Mining, environment and polar politics – Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, April 24, 2015 at 22:39 — Last Updated: Monday, April 27, 2015 at 20:29
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Flags from participating nations are seen in the Nunavut Legislative Assembly in preparation for the Artic Council Ministerial Meeting Thursday, April 23, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Ministers from the eight Arctic nations and the leaders of northern indigenous groups will met Friday in Iqaluit. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week:

-Canada hands the two-year rotating chairmanship of the Arctic Council over to the United States today, and Arctic Council stories dominated northern coverage this week. You can check them all out Eye on the Arctic’s Arctic Council 2015 section were we have interviews, articles, blogs and analysis

Elsewhere, energy and the environment dominated headlines in the European Arctic:

–Russia blames Norway for pollution in the Arctic Russian city of Murmansk

-A troubled Finnish mining company, previously responsible for environmental violations, is granted permission to construct a waste pipeline

-An in Canada, a company is proposing floating nuclear stations to power Arctic mining sites

That’s all from us for this week. We’ll be back on Monday with more stories and newsmakers from across the North.

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

Alaska, Arctic Council, economy, environment, indigenous, international, military, Russia, United States

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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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week:

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

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