On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this week: -In her most recent blog, Arctic expert Heather Exner-Pirot looks at the participation of indigenous people in the Arctic… »
Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Eilís Quinn est une journaliste primée et responsable du site Regard sur l’Arctique/Eye on the Arctic, une coproduction circumpolaire de Radio Canada International. En plus de nouvelles quotidiennes, Eilís produit des documentaires et des séries multimédias qui lui ont permis de se rendre dans les régions arctiques des huit pays circumpolaires. Son enquête journalistique «Arctique – Au-delà de la tragédie » sur le meurtre de Robert Adams, un Inuk de 19 ans du Nord du Québec, a remporté la médaille d’argent dans la catégorie “Best Investigative Article or Series” aux Canadian Online Publishing Awards en 2019. Le reportage a aussi reçu une mention honorable pour son excellence dans la couverture de la violence et des traumatismes aux prix Dart 2019 à New York. Son reportage «Un train pour l’Arctique: Bâtir l'avenir au péril d'une culture?» sur l'impact que pourrait avoir un projet d'infrastructure de plusieurs milliards d'euros sur les communautés autochtones de l'Arctique européen a été finaliste dans la catégorie enquête (médias en ligne) aux prix de l'Association canadienne des journalistes pour l'année 2019. Son documentaire multimedia «Bridging the Divide» sur le système de santé dans l’Arctique canadien a été finaliste aux prix Webby 2012. En outre, son travail sur les changements climatiques dans l'Arctique canadien a été présenté à l'émission scientifique «Découverte» de la chaîne française de Radio-Canada, de même qu'au «Téléjournal», l'émission phare de nouvelles de Radio-Canada. Au cours de sa carrière Eilís a travaillé pour des médias au Canada et aux États-Unis, et comme animatrice pour la série «Best in China» de Discovery/BBC Worldwide. Twitter : @Arctic_EQ Courriel : eilis.quinn@radio-canada.ca
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Shipping, science and Shell: Arctic week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this week: -Shell’s pullout from offshore operations in Arctic Alaska continued to grab your attention this week, especially stories examining the… »
Economy, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society
Indigenous rights & Shell’s polar saga: Arctic week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this week: – The former president of the Sámi Parliament in Finland lashed out at the country this week calling it a “racist”… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Arctic energy: What can polar regions learn from each other?
Energy security and the cost of living are constant challenges in most polar regions. While the South focuses on things like offshore drilling and how northern resources can be accessed to fuel southern regions, less attention is paid to both the energy challenges and… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society
What Obama’s Arctic visit might mean for Paris
All eyes were on the U.S. state of Alaska last week, where a major Arctic conference was underway. The international event was called Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement and Resilience, or GLACIER for short. It included foreign… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Society
Peel Watershed case returns to Yukon court
The Peel Watershed controversy is arguably one of the most watched, ongoing environmental stories in Canada. The Yukon Government wants most of the Peel Watershed opened up to industries like mining. While environmentalists and First Nations want most of the… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Sanctions, Sami and polar bear hair: Arctic week in review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this week: -The U.S. has issued new sanctions against Russian oil, something that could have a negative impact on Norway’s Statoil. –Sami… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Feature Interview: Canadian artist explores Greenland’s past
Jessica Auer, a Canadian visual artist based in Montreal, Quebec, still remembers the first time she visited L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site in Canada’s Atlantic province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The site is famous in Canada for showing evidence… »
Metal, mineral price drop affecting Canada’s North
Slumping metal and mineral prices are taking their toll on the mining industry in Canada’s North and contributing to a gloomy economic outlook for the region according to a recent report from The Conference Board of Canada. “Economic conditions are actually… »
Economy, Indigenous, International, Society
Iceland blasts Canada, rest of Arctic Five, for exclusion from fishing agreement
Iceland says the recent Arctic fishing moratorium, signed by the five Arctic coastal states without Iceland’s participation, is ‘unacceptable’ and a worrying precedent. “We have been able to have good cooperation between the eight (circumpolar) countries and it has been… »
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