Kelsey Schober is a MA Candidate in Political Science at the University of Alberta. Her thesis research focuses on structural incentives for resource extraction in the Arctic through a lens of climate change and transition. A previous recipient of a Fulbright U.S. Student Research Grant and a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, she has acted as the Youth Delegate to the Gender Equality in the Arctic initiative of the Arctic Council as well as a Youth Leader for the State of Alaska’s Climate Action Leadership Team. Her written work has appeared in Practicing Anthropology, ArcticToday, the Center for American Progress, and akfish.org. She has contributed to reports to the Canadian Federal Government and the Arctic Council CAFF Working Group.