Thomas S. Axworthy has had a distinguished career in government, academia, and philanthropy. He served as the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and he was a key strategist on the repatriation of the Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He is a regular contributor to the opinion pages of the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, and The National Post. Sara French is a graduate of Queen's University and currently serves as a Senior Negotiator with Aboriginal Relations within the Yukon government. She has traveled extensively throughout the communities of the Circumpolar Arctic and resides in Whitehorse, Yukon. Emily Tsui is a Juris Doctor/Master of Global Affairs Candidate at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Munk School of Global Affairs. She has published briefing notes with the Arctic Yearbook on the Northern Forum and the Science Agreement.