Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from around the North. The First Nations Book Fair (Kwahiatonhk: Salon du livre des Premières Nations) gets underway in the Canadian province of Quebec November 22-25 to promote Indigenous books and authors. Eye… »
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Increasing ocean acidification ushering in an era of uncertainty for Arctic, says report
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from around the North. If left unchecked, acidification levels in the Arctic Ocean will have significant consequences for northern communities as well as the rest of the globe says a report released… »
Indigenous Cultural Tourism: How the North is learning from community success in southern Canada
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from around the North. The successes of cultural tourism in Canada’s southern Aboriginal communities are providing an important roadmap for development of Indigenous cultural tourism in the North, a sector expected to… »
Policing infrastructure rejig in Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from around the North. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Government of Yukon announced new plans this week for policing infrastructure in the territory. Besides renovations to police buildings in… »
Eye on the Arctic brings you news from across the North
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North This week on Eye on the Arctic, we’re dipping into our video vault for a look at hunting culture in today’s Arctic. Robin Aupilaq Avaala lives in the community of Baker… »
Feature Interview: Is Arctic climate research missing the big picture?
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from around the North. This week, we bring you another instalment of our occasional series looking at how climate change is affecting different parts of the circumpolar world. Arctic climate change is… »
Indigenous reindeer herders request emergency aid after drought, wildfires
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from around the North. This week, we bring you another instalment of our occasional series looking at how climate change is affecting not only the Canadian North, but different parts of the… »
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$125.2 million announced for high-speed internet in Inuit region of Arctic Quebec
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from around the North. Ottawa and the province of Quebec announced $125.2 million this week to help improve high-speed internet in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec. The money will go… »
Internet, Science & Technology
How traditional Inuit knowledge guides research: Eye on the Arctic video archive
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from around the North. In today’s instalment, a video from our documentary archive. The Arctic is warming at twice the rate as the rest of the world and Arctic indigenous communities are… »
Feature Interview: International Inuit leader stresses importance of Indigenous voices on world stage
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from around the North. As global players ramp up interest in the Arctic, the organization representing the world’s Inuit wrapped up their general assembly in Alaska in July with a pledge to… »
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