On the occasion of the United Nations climate change conference in Paris (November 30- December 11), Eye on the Arctic has been speaking with different indigenous leaders from across Canada’s North. In this interview series we explore how climate change is affecting… »
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Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Q&A: What’s at stake for the Arctic at COP21?
All eyes are on the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) in Paris. As part of our Eye on the Arctic coverage, we’ve been talking to northern indigenous leaders across Canada about the social and economic consequences of climate change… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
COP21: View from Nunavut, Canada
On the occasion of the United Nations climate change conference in Paris (November 30- December 11), Eye on the Arctic has been speaking with different indigenous leaders from across Canada’s North. In this interview series we explore how climate change is affecting… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society
COP21: View from Yukon, Canada
In the run up to the United Nations climate change conference in Paris (November 30- December 11), Eye on the Arctic spoke to different leaders from across Canada’s North. In this interview series we explore how climate change is affecting… »
Indigenous, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
New tool tranlsates Inuit syllabics into Latin alphabet
A Canadian technology company has created a Google extension that will allow people to convert Inuit language syllabics into Roman orthography. Pinnguaq, a company based in the community of Pangnirtung in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, developed the extension… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics
Feature Interview: The politics of climate
As the dust settles after Canada’s marathon 78-day federal election campaign, post mortems are being done on the issues that did, and didn’t, resonate with Canadians. Everything from the Syrian refugee crisis to terrorism dominated headlines during the campaign. But climate change issues were… »
How Inuk are you?… The Quiz
Inuvery or Inu-white? If you’re from outside the Canadian Arctic you’re probably reading those two words and thinking ‘What the ….?’ But if you’re reading this in one of Canada’s Inuit regions, you’re probably chuckling to yourself as we speak.… »
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Politics, plastics and whaling: Arctic week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this week: -In her most recent blog, Arctic expert Heather Exner-Pirot looks at the participation of indigenous people in the Arctic… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Shipping, science and Shell: Arctic week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this week: -Shell’s pullout from offshore operations in Arctic Alaska continued to grab your attention this week, especially stories examining the… »
Economy, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society
Indigenous rights & Shell’s polar saga: Arctic week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this week: – The former president of the Sámi Parliament in Finland lashed out at the country this week calling it a “racist”… »
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