Mental Health in Canada’s North: ‘We need to recognize resilience too’
May 1-7 is Mental Health Week across Canada. It’s an annual event organized by the Canadian Mental Health Association to
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Mental health in Arctic Canada – Can community programs make the difference?
For many northerners in Canada’s remote Arctic communities, the obstacles to receiving mental health services are multiplied by their isolation and lack
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Mental health in Canada – Can community programs in Arctic Canada make the difference?
May 1-7 is Mental Health Week across Canada. It’s an annual event organized by the Canadian Mental Health Association to
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Better climate adaptation strategies needed across the Arctic
Climate change continues to transform the Arctic at an unprecedented rate but adaptation strategies continue to lag behind, says a series
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Canadian province of Quebec puts Arctic on international agenda
The Canadian province of Quebec included the Arctic as a top priority in its new international policy this month, but
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Q&A: Impact assessments in the Arctic – What Canada and Greenland can learn from each other
MONTREAL — A major conference on the challenges climate change poses for doing impact assessments,wound up in Canada on Friday. Delegates from around the
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Inuit leaders want Ottawa to ‘reimagine’ relations: Obed
A month after the signing of a landmark Inuit-Crown partnership declaration, Canada’s Inuit leaders will be watching closely the release of
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Canada’s Inuit hope Finland carries Indigenous suicide prevention torch further
Canadian Inuit leaders say they hope Finland will continue to focus on the issue of reducing suicide rates among Indigenous
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Killer whales in once-icy Arctic waters are scaring away narwhals
When orcas invade their Arctic territory, narwhals flee, possibly even before the predatory newcomers make any attacks, according to new research.
Read moreThe New Raw: Documentary Report
In this 2010 documentary report, Eye on the Arctic’s Eilís Quinn travelled to Cape Dorset, Nunavut to speak with the Arctic artists whose work is exploring the rapid social and environmental change in their communities.
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VIDEO: Arctic Hunting Now
On a recent Eye on the Arctic reporting trip to Nunavut, we ran into a young hunter named Robin Aupilaq Avaala.
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Video Documentary: How indigenous knowledge is changing what we know about the Arctic
VICTORIA ISLAND, Canada_ It’s a frigid day in the eastern part of Victoria Island in Canada’s High Arctic. The sun is
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Video Series: Working with indigenous knowledge
Earlier this month, we brought you Part 1 of our documentary series looking at the impact of climate change on
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Is climate change making the muskoxen sick on Victoria Island?
VICTORIA ISLAND, Canada _ It hasn’t been an easy day for Nunavut hunters Colin Amegainek, Ryan Angohiatok and Roland Emingak.
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Local corporation sues Arctic Alaskan city to stop reversion to Inupiaq name
A local native corporation is suing the city formerly known as Barrow, demanding it halt the official name-change to Utqiagvik.
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