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Canadian seal summit wrapped up with Ottawa calling for further study

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, November 14, 2022 at 15:54
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The Canadian seal summit held last week wrapped up with Ottawa promising further study on better understanding the role of

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Climate change is worsening water scarcity in rural Alaska says study

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 13:04
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Climate change is worsening water scarcity in rural Alaska and a host of new strategies is needed to help address

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Inuit gov in Atlantic Canada relaxes travel advisory to region

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 14:21
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Nunatsiavut, the Inuit self-governing region in the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, has relaxed their travel warning saying

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Yukon’s tourism minister on policy making in the pandemic – Arctic Tourism & the Pandemic: Ep 4

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 15:45 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:29
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Prior to the pandemic, Arctic regions and chambers of commerce around the world had increasingly touted tourism as a key

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COVID-19 pandemic raises hard questions about health disparities, says Int’l Inuit org

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 13:42
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the huge disparities between Inuit communities and the South and will require urgent attention in

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The Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey, 2007-2009, found that 70 per cent of Inuit preschoolers don't know when they'll get their next meal. (Aboriginal Food Security in Northern Canada: An Assessment of the State of Knowledge / CBC.ca)
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Nunavut Inuit go hungry more than any other indigenous group in developed world: report

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Posted: Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 09:37
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A new study released Thursday says people in Nunavut have the highest food insecurity rate for any indigenous population in

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Kiera Kolson, récipiendaire du prix Jonathon Solomon pour l’activisme jeunesse. (CBC.ca)
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Dene woman wins award for preserving Aboriginal culture

CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 17, 2014 at 11:28
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Even at 14, Kiera Kolson never shied away from speaking her mind. Being part Gwich’in and Tso’Tine Dene, two First

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Iqaluit hunters cut up a bowhead whale in 2011. A new study of Nunavut's food security problems is calling for increased support for the territory's hunters and fishers. (CBC.ca)
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Support hunters to fight hunger in Nunavut, says report

CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 7, 2014 at 13:36
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A new study of  food security problems in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut  is calling for increased support for

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Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada's eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. (Eilís Quinn / Eye on the Arctic)
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Blog: And now for the good news …

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 16:20

I won’t begin, as others have, by apologizing for making a year-in-review list. I happen to like lists, and it’s

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Kimmirut's alcohol education committee is asking for a complete ban on booze in the community between Dec. 20 and Jan. 4. (CBC.ca)
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Canadian Inuit community applies for holiday booze ban

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 15:07
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The alcohol education committee in the Inuit community of Kimmirut in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut is asking for

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Definition of ‘Alaska Native’ needs fixing in U.S. health care law

APRN
Posted: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 10:10
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Thousands of Alaska Natives will miss out on benefits they qualify for under the Affordable Care Act if the definition

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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