Featuring groundbreaking footage from seven winters in the Arctic, People of a Feather takes you through time into the world of Inuit on the Belcher Islands in Hudson Bay. Connecting past present and future is a unique cultural relationship with the eider duck. Continue reading Documentary: People of a Feather
An extraordinary journey to the top of the world, To The Arctic 3D is the ultimate tale of survival. The film takes audiences on a never-before-experienced journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month- old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home. Captivating, adventurous, and intimate footage brings moviegoers up close and personal with this family’s struggle to survive in a frigid environment of melting ice, immense glaciers, spectacular waterfalls, and majestic snowbound peaks. Continue reading To the Arctic (2012)
Canadian ice shelves are changing at an unexpected rate, with almost 50 per cent lost in the last six years, experts say. Continue reading Canadian Ice Shelves Breaking up Fast
Young people often ask me what they have to do to be environmentalists. They want to make a difference. My answer is, “Follow your heart. Do what you love most and pursue it with passion.” Continue reading How to become an environmentalist – Science Matters
Sea levels could rise up to 5 feet by the end of this century, driven by warming in the Arctic and the resulting melt of snow and ice, according to a new study by the International Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP). This is more than two and a half times higher than the 2007 projection of a half to two feet by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Continue reading Arctic melting faster than predicted: Sea levels to rise
Climate change is having devastating effects on people and wildlife around the world. From a lack of food due to severe droughts to homes being swept away due to rising sea levels, climate change is having a real impact. Read these compelling first-hand accounts of the effects of our warming planet both in Canada and abroad. Continue reading First-hand accounts of our warming planet – WWF
EXAMPLE JOB POST: This dream job envisions the development of a global spatial plan for global use within one year. The successful candidate will help to develop a management plan, working for [Your Company Name] and partners in the Global Coalition to assemble and analyze data to support management decisions for sustainable use. Continue reading Example Dream Job Post @ Your Company
The following is a press release from the Pembina Institute: Poznan, Poland – A unique coalition of northern Canadian Indigenous … Continue reading Canadian Arctic Indigenous Peoples and environmental groups team up for call to action
The Coalition was established as a partnership between a number of agencies located in Iqaluit with a mandate or interest in wildlife management in Nunavut. This partnership has expanded over the years and now includes 6 locations: the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, the Department of Environment (Government of Nunavut), Nunavut Research Institute, Department of Fisheries […] Continue reading Nunavut Wildlife Resource Centres Coalition
It’s long been the Canadian Arctic’s dirty little secret: Most of its remote communities are powered solely by diesel. Continue reading Territories hope Arctic winds pack power
Caribou have been a crucial food source for Canada’s northern indigenous people from time immemorial. But their population is dwindling at an alarming rate, in no small part because of improved hunting equipment — including snowmobiles — as well as exploration work for oil and gas reserves and arctic diamond mines. And now, the slow, […] Continue reading Saving the endangered caribou
The Arctic Youth Network is a grassroots organization that works to connect young Northerners to the opportunities around them, to their communities, and to the policies that affect their daily lives. Continue reading Arctic Youth Network
