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This article presents a non-canonical reading of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's canonical novel Don Quixote. Using a trauma theory lens (from both cultural studies and psychiatry) to understand the pre-Don Quixote character Alonso Quijano, this research first advances several new arguments as to why Quijano appears to have endured a traumatic experience of ageing. Instead of interpreting his obsessive behaviour as madness, it is argued that he engages in a form of both individual and collective therapy consisting of reading to educate himself about emotions; engaging the body in adventures; listening to others' stories of traumatic suffering; and stimulating "empathic unsettlement" toward others and his previously traumatized self, one of the main critical suggestions advanced. This article takes an original turn in trauma studies too by putting forward that Quijano's therapy is effective because it addresses the "central dialectic of psychological trauma." He embarks on an imaginative and collective adventure of self-identity, transforming himself into another who is exempt from the traumatic experience; he knows without knowing and speaks without speaking. His trauma therapy occurs outside the reality of trauma or inside the "unreality" of creative expression, and this is how he endures a traumatic experience of ageing.

AbstractThe legal status of the Northwest Passage (NWP) has been the subject of much debate in academic, government, and media circles. To date, much of this discussion has centred on the legal regime governing maritime navigation. However, the question of whether the NWP is subject to guaranteed freedoms or Canada's unqualified sovereign control also involves the right of overflight. This article investigates the circumstances that led to the inclusion of the freedom of overflight in Part III of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. It then highlights some of the legal standards that would govern air navigation if the NWP were to be considered an international strait.

As the Earth's changing climate has deepened into a climate crisis, the Arctic region has emerged as one of the clearest indicators of the scale and pace of that change. As the ice melts, opportunities are expanding to exploit the Arctic's oil and gas reserves, precious metals, fish stocks and maritime routes. Increased access and development will inevitably generate "system-wide environmental impacts" and will pose novel management challenges for the Arctic states. In the quest to find an effective balance between competing ocean activities and actors, marine protected areas (MPAs) and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) have emerged as indispensable tools to achieve ocean health, including in the Arctic. After first introducing these concepts, this article will discuss the Canadian and Russian domestic regimes for the establishment of MPAs and OECMs. The conclusion will then offer some insights into the key challenges confronting both states in the creation of effective networks of MPAs and OECMs in their Arctic regions.

SummaryThe Arctic, long neglected, has been thrust into the limelight as climate change dramatically transforms its landscape. The ice, which for centuries has acted as a powerful barrier keeping the world at bay, is melting at an alarming rate. The promise of greater accessibility to the region inevitably raises a host of important issues. Donat Pharand, an internationally renowned scholar, has dedicated his long and illustrious career to researching and understanding the legal issues pertaining to Canada's claim over the waters of the Arctic archipelago. This article chronicles the key events in his life and examines Pharand's profound contribution to the law of the sea of the Arctic.

Preliminary Material /Donald McRae -- Donat Pharand: The Arctic Scholar /Suzanne Lalonde -- The Arctic Region Council Revisited: Inspiring Future Development of the Arctic Council /Kristin Bartenstein -- Lessons Learned and Lost from Pharand's Arctic Regional Council Treaty Proposal /Andrea Charron -- Pharand's Arctic Treaty: Would an Antarctic Treaty-Style Model Work in the Arctic? /Julia Jabour -- Article 234 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Its Origins and Its Future /Armand de Mestral -- A Note on Making the Polar Code Mandatory /J. Ashley Roach -- A Note on the Potential Conflicting Treaty Rights and Obligations between the IMO's Polar Code and Article 234 of the Law of the Sea Convention /Ted L. McDorman -- The United States and Arctic Straits: The Northwest Passage and the Bering Strait /Donald R. Rothwell -- Analysis of Maritime Transit Trends in the Arctic Passages /Lasserre Frédéric and Alexeeva Olga -- Canada's Arctic Waters: Circumnavigating the Legal Dispute /Oxman Bernard H. -- Understanding the Canada-United States Arctic Relationship /Elizabeth B. Elliot-Meisel -- The Dog in the Manger—and Letting Sleeping Dogs Lie: The United States, Canada and the Sector Principle, 1924–1955 /P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Peter Kikkert -- Canada–Russia Relations in the Arctic: Conflictual Rhetoric, Cooperative Realities /Jonathan R. Edge and David L. VanderZwaag -- Does Recent Practice of the Russian Federation Point to an Arctic Sunset for the Sector Principle? /Alex G. Oude Elferink -- Uncovered and Unstable Coasts: Climate Change and Territorial Sea Baselines in the Arctic /Schofield Clive and Sas Blanche -- Delineation of the Outer Limits of Canada's Arctic Ocean Continental Shelf and its Delimitation with Neighboring States: Does It Matter Which Comes First? /Serdy Andrew -- A Note on Arctic Information Platforms and International Law /Baker Betsy -- Index /Suzanne Lalonde and Ted L. McDorman.