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… »
Highlights / Your Columns
Is climate change luring sharks north? Communities wrestle with bite mystery off Arctic coast
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from around the North. Sometimes it’s seals with amputated flippers. Or even a sea lion snatched seemingly out of thin air. But for at least 10 years, subsistence harvesters in Alaska’s coastal… »
Climate destruction on Ellesmere Island – Canada’s shrinking glaciers
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from around the North. Arctic glaciers are shrinking at an alarming rate and show no signs of regeneration, says a recent study conducted in Canada. The research looked at glaciers between 1999… »
Arctic Art – 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 art and artists from Canada’s Arctic are famous around the world. Starting in the 1960s, the print… »
Visit an Arctic College class in Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut – 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. Ever wondered what goes on in one of Nunavut’s Arctic college learning centres? While many people are aware… »
Economy, International, Politics
Don’t let hatred of Trump lead Canada into costly trade retaliation blunder, says U.S. expert
Canadians shouldn’t let their hatred of Trump blind them into stumbling into a full-out trade war with the United States, says an American expert on international trade. Marc Busch, professor of International Business Diplomacy at the School of Foreign Service,… »
Safety warnings abound ahead of holiday
July 1 is Canada Day, a public holiday and a time when Canadians do all kinds of crazy things, some of which are dangerous. Summer is so short that Canadians are eager to celebrate on this first holiday of the… »
Arts & Entertainment, Your Columns
From the Arctic to Atlantic, a photographer documents seal hunting in Canada
A photographer renowned for his images documenting the human face of seal hunting in Quebec and Newfoundland will spend at least another two years chronicling the Inuit seal hunt in Arctic Canada. “I’ve been hunting there and became passionate about… »
Birth control advice for teens should focus on IUDs first, say doctors
The Canadian Paediatric Society says doctors should advise youth that the best way for them to avoid pregnancy is the intrauterine device. The t-shaped device is about one-quarter the size of a person’s palm and is made of plastic or… »
Arctic Indigenous food culture takes the day at international cookbook awards
Each week, Eye on the Arctic brings you news and views from around the North A book showcasing the recipes of Indigenous peoples from across the Arctic took the day at the Gourmand International Cookbook Awards in Yantai, China. EALLU… »
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