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… »
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Teens at schools that start later get more sleep: study
There has been much debate in Canada about whether high schools should start later so adolescents can get more sleep. Some people argue that if school started later, teens would just go to bed later. But a new analysis of… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Rare ancient book acquired in Canada: The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela.
In the mid 1100’s, and some 100 years before Marco Polo would travel some of the same routes, a Jewish merchant embarked upon an amazing 13 year journey throughout present-day Spain, Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle-East. His name was… »
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… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Arts:Non-fiction- The incredible story of Aloha Wanderwell.
It’s an absolutely amazing story: and if it had been written as a novel, people would think it too outlandish and impossible. But in fact it is true. A young girl, barely 16-years-old, joins up with an older man on… »
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,… »
Arts & Entertainment, Your Columns
Arts- Documentary : Once an immigrant
Peter Keleghan is a very successful Canadian TV and screen actor. He calls himself an “uber Canadian”, immensely proud of his country and what it stands for. To him it represents the chance for all newcomers to leave behind the… »
Freeze or thaw? What Freeland’s appointment means for Russia-Canada relations in the Arctic
The appointment of Chrystia Freeland, a fierce critic of the Kremlin and its actions in Ukraine, as Canada’s new minister of foreign affairs could put Canadian-Russian relations and the two countries’ collaboration in the Arctic back into deep freeze, argue… »
Canadian independent publishing and two coming books
A small, somewhat ordinary looking building in Fredericton, New Brunswick, is home to Canada’s oldest independent publisher. It began as a publisher of poetry books in 1954 known as Fiddlehead Poetry Books, originally funded by the University of New Brunswick.… »
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… »
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