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Blog: Field notes from Greenland – A glacier calves

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, August 25, 2014 at 11:40 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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Part of Russell Glacier just east of the road from Kangerlussuaq up to the ice sheet collapsed into the river

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Photo Galleries Society Society (Russia) Special Features 

Creating links across the Arctic – A look back on the Beringia Arctic Games

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, August 21, 2014 at 09:27 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 08:13
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To view photo captions, click on “SL” and then the “info” button in the top right-hand corner The inaugural Beringia

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Politics Politics (USA) USA 

New U.S. Arctic emissary gets plenty of ideas from Alaskans for Arctic Council priorities

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, August 15, 2014 at 09:58
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The newly appointed U.S. special Arctic representative, former Coast Guard Commandant Robert Papp, has issued a call for ideas about

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) 

International Inuit meeting wraps up in Arctic Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, July 25, 2014 at 16:53
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The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) general assembly wrapped up in Canada on Thursday with the naming of a new Chair

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Blog Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Blog: USA steps up Arctic game with appointment of Papp as special representative

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at 11:22
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Since 2006, eleven different states have appointed Arctic Ambassadors/Envoys, and last week the United States became the twelfth, with Secretary

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Environment Minister and Nunavut MP Leona Aglukkaq is Canada's minister for the Arctic Council. (The Canadian Press)
Blog Canada Society Society (Canada) Special Features 

Blog: Inuit Circumpolar Council General Assembly kicks off in Arctic Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, July 21, 2014 at 17:05
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Just a quick note to remind everyone that the the Inuit Circumpolar Council general assembly is now underway in the

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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) 

Kenojuak Ashevak exhibition in Toronto, Ontario winds up this week

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at 17:43 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:10
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When reknowned Canadian Artist Kenojuak Ashevak died in 2013, she left behind a rich legacy. Her iconic images like Enchanted

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Iqaluit, the capital of Canada's eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, will host the Arctic Council ministerial April 24-25. (The Canadian Press)
Arctic-Council-2015 Canada Politics Politics (Canada) 

Arctic Economic Council to meet in Nunavut in September

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, July 11, 2014 at 11:02 — Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014 at 13:52
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The first official meeting of the Arctic Council’s Arctic Economic Council will take place in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of

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Talia Metuq (seated), with actor Jaden Ishulutaq, working on a script for video game audio. Metuq received a scholarship this year to study 3D modeling animation and design in Vancouver. (Courtesy Pinnguaq)
Canada Society Society (Canada) Special Features 

Nunavut game company offers tech scholarship

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, July 7, 2014 at 17:18 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:14
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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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How are Canada's Arctic Council priorities resonating in the world's circumpolar regions? (iStock)
Arctic-Council-2015 Canada Politics Politics (Canada) Special Features 

Canada’s Arctic Council leadership gets mixed reviews

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 11:19

Canada is now just over one year into its two-year chairmanship of the Arctic Council. It assumed leadership of the

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Screenshot of the new Pan-Inuit Trails Atlas. (http://www.paninuittrails.org)
Blog Canada Society Society (Canada) Special Features 

Blog: Interactive atlas shows Inuit trails

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, June 16, 2014 at 10:28 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33

Last week, a new atlas was released documenting the network of pan-Inuit trails crisscrossing the Arctic from Alaska to Greenland.

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Food security is an issue in communities across the North. Here, Pauline Kadjuk, 1, is carried in a Amautik by her mother Brittany Ikulik, middle, while paying for groceries at the Northern store in the small town of Baker Lake, Nunavut. (Nathan Denette / The Canadian Press)
Canada Society Society (Canada) Special Features 

Blog: Addressing northern food insecurity

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Monday, June 9, 2014 at 15:22
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The challenge of northern food security is not new, but awareness on the issue has been growing, thanks to efforts

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Inuit hunters set up seal nets under the ice near the community of Clyde River in Canada's eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. (Levon Sevunts / Radio Canada International)
Canada Society Society (Canada) Special Features 

Updated: Canadian Inuit blast ruling on continued EU seal ban as ‘morally reprehensible’

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2014 at 16:32
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The leader of Canada’s national Inuit organization, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), denounced Thursday’s WTO ruling upholding an EU ban on

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Inuit hunters set up seal nets under the ice near the community of Clyde River in Canada's eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. (Levon Sevunts / Radio Canada International)
Canada Society Society (Canada) Special Features 

WTO upholds EU ban on seal products

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2014 at 12:28
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The World Trade Organization appellate body issued a ruling on Thursday that upholds the controversial European Union seal ban. A

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CBC North Video Journalist reporting on a windstorm in Iqaluit. (CBC)
Blog Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Interview: CBC North journalist finds home in Canadian Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, May 16, 2014 at 11:57 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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“If you think Iqaluit is the North, you have another thing coming.” So some folks in this Canadian city of

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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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