Eye on the Arctic news roundup

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, August 17, 2012 at 19:33
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A round-up of stories that made headlines across the North this week.

Canada

A ceremony is held in the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador to mark the forced relocation of an Inuit village 1956.

Finland

Experts suggest wildlife tourism would be good for the Finnish economy.

Greenland

Greenland’s premier Kuupik Kleist confirms his interest in working more closely with the people of northern Canada during a tour of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut.

Sweden

Recent measurements suggest that climate change isn’t having the effect on Sweden’s highest mountain that they were anticipating.

United States

The U.S. Coast Guard eyes all-terrain vehicles that could function in the Arctic Ocean.

Write to Eilís Quinn at eilis.quinn(at)cbc.ca

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

Eilís Quinn is an award-winning journalist and manages Radio Canada International’s Eye on the Arctic news cooperation project. Eilís has reported from the Arctic regions of all eight circumpolar countries and has produced numerous documentary and multimedia series about climate change and the issues facing Indigenous peoples in the North.

Her investigative report "Death in the Arctic: A community grieves, a father fights for change," about the murder of Robert Adams, a 19-year-old Inuk man from Arctic Quebec, received the silver medal for “Best Investigative Article or Series” at the 2019 Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The project also received an honourable mention for excellence in reporting on trauma at the 2019 Dart Awards in New York City.

Her report “The Arctic Railway: Building a future or destroying a culture?” on the impact a multi-billion euro infrastructure project would have on Indigenous communities in Arctic Europe was a finalist at the 2019 Canadian Association of Journalists award in the online investigative category.

Her multimedia project on the health challenges in the Canadian Arctic, "Bridging the Divide," was a finalist at the 2012 Webby Awards.

Her work on climate change in the Arctic has also been featured on the TV science program Découverte, as well as Le Téléjournal, the French-Language CBC’s flagship news cast.

Eilís has worked for media organizations in Canada and the United States and as a TV host for the Discovery/BBC Worldwide series "Best in China."

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Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

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