and North, in partnership with the Indigenous Peoples and northerners who live there.