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Institute of Island Studies | Dr. Laurie Brinklow<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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Assistant Professor<\/strong>

Chair
<\/strong>Institute of Island Studies Executive Committee<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-ordinator<\/strong>
Master of Arts in Island Studies program and Undergraduate Island Studies Minor program, UPEI<\/a>
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Dr. Laurie Brinklow is a writer, editor, and former book publisher of Charlottetown\u2019s Acorn Press<\/a>. She is the Coordinator of the Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) program at the University of Prince Edward Island<\/a> and Chair of the Institute of Island Studies Executive Committee. Her research focuses on islandness and island identity, including the power of place and story<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 2007 graduate of the MAIS program, she graduated with her PhD in Geography and Environmental Studies from University of Tasmania in 2015. A long-time \u201cislophile,\u201d Laurie was Publishing Coordinator with the Institute of Island Studies from 1990 to 2004 and helped coordinate the North Atlantic Islands Programme (1994-98), which led to the formation of the North Atlantic Forum<\/a>. In 2015, she chaired the Building Community Resilience Conference<\/a> (the 10th<\/sup> North Atlantic Forum and 27th<\/sup> Canadian Rural Restructuring Foundation annual conference) held in Summerside, and served on the steering committee of the 2016 international symposium, Building Small Island Resilience to Global Climate Change<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Brinklow is actively involved in \u2019Island Studies: A Global Classroom<\/a>\u2019, an initiative spearheaded by the MAIS program at UPEI. Through this initiative, the MAIS program has established linkages with other researchers and scholars from island universities throughout the world, encouraging and facilitating knowledge-sharing both in person and via video conference. Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Brinklow is President of the International Small Islands Studies Association (ISISA)<\/a> and is an ex officio member of the Vinland Society of Prince Edward Island<\/a> Executive Committee. She is also Iceland\u2019s Honorary Consul<\/a> to Prince Edward Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, Laurie was awarded the Hessian Merit Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Sessional Instructor<\/a> at the University of Prince Edward Island. In 2022, her second book of poetry, My island’s the house I sleep in at night<\/a><\/em>, received the Prince Edward Island Book Award for Poetry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here to view Dr. Laurie Brinklow\u2019s CV (2022)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brinklow, L., Campbell, L., Halliday, A. & MacDougall, I. (forthcoming). \u201cBeyond \u2018The Atlantic Bubble\u2019: Considering archipelagic tourism on Canada\u2019s east coast\u201d<\/strong>; In G. Baldacchino (Ed.). Archipelagic Tourism, Second Edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brinklow, L, & Jennings, A. (2024).\u00a0The Bridge Effect: Critical Reflections in the Age of Technological Solutionism<\/em>.<\/strong> Charlottetown: Island Studies Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foley, A.,\u00a0Brinklow, L.,\u00a0Corbett, J., Kelman, I., Kl\u00f6ck, C., Moncada, S., Mycoo, M., Nunn, P., Pugh, J., Robinson, S., Tandrayen-Ragoobur, V., & Walshe, R. (2023): Understanding \u201cIslandness\u201d,\u00a0Annals\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0American\u00a0Association\u00a0of\u00a0Geographers<\/em>, 0(0) 2023, pp. 1\u201318.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/24694452.2023.2193249<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brinklow, L. (2022). Book review: Laura J. Getty (2021).\u00a0Islands and captivity in popular culture: A critical study of film, television and literature<\/em>.<\/strong> In\u00a0Small States and Territories, 5<\/em>(1): 235-238.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brinklow, L., (2022). Studying islandness through the language of art.<\/strong> Geographical Research<\/em>, special section edited by E. Stratford, G. Baldacchino, & E. McMahon.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kizos, T., Russell, S., Brinklow, L., Sentas, S., Randall, J.E. (2021). Island identities? Comparing the perceptions of islanders towards governing institutions and quality of life<\/strong>,\u00a0Small States and Territories, 4<\/em>(2): 325-348.\u00a0Brinklow, L. (2022). Book review: Laura J. Getty (2021).\u00a0Islands and captivity in popular culture: A critical study of film, television and literature<\/em>. In\u00a0Small States and Territories, 5<\/em>(1): 235-238.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brinklow, L. (2022). Book review: Karides, M. (2021). Sappho\u2019s Legacy: Convivial Economics on a Greek Isle.<\/em><\/strong> In Island Studies Journal, 17<\/em>(1). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brinklow, L., L\u00e9v\u00eaque, P., & Sark, C.G. (2021). Prince Edward Island\/Epekwitk.<\/strong> In State of Rural Canada 4.0<\/em>. Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brinklow, L., Marshall, R., & Whiteway, B. (2021). Exploring climate change through the language of art.<\/strong> In S. Brunn (Ed.). The handbook of the changing world language map<\/em>. New York: Springer. <\/p>\n\n\n

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My island’s the house I sleep in at night<\/strong>
Laurie Brinklow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Island Studies Press | 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drawn from interviews with artists, writers, and musicians from Newfoundland and Tasmania, these poems capture what it means to be an islander. To know every rock and tickle, \u201cthe sea your road\/the hole in the sky\/your light to travel by.\u201d 
Click here for more details and to purchase<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brinklow, L. (2021). Institute of Island Studies: Contributing to Public Policy on PEI.<\/em> <\/a>Document summarizing the IIS’s contributions to climate change and environmental education and public policy on PEI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Randall, J., Brinklow, L., & Chapman, M. (2021). Prince Edward Island <\/em>(COVID-19 Island Insight Series, no 16).<\/strong> University of Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance, University of Prince Edward Island Institute of Island Studies, and Island Innovation. \u2013 Click here to read<\/a> | More about the COVID-19 Island Insights Series<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Randall, J. E., Brinklow, L., & Chapman, M. (2021). Insular knowledge: Building a community of islands through knowledge mobilization<\/em><\/strong>. <\/em>In Imagining the future of Knowledge Mobilization: Perspectives from UNESCO Chairs<\/a> <\/em>(pp. 79-94). Canadian Commission for UNESCO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brinklow, L., with Whitten Henry, M. J. (2020). Island responses to COVID-19<\/em> <\/strong>(CRRF Rural Insights Series: COVID-19, no. 1.12). <\/em>Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation. http:\/\/crrf.ca\/ri-islands<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Connor, H., Brinklow, L., & Fenech, A. (2020). An icy layer of isolation: Prince Edward Island\u2019s sea-bound particularity<\/strong>. Shima<\/em>, 14<\/em>(1). \u2013 Click here to read <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PRESENTATIONS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From cultural cringe to cultural confidence: The role of islandness in creating resilience<\/strong>
Researching Resilience in Islands<\/em> | November 16\u201317, 2020
Hosted by Birkbeck, University of London as part of the SUNRISE<\/a> project. 
Click here to watch the video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES<\/p>\n\n\n

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OTOK Podcast <\/strong>| June 2020
S1E09 \u2013 Prince Edward Island and Laurie Brinklow<\/em><\/strong>
Laurie joins host Bojan F\u00fcrst to discuss her favourite subject: art and islands.
Click here for more details and to listen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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INSTITUTE OF ISLAND STUDIES<\/a> | MASTER OF ARTS IN ISLAND STUDIES<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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