Looking deeper into security in the Arctic policy of the Canadian government from 2006 to 2011

The Federal Government of Canada from 2006 to 2011 presented a security discourse and policy regarding the Arctic region. In order to understand the government's use of security language this project adopted the Copenhagen School's securitization theory. Using this theory's approach, this project dissects the relevant government discourses and policies, pertaining to the Arctic, to determine which sectors the government attempted to securitize. It will be demonstrated that the government has attempted to securitize the Arctic from 2006 to 2011, particularly in the traditional political and military sectors, while societal, economic, and environmental sectors were not securitized but rather their possible threats were framed as opportunities. These conclusions resulted from this government's political worldview around conducting foreign policy and how it wanted to position Arctic security for Canada in its growing Northern region. --Leaf ii.