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Indigenous participation key to Arctic development, Inuit activist tells Economic Forum of the Americas

13 June 201914 June 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments animal rights, culture, ECONOMICS, food security, health, human rights, hunting, mental health, politics, resources, seal, youth

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

7 June 20197 June 2019 Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, education, health care, healthcare, indigenous, youth

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

5 June 2019 Yle News 0 Comments climate change, global warming, Helsinki, Joensuu, World Environment Day, World Summit of Students for Climate, youth

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

29 May 201931 May 2019 Yle News 0 Comments climate change, global warming, World Summit of Students for Climate, youth

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

29 May 201931 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic drilling, climate change, energy, global warming, oil, youth

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

24 May 201924 May 2019 Simon Linter, Radio Sweden 0 Comments climate change, elections, European Union, global warming, Stockholm, youth

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

23 May 2019 Nick Murray, CBC News 0 Comments education, indigenous, Inuit, mental health, Nunavut, youth

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

21 May 2019 Yle News 0 Comments climate change, mental health, youth

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

26 April 201926 April 2019 Lynn Desjardins, Radio Canada International 0 Comments indigenous, Inuit, mental health, Nunavut, Pinnguaq, video games, youth

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

25 April 201926 April 2019 Yle News 0 Comments climate change, education, global warming, youth

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

23 April 2019 Catou MacKinnon, CBC News 0 Comments crime, indigenous, Inuit, Inukjuak, justice, legal, murder, Nunavik, youth

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

15 April 201915 April 2019 CBC News 0 Comments indigenous, Inuit, Inuktitut, media, music, Nunavut, Rita Claire Mike-Murphy, Télévision, youth

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

5 April 2019 Mackenzie Scott, CBC News 0 Comments Inuvik, Northwest Territories, NWT, plastics, pollution, youth

Youth in Inuvik, Northwest Territories are putting pressure on to ban plastic, and at least one store owner is listening.

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Survey in northern city asks parents: should O Canada be sung in schools?

28 March 201928 March 2019 CBC News 0 Comments education, indigenous, Inuit, Iqaluit, Nunavut, residential schools, youth

The public school authority in Iqaluit, Nunavut is looking into whether O Canada should be sung at its four schools.

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Students in Arctic Norway go out on climate strike

25 March 201925 March 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate change, global warming, Kirkenes, pollution, youth

“What do we want? Action! – When do we want it? – Now!” “Why go to school today if the

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