AN INTRODUCTION TO TOWN PLANNING AND RELATED MATTERS IN THE SOVIET NORTH : Based Upon Information Collected During The Exchange Visit by A Canadian Delegation to The Soviet Union, September 25th To October 7th, 1977.

Slipchenko, Walter and Larry Elkin.

Published by Dept. of Information, Govt. of the N.W.T., NWT, 1979

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Dept. of Information, Govt. of the N.W.T. Yellowknife, N.W.T., 1979. X (introduction) + 426 pp. Illustrations, maps, plans; 28 cm. Coilbound. Includes additional material from published sources and previous exchange programmes. Slipchenko was Senior Analyst for Ottawa based Circumpolar Affairs, Northern Social Research Division, as part of Indian and Northern Affairs. His primary professional focus for thirty-five years was the Soviet/Russian North. Walter was instrumental in developing Canada's cooperation initiatives with other Circumpolar States and nurturing agreements with Russia on the Arctic. From 1966 to 1988 he was employed with the Northern Science Research Group of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, the Northern Coordination Research Centre and, lastly, as Chief of the Circumpolar Affairs Division. He became involved with the initiation of Arctic scientific exchanges with the USSR, the result of which was the signing of the Arctic Science Exchange Program in 1984. During 1988-1992 he was the Director of Circumpolar Affairs of the Government of the Northwest Territories. As a consultant from 1992 to 2000, Walter was directly involved with federal, territorial and non-government agencies in the establishment of the Arctic Council, the Northern Management Project by GNWT for the Government of Sakha (Yakutia) and the Institution Building for Northern Russian Indigenous Peoples' Project. He was Executive Director of the international Arctic Council Secretariat (1997-1998) and Chair of the Advisory Committee on the Humanitarian Assistance Project to Northern Russia, (1998 - 1999). Seller Inventory # 009690

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Title: AN INTRODUCTION TO TOWN PLANNING AND RELATED...

Publisher: Dept. of Information, Govt. of the N.W.T., NWT

Publication Date: 1979

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine