As an environmental sociologist he explores social practices, power dynamics, and institutional change in the context of environmental governance and natural resource management in the western Arctic of the Canadian North and in other circumpolar regions. Ken has professional experience as an extension forester with the Government of the Northwest Territories and as a natural resource extension specialist with a research and extension cooperative in Northern British Columbia. He is currently a member of the Canadian Circumpolar Institute’s Northern Advisory Committee, and was past Chair of the Institute’s Grant Adjudication Committee.