Citizenship, Shell and polar education: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
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education
Blog: Northern Canada doesn’t have a university … Does it need one?
Much ado has been made by the fact that northern Canada – specifically the territories – does not have a
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Blog: Back to the future – An Arctic conference in 1979
On a dusty shelf in the library at my university, I came across a volume entitled Marine Transportation and High
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Time for action: Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission releases recommendations
For the estimated 80,000 survivors of Canada’s residential school system, Tuesday marked another step towards closure with the release of
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Sweden to expand teaching of minority languages
The Swedish National Agency for Education, or Skolverket, is to expand the teaching of Sweden’s five national minority languages (Yiddish, Finnish,
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University of Alaska plans big push to increase, retain homegrown teachers
For decades, teacher Arnold Marks has called the small Interior Alaska village of Tanana, about 130 air miles west of
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Aviation company inspiring new attitudes with altitude in rural Alaska
A small helicopter company is hoping to expand its fledgling program designed to inspire Alaska village students into pursuing careers
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Should Canada have a plan for climate refugees?
A new report looking at how climate change around the world will affect human migration, suggests governments need plans to
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University, U.S. State Department announce Arctic Fulbright program
The University of Alaska Fairbanks is teaming with Dartmouth College in an effort to focus national attention on the Arctic
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Finland: English language dominance worries language teachers
Traditional grammar-focused language teaching is no longer effective in adult education, as older generations shy away from it. Today’s adult
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Feature Interview: What Prime Minister’s northern tours tell us about Canada’s shifting Arctic priorities
Canada’s prime minster Stephen Harper wrapped up a six-day tour to the country’s Far North earlier this week. Marked with
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Nunavut game company offers tech scholarship
A Nunavut game company known for it’s Inuit language games and apps is offering a new scholarship for students interested
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Denmark knights Arctic historian
Kenn Harper of Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, is now a Danish Knight. Kenn
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Teachers in remote northern communities face higher workloads says Canadian study
A new report on teachers’ workloads across Canada’s North says those working at rural or remote schools are at the
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New strategy to increase Inuit workforce in Quebec mines
Mining has become an increasing important part of the economy in Nunavik, the Inuit self-governing region of northern Quebec. But
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