The Canadian province of Quebec included the Arctic as a top priority in its new international policy this month, but questions remain as to how this renewed focus will benefit northerners back home in the province. The new 10-year policy focuses… »
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Q&A: Impact assessments in the Arctic – What Canada and Greenland can learn from each other
MONTREAL — A major conference on the challenges climate change poses for doing impact assessments,wound up in Canada on Friday. Delegates from around the world gathered for the four-day event, but the North got a day-long spotlight during the conference’s Arctic-Nordic forum on doing assessments… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International
Canada – U.K. Arctic music & policy show looks to build bridges
Ask the average person in the South what they know about the Arctic and things like ‘ice’ or ‘polar bears’ usually top the list. But a new radio show launched this month wants to help change that. Dispatch, from the Cold Front comes… »
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous, Society
Arctic Art – In studio with Jimmy Kamimmalik
BAKER LAKE, Nunavut – The art and artists from Canada’s Arctic are famous around the world. Starting in the 1960s, the print programs set up in Inuit communities like Cape Dorset, Baker Lake, Ulukhaktok (Holman) and Puvirnituq cultivated some of Canada’s… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Indigenous, Society
VIDEO: Do mobility devices in the Arctic need a rethink?
CAMBRIDGE BAY, Canada _ Recovering from knee surgery isn’t easy for anyone, but for Jimmy Okhina Sr., living in Arctic Canada made it that much more of a challenge. The surgery took place in Yellowknife, the capital city of Canada’s Northwest… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Society
Video: Arctic Hunting Now
On a recent Eye on the Arctic reporting trip to Nunavut, we ran into a young hunter named Robin Aupilaq Avaala. Or maybe more accurately, he found us. We were shooting a story in the Arctic Canadian community of Baker Lake,… »
Cooperation, conciliation & Trudeau’s lashing by the NWT : 2017 Arctic year in review
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North The end of the year is often a time to take stock. And here at Eye on the Arctic, we’re no different. So as 2017 draws to a… »
Cooperation, conciliation & Trudeau’s lashing by the NWT : 2017 Arctic year in review
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North The end of the year is often a time to take stock. And here at Eye on the Arctic, we’re no different. So as 2017 draws to a… »
— Themes —, Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society, Your Columns
Climate, tourism and Obama’s big surprise: 2016 Arctic Year in Review
The end of the year is a time to take stock. Here at Eye on the Arctic, it’s also the time to check in with our bloggers, who’ve spent 2016 following and analysing Arctic news and events. In this 2016… »
— Themes —, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Video Documentary: How indigenous knowledge is changing what we know about the Arctic
Related stories from around the North: Canada: Is climate change making the muskoxen sick on Victoria Island?, Eye on the Arctic Finland: Sámi spokesperson urges respect for nature, Yle News Greenland: What the EU seal ban has meant for Inuit communities… »
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