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Scale and interests
The stakeholders were first analyzed by scale and interest separately. As one could expect, more
stakeholders operate nationally than internationally or locally (71% versus 54% and 57% respectively)
(Table 2). Of the 28 SGs, only seven operate at all scales: classification societies, DFO, DND, nonInuit commercial fisheries, the cruise industry, NGOs, and the research community/consultants. We
then analyzed the stakeholders based solely on interests, of which most were concerned with climate
& environment (93%), safety, security & defence (89%), and economics (79%) (Figure 3). No
stakeholder group is dedicated to only health and social aspects or Inuit interests. Nine are interested
in all five topics.
Table 2. The distribution of stakeholder groups based on the scale(s) at which they operate.
Scale
Number of stakeholder groups
Percent
Includes international
15
54%
Includes national
20
71%
Includes local
16
57%
International only
3
11%
International and national only
4
15%
National only
6
22%
National and local only
4
11%
Local only
4
15%
International and local only
1
4%
International, national and local
7
26%
For the analysis, international and domestic shipping industries were classified as not having an interest
in health & social aspects. Codes of conduct often require consideration of potential impacts on
society, but it is our understanding that the main goals of the shipping industry are not focused on
improving the health and well-being of northern societies. Thus they were not considered to be
interested in “health & social” within this study.
Figure 3. The number of stakeholder groups interested in a particular set of interests; those interested in all aspects are
not included (9 groups). C=Climate & Environment; E=Economics; S=Safety, Security & Defence; H=Health &
Social; I=Inuit-Specific Aspects. Each side of a square represents an interest, allowing up to four interests to be
communicated. In some cases, an interest will be repeated, resulting less than four interests to be represented. Take the
square with the number “7” for example: Starting on the left with Interest 1, we see the first interest is Climate &
Environment; Interest 2 on the top of the square indicates the interest of Economics; the right side indicates Interest 3,
which is Safety, Security & Defence; and Interest 4 represented by the bottom is also Safety, Security & Defence. This
means that there are 7 stakeholder groups interested in climate & environment, economics, and safety, security & defence.
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