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A Homegrown Mission

Our mission at home is rooted in Alaska’s constitution – working to ensure that our resources are used for the maximum benefit of our citizens. We conduct research, education and training programs, facilitate public discourse, and advocate on important policy issues. All of this work aims to help Alaska live up to its fullest potential as an Owner State. Over the past thirty years, the Institute has worked on issues ranging from security and energy and fisheries, to biodiversity, land management and fiscal policy.

Alaska and the Owner State

Alaska’s founders pioneered a form of resource governance, based on common ownership and state stewardship. We call this the Owner State model. It has helped Alaska take charge of its own destiny, build infrastructure, and raise the standard of living for many. It is a model which depends on the engagement of its citizen owners, which is why the Institute works to educate, facilitate discussions, and cultivate connections between the public, academia, industry and government.

To learn more about the Owner State, explore our efforts to share this model with the developing world.

Developing Nations Program

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Protecting Alaska’s Permanent Fund

Unsustainable spending from the Permanent Fund’s Earnings Reserve threatens to undermine Alaska’s prosperity and the interests of all future generations. The Institute has long supported a constitutional amendment to be put before voters, which protects the Permanent Fund for the long term. Click here to join our mailing list and campaign. Click here to learn more, and to join our campaign.

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The New Face of ANILCA Training

For over 20 years, this Institute has administered the most comprehensive and balanced ANILCA training available. We are currently working to transition this training to an asynchronous delivery format. This move will significantly improve access and flexibility for participants, well into the foreseeable future. During this transition, we will offering a version of this asynchronous training through [LINK]

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EIA workshop Utqiaġvik/Barrow, Alaska 

EIA workshop Utqiaġvik/Barrow, Alaska 

The Institute of the North worked with Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat to organize a workshop in Utqiaġvik on behalf of the Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG)
Alaska Climate Leadership

Alaska Climate Leadership

In accordance with Administrative Order 289, which established the Alaska Climate Change Strategy, the Climate Action for Alaska Leadership Team is charged with developing a plan of action for the Governor by September 1, 2018.
We the People of Alaska

We the People of Alaska

The We the People of Alaska program is modeled after the Center for Civic Education’s We the People program, funded until recently under the Education for Democracy Act to promote civic competence and responsibility across the nation.
Geography Resources

Geography Resources

We have developed two major learning tools, Alaska – A Land in Motion and Alaska in Maps – A Thematic Atlas. Both of which highlight the significance of geography in Alaska and encourage students of all ages to explore and understand the region.
You Own Alaska

You Own Alaska

You Own Alaska! captures the early hopes and visions of Alaska’s elders and pioneers, as well as the views and stories of today’s Alaskans who share a common love fore the Great Land and are carrying that vision forward.
Five Key Laws

Five Key Laws

Through this website, other publications, and classes, the Institute intends to help students and practitioners managing Alaska’s common property to better understand how that common property is governed.
ANILCA Trainings

ANILCA Trainings

The Institute of the North hosts a comprehensive training course on the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) of 1980, which resulted in nearly 140 million acres becoming federal conservation system units, such as national parks and wildlife refuges.
Bering Strait Messenger Network

Bering Strait Messenger Network

The Institute of the North developed the Bering Strait Messenger Network between Alaska, U.S.A. and Chukotka, Russia to develop and strengthen effective communication systems.
Emerging Leaders

Emerging Leaders

The Institute of the North has hosted a suite of opportunities that enable young Alaskans to be educated about – and engaged in – their responsibilities to one another, their community, and the state.
Alaska Dialogue

Alaska Dialogue

Since 2001 the Institute of the North has convened the Alaska Dialogue, a policy focused gathering where 90-120 Alaskans leaders gather for a 2 ½-day in-depth discussion of the key and often sensitive issues facing the state and our commons.