Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North Sixth time a charm? Canada recently announced that it will launch a new search for an Arctic shipwreck that remains one of the enduring mysteries of Canada’s North.… »
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
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How Canada’s Arctic Council chairmanship is viewed abroad
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North Last week, we looked at how Canada was doing half-way into it’s Arctic Council chairmanship. This week, we look at how its business focus is being viewed by… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Halfway into its Arctic Council chairmanship, Canada gets mixed reviews
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North Canada is now one year into their two-year chairman ship of the Arctic Council. Canada assumed its leadership role with an ambitious plan focused on developing the North… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Canada falling behind in western Arctic : report
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North Sometimes it seems like not a week goes by without headlines trumpeting business opportunities in the North. But here in Canada, are we missing out on the potential… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
What tree rings tell us about climate in the Arctic
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North Tree rings in the Arctic hold important information about the northern environment. But the so called ‘divergence problem,’ that is the difference between temperatures measured by thermometers and… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Web doc sheds light on Inuit relocation in Arctic Canada
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North The relocation of Inuit from northern Quebec to Canada’s High Arctic in the 1950s is one of the darkest episodes in the history of Canada’s North. Sadly, few Canadians… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Indigenous, Society
National Nursing Week – Working in the Arctic
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North National Nursing Week kicks off in Canada on Monday, May 12 and runs until May 18. In honour of the hundreds of nurses working in Canada’s remote northern… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology
What questions should we be asking about the Arctic’s future?
Arctic oil spill response made headlines last week with a new report from the National Research Council in the United States. This week, another report (see links below) focused on key areas that need attention as climate change reshapes the… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canadian web documentary highlights Arctic science
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North Ever wondered how noise affects marine mammals in the Arctic? Or what glacial ice really looks like? Profiles from the Arctic is a new web documentary that answers… »
Mental health care in the Arctic – Lavinia’s Story
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North Starting in the 1950s, the Arctic’s semi-nomadic Inuit were moved into permanent communities by the Canadian government. Children were often sent to Church-run schools far away from their… »
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