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Japan scopes out future Arctic research in Cambridge Bay, Northern Canada

8 July 201912 July 2019 Kate Kyle, CBC News 0 Comments Cambridge Bay, climate change, indigenous, Inuit, Japan, Nunavut, sea ice, traditional knowledge

A Japanese research institute is seeking to deepen its collaboration with Canadian scientists and Inuit to further research in the

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Six Inuit guardian groups to receive $4.3M in funding from Ottawa

4 July 20194 July 2019 Ryan Patrick Jones, CBC News 0 Comments indigenous, Inuit, traditional knowledge, wildlife

Six Inuit organizations will receive $4.3 million in federal funding for a variety of environmental stewardship programs. The money will

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Naturopath from Northern Canada publishes book challenging assumptions around Indigenous medicine

29 April 201929 April 2019 CBC News 0 Comments books, First Nations, health, indigenous, medicine, Northwest Territories, NWT, traditional knowledge

A Yellowknife, Northwest Territories naturopathic doctor and Indigenous health advocate is hoping to help build bridges between traditional and western

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Indigenous scientist from Northern Canada to share climate change insights at embassies in Europe

4 February 2019 CBC News 0 Comments climate change, First Nations, indigenous, traditional knowledge, Yukon

When a Canadian diplomat in Germany messaged Jocelyn Joe-Strack on social media to see if she wanted to give a

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Tragedies in hamlet in Arctic Canada sparking talk of a Franklin ‘curse’

18 December 2018 Dean Beeby, CBC News 0 Comments Franklin expedition, Gjoa Haven, history, Inuit, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, shipwreck, traditional knowledge

Some residents of an Arctic hamlet located near the Franklin shipwrecks have linked a spate of tragic deaths in the

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Arctic shows what science diplomacy can achieve, Montreal forum hears

17 May 201817 May 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments climate change, education, indigenous, McGill University, politics, traditional knowledge

Science diplomacy will become increasingly important in a globalized world, and the Arctic is a prime example of what is

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Canadian Arctic park runs igloo building workshop

10 May 201810 May 2018 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Baffin Island, Canada, igloo, Inuit, Nunavut, Pond Inlet, Sirmilik National Park, traditional knowledge

Igloos, the dome-like structures built out of blocks of packed snow, have become one of the most iconic images of

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Feds announce funding to tackle climate change in Inuit region of Atlantic Canada

20 February 201820 February 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments climate adaptation, environment, food security, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunatsiavut, politics, traditional knowledge

The federal government announced $977,975 in funding on Monday to help Inuit communities in Atlantic Canada better tackle climate change impacts

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U.S. Interior Secretary announces inclusion of Native communities in land management

24 October 201624 October 2016 Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments indigenous, politics, traditional knowledge

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell addressed AFN on Friday. Jewell announced a new secretarial order that requires the Department to

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White House: No nation an island on Arctic science

28 September 2016 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments indigenous, reserch, traditional knowledge

Cabinet members and high-ranking science advisors from 25 governments convened on the White House on Wednesday  to discuss the Arctic. It’s

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