Balancing science and aboriginal knowledge in Canada’s North
Narwhal is an important species in Canada’s North. To local Inuit communities it’s a source of food and sustenance and
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Inuit
Researcher wants audit of anti-suicide strategy in Nunavut, Canada
A social researcher in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut is calling for a performance audit of the territory’s suicide
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Selling caribou meat online may hasten herds’ decline: biologist
Wildlife managers in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut are worried the growing online market for caribou meat may put
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Historic Inuit art collection fails to sell at Canadian auction
Print from 1959 Cape Dorset Print collection. Legend of the Blind Man and the Bear by Pootoogook. (Dorset Fine Arts)
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Cultures collide in Alaska court
BETHEL — The strangely cathartic business of assembly-line justice ground its way through a state court here Tuesday as one by one
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Salmon run’s survival trumps religious rights of Alaska Native fishermen: judge
BETHEL — One by one, Yupik fishermen from along the Kuskokwim River appeared before an Alaska District Court judge here
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Mental health centre opens in Iqaluit, Nunavut
People who need mental health treatment now have a new place to go in Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada’s
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Greenland urged to work with Arctic Council
Leona Aglukkaq, Canada’s chair of the Arctic Council, is urging Denmark to settle a dispute over Greenland’s role at the
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Asian States Admitted to Arctic Council, EU Forced to Wait, and Greenland Boycotts
Asia in, EU not yet China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, India and Italy have all been admitted as permanent observer
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Nunavut, Canada to provide more suicide intervention training
The government in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut will partner with Nunavut Arctic College and the Nunavut Teachers’ Association
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Concerns over Canada’s Arctic Council chairmanship
Canada will take centre stage on northern issues when it assumes chairmanship of the Arctic Council from Sweden on May
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What Canada’s Arctic Council chairmanship means for the North
When Canada takes over chairmanship of the Arctic Council on May 15, its stated priority is ‘developing the North for
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EU to rule on seal ban
The General Court of the European Union will decide on Thursday whether it will strike down Europe’s ban on the
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Nunavut, Canada gold mine back on track
In the next few days, Agnico-Eagle will pour its one-millionth ounce of gold at its mine near the community of Baker
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THE TECHNICIAN – Andrew Qappik
Andrew Qappik is one of the most well-known artists working in Nunavut. He has designed images for everything from tapestries and prints, to the Nunavut Coat of Arms.
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