Eye on the Arctic news round-up

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 12, 2012 at 20:33
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A round-up of stories that made headlines across the North this week.

Canada

The Canadian Sealers Association slams the EU for banning Canadian seal products while allowing seals to be killed in Finland, Sweden and Scotland.

Finland

What layoffs at Nokia mean for the northern workforce of Finland and Sweden.

Iceland

A Norwegian newspaper reports that the final decision on having Finnish aircraft patrol Iceland’s airspace is coming within weeks.

Norway

The Arctic was on the agenda this week during the Finnish president’s visit to Norway.

Sweden

Questions are being asked about the security of Swedish nuclear facilities after Greenpeace activists entered and hid in two plants.

United States

A report on the challenges of tallying polar bear populations in the Arctic.

Write to Eilís Quinn at eilis.quinn(at)cbc.ca

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

Eilís Quinn is an award-winning journalist and manages Radio Canada International’s Eye on the Arctic news cooperation project. Eilís has reported from the Arctic regions of all eight circumpolar countries and has produced numerous documentary and multimedia series about climate change and the issues facing Indigenous peoples in the North.

Her investigative report "Death in the Arctic: A community grieves, a father fights for change," about the murder of Robert Adams, a 19-year-old Inuk man from Arctic Quebec, received the silver medal for “Best Investigative Article or Series” at the 2019 Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The project also received an honourable mention for excellence in reporting on trauma at the 2019 Dart Awards in New York City.

Her report “The Arctic Railway: Building a future or destroying a culture?” on the impact a multi-billion euro infrastructure project would have on Indigenous communities in Arctic Europe was a finalist at the 2019 Canadian Association of Journalists award in the online investigative category.

Her multimedia project on the health challenges in the Canadian Arctic, "Bridging the Divide," was a finalist at the 2012 Webby Awards.

Her work on climate change in the Arctic has also been featured on the TV science program Découverte, as well as Le Téléjournal, the French-Language CBC’s flagship news cast.

Eilís has worked for media organizations in Canada and the United States and as a TV host for the Discovery/BBC Worldwide series "Best in China."

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