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Campaign launched to spotlight new place names in Antarctica

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, December 28, 2020 at 12:01
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The Government of the British Antarctic Territory announced 28 new place names this month and launched a social media campaign

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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) RCI 

New media company puts Canada’s Dene Indigenous narratives first, founder says

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at 09:00
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As the Wet’suwet’en Nation conflict over a gas pipeline in B.C. unfolded earlier this year, Tyra Moses, an N.W.T. woman with roots in

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

‘Start by changing your team name’: Inuk MP responds to Edmonton Eskimos post referencing racism

Chantelle Bellrichard, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 10:40
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A social media post by the Edmonton Eskimos referencing racism drew criticism over the weekend given the ongoing controversy over

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General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canadian FedElxn 2019: 800 candidates, 40,000 tweets…. but only 7 mention Inuit? What gives?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 09:21 — Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2019 at 14:04
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A team of Canadian researchers analyzing candidate tweets on Inuit, Métis and First Nations issues during the current federal election

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Facebook rejects ads for traditional Inuit knives, calling them ‘weapons’

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Friday, May 10, 2019 at 11:45 — Last Updated: Monday, May 13, 2019 at 11:43
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An artist in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories says Facebook is culturally discriminating against Inuit after the site rejected his ads selling

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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) General News 

Whirlwind year for Inuk model from Arctic Canada after being discovered on Instagram

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 16:19 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 16:21
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A year ago, Willow Allen never gave modelling a thought. But now, she’s just returned from a three-month professional modelling

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Why a man from Northern Canada created a Twitter bot that monitors temperature trends

Priscilla Hwang, CBC News
Posted: Monday, March 25, 2019 at 11:55
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Will Gagnon says it was a vulnerable moment that led him to eventually create a Twitter bot to raise more

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Looking for your Valentine? Facebook group plays matchmaker for Inuit singles

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 14:55
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If you’ve been finding the dating scene in your Arctic community a little chilly, there’s a new way to find

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Facebook apologizes for removing posts selling sealskin products — again

Gabriela Panza-Beltrandi, CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 21, 2019 at 13:13
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Facebook users in the North say they’re frustrated the social media giant is removing posts selling sealskin products — again.

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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) General News 

With one word a day, this man is teaching the world how to speak Inuktitut

Meagan Deuling, CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 29, 2018 at 10:38 — Last Updated: Friday, November 2, 2018 at 10:33
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Angus Andersen doesn’t have internet at home. Every day he goes to the mall, Tim Hortons, his favourite bakery in

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General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russian bill would restrict soldiers’ social media activity

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 11:12 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 11:15
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State Duma lawmakers are preparing a law punishing soldiers for publishing any information about themselves on social media. Aimed at

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Finland General News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Obama addresses business leaders in Finland on climate change and technology

Yle News
Posted: Friday, September 28, 2018 at 11:49
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At a business seminar in Helsinki, the former American president called for global solutions to global problems. Former US president

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Norwegian blogger posts picture online, gets fined for illegal hunting in Northern Canada

Alexandra Byers, CBC News
Posted: Friday, September 21, 2018 at 12:11 — Last Updated: Monday, May 25, 2020 at 14:23
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A Norwegian travel blogger and social media personality has been fined $1,000 for hunting a ptarmigan out of season in

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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) General News 

Canadian Inuit language settings coming soon to Facebook

Michelle Pucci, CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 9, 2018 at 12:31
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Facebook users could be clicking “piugijara” instead of the “like” button to show they support someone’s post by next year.

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Culture Culture (USA) General News USA 

Alaskan Inuit dialect added to Facebook’s Translate app

Kaila Jefferd-Moore, CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 6, 2018 at 13:57
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Facebook added Inupiaq, an Alaskan Inuit dialect, as a language option thanks to a grassroots project started by an Alaskan

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