Blog: Caribou, development & North Korea – Week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 at 21:20 — Last Updated: Monday, February 15, 2016 at 21:32
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Commuters walk past a television screen showing a broadcast of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's New Year speech, at a railroad station in Seoul on January 1, 2016. North Korea announced that it had signed the Svalbard Treaty and that was one of your most-read stories the last week. (Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images) — Commuters walk past a television screen showing a broadcast of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s New Year speech, at a railroad station in Seoul on January 1, 2016. North Korea announced that it had signed the Svalbard Treaty and that was one of your most-read stories the last week. (Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images)

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

–North Korea signs the Svalbard treaty giving it the right to conduct economic and scientific activities on the Arctic archipelago.

-The U.S. military will conduct air exercises over Arctic Finland this May.

– A new book has come out exploring the painful stories of Sami who were abused in church-run schools in Sweden.

-Arctic blogger Heather Exner-Pirot examines the tough realities of successful northern development

-A recent study looks at caribou behaviour in Arctic Alaska, where some caribou are crossing a mining road… and some aren’t.

That’s all from us for now. We’ll be back next week with your top stories and newsmakers from across the North.

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

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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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