Ever wondered what goes on in one of Nunavut’s Arctic college learning centres? While many people are aware that Nunavut’s Arctic College was set up to provide education and vocational opportunities for those living in Canada’s eastern Arctic, many are… »
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Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics
Eye on the Arctic – Caribou conservation in Canada’s North
Each week, Eye on the Arctic features stories and newsmakers from across the North Caribou is central to Inuit and First Nations cultural life in northern Canada. But the decrease in the numbers of certain herds is causing concern in many aboriginal… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society
Eye on the Arctic – Would a Canada-U.S. merger be good for the North?
Each week, Eye on the Arctic features stories and newsmakers from across the North Canada and the United States have a reputation for being among the world’s friendliest neighbours. They share a common language, a common culture and what’s regularly touted as… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics
Eye on the Arctic: Is Barents plan a model for Canada-U.S. cooperation in the North?
Each week, Eye on the Arctic features stories and newsmakers from across the North A four-day conference on Arctic ports wound up on Thursday in Narvik, Norway. The international conference was organized by the Port of Narvik, Ocean Futures, a… »
Arts & Entertainment, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous
Eye on the Arctic – Artist Itee Pootoogook’s unique take on contemporary Inuit life
Each week, Eye on the Arctic features stories and newsmakers from across the North Inuk artist Itee Pootoogook is one of Canada’s most exciting contemporary artistic voices of the moment. Known for his clean lines and realistic representations of contemporary Inuit life,… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous
Eye on the Arctic – Inuit community worried about muskox deaths
Each week, Eye on the Arctic features stories and newsmakers from across the North Several muskox were recently found dead on Banks Island in the Arctic region of Canada’s Northwest Territories. But some are worried that a bacterial disease that… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Eye on the Arctic – Cleaning up Canada’s radar sites
Each week, Eye on the Arctic features stories and newsmakers from across the North The Distant Early Warning Line system, known as the DEW Line, was a radar site that operated across northern Canada from 1958 to 1992. Since then,… »
Eye on the Arctic – Health care in the Arctic: Bridging the Divide
The challenges of delivering health care in the Arctic are myriad. The southern-based health system in place in the North is not always able to respond to the needs of the predominantly aboriginal population in a way that reflects their… »
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous
The Printer – Niveaksie Quvianaqtuliaq
The Cape Dorset art story has been told thousands of times over. But no matter who tells it and how, the printers who actually produce the physical lithographs and stone cuts, often get left out of the narrative. But many… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Eye on the Arctic – Understanding the Milne ice shelf
Each week, Eye on the Arctic features stories and newsmakers from across the North The last fully intact ice shelf on northern Ellesmere Island in Canada’s Arctic may soon be slipping away. Ice shelves found in the island’s North are… »
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