Canada’s Northwest Territories to overhaul smoking laws, raise minimum age to buy tobacco
The Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, is set to raise minimum age to buy tobacco to 19 as part of
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Camp in Nunavut, Arctic Canada helping teens make new connections and gain new skills
A summer camp aimed at helping young people, including some considered at-risk, in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, is helping them make
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Indigenous participation key to Arctic development, Inuit activist tells Economic Forum of the Americas
Full Inuit participation will be key to long-term sustainable development in the Arctic as well as helping the world confront
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Indigenous students in Alaska get hands-on medical experience at nursing camp
Nurse Charlie Tyrrell is walking students through a wound care demonstration. 17-year-old Mariah Perez and her class partner Rayanne Alick
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Youth pledge to plant 100 million trees at climate summit in Helsinki
A week-long World Summit of Students for Climate (WSSC) concluded in Helsinki on Wednesday with the declaration of a Climate
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Students from 70 countries gather in Finland for climate summit
Nearly 200 school children and 90 teachers from around the world poured into the North Karelian region of eastern Finland
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Unfazed by youth climate protests, Norwegian gov expands Arctic drilling
Environmentalists say the Norwegian government neglects not only the young protesters, but also professional advice of leading experts. Forty thousand
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Thousands of Swedes take part in climate strike
The school strike for climate movement, now in its 40th week, took centre stage again in downtown Stockholm on Friday.
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Youth in Canada’s eastern Arctic speak up about lack of mental health services
Youth in Nunavut, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, say they don’t know how to access mental health services, or what services
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Psychologists in Finland sign climate petition, citing concerns for youth mental health
Nearly 400 psychologists and psychology students have handed a petition to lawmakers involved in government formation talks, demanding that they
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Video game adapted to promote youth mental health for Inuit in Canada
Young people in Canada’s northern territory of Nunavut helped adapt a video game designed to help users cope with depression
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New climate studies program coming to schools in Finland
The Trade Union of Education (OAJ) and education development group Opinkirjo are developing a new teaching model that would make
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‘It’s the worst way to lose a daughter,’ says father of 14-year-old murder victim in Arctic Quebec
Jobie Epoo’s voice cracks when he talks about his daughter, Bethany Nastapoka Epoo. “When she was a little baby, before
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Musician and children’s TV host Riit from Canada’s eastern Arctic recognized for her work
Nunavut-based musician and Inuktitut-language TV host Rita Claire Mike-Murphy is being recognized for her work by the Youth Media Alliance.
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Youth in Arctic Canadian town take aim at grocery store’s plastic use
Youth in Inuvik, Northwest Territories are putting pressure on to ban plastic, and at least one store owner is listening.
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