Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North Shipping in the Arctic is no easy task. Distances from southern Canada to the country’s High Arctic is long. Trips can be slow going, with captains navigating through… »
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
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous, Society
Celebrated Inuk artist Itee Pootoogook dies at 63
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North Canada recently lost one of its major Inuit artists when Itee Pootoogook passed away in March at the age of 63. Pootoogook did much of his work… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Greenland’s northeastern ice sheet starting to melt
Greenland’s previously stable northeastern ice sheet is starting to melt, according to a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change. While Greenland’s melting ice sheet has contributed to an increase in the world’s sea levels over the last 20… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics
Will Russia’s actions in Ukraine affect relations in the Arctic Council?
A meeting of the Arctic Council’s senior arctic officials takes place in Canada’s Northwest Territories from March 25-March27. The agenda includes discussions on climate and sustainable development. Canada is the current chair of the council, an international forum that includes… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology
The need for business cooperation in the Arctic
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North All over the circumpolar world, business and the prosperity of indigenous communities is taking centre stage. Canada, the current chair of the Arctic Council, has pinpointed development… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology
What acoustics can tell us about whales in the Arctic
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North A new study suggests that certain species of sub-Arctic whales are increasingly making their way through the Bering Strait towards Arctic waters, raising questions about what may be… »
Economy, Indigenous, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
New strategy to increase Inuit workforce in Quebec mines
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North Mining has become an increasing important part of the economy in Nunavik, the Inuit self-governing region of northern Quebec. But the local Inuit population is still under-represented… »
Inuit language celebration underway in Nunavut, Canada
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North Inuit Language Weeks Celebration is now underway in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. The annual event has been held each year as a way to promote… »
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous, Society
The return of Inuit Art Quarterly
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North Inuit Art Quarterly, long regarded as one of the most important sources of information on the art and artists of Canada’s North, is back. The magazine was… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society
New ICC chair to come from Canada’s eastern Arctic
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North Okalik Eegeesiak, an Inuk from Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, is expected to become the next chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC). Canadian Inuit leaders… »
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