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A Canadian Ranger patrols the frozen landscape near Eureka, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, on a snowmobile bearing the Canadian flag. (Kevin Paul/The Arctic Institute)

April 27, 2026

Canada’s Arctic security depends on more than defence — here’s how immigration could help

Hamed Kazemzadeh, University of Calgary; L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

As Arctic competition grows, Canada’s security depends not just on defence, but on migration and retaining people to build resilience in the North.

Analyzing samples of polar bears can reveal not only what they ate but also the food web during their lives. Polar bears pictured live in captivity. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

August 31, 2023

How analyzing ancient and modern polar bear samples reveals the full scope of global warming

Jennifer Routledge, Trent University

Comparison of modern and archaeological polar bears indicates that four millennia of food web stability has been disrupted by modern climate change.

Final approach on the air charter into the Voisey’s Bay mine, a fly-in/fly-out nickel, copper and cobalt mine located near Nain, Nunatsiavut, in northern Labrador. (Matthew Pike)

April 25, 2022

As mining activity expands in northern Labrador, COVID‑19’s ‘new normal’ difficult to accept for Nunatsiavut Inuit communities

Matthew Pike, University of Guelph

‘Living with COVID-19’ has much higher risks for Nunatsiavut Inuit communities than many other areas. Recognizing those risks is crucial as mining operations resume in Newfoundland and Labrador.

A housing crisis combined with inadequate access to health care in many communities makes Canada’s North vulnerable to COVID-19. (Julia Christensen)

April 16, 2020

Housing is health: Coronavirus highlights the dangers of the housing crisis in Canada’s North

Julia Christensen, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Despite chronic housing need and persistent health and infrastructural inequities, northern communities are turning to the land and each other to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Tuberculosis has been a problem for decades among Canada’s northern Indigenous population. New data obtained through access to information requests reveals shockingly high TB rates among Nunavut’s infants. Poor data collection indicates the real rates will be even higher. (Gar Lunney/Library and Archives Canada)

April 8, 2018

More than one in 100 Nunavut infants have TB

Sarah Giles, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

The TB epidemic is out of control in Canada’s North. Eliminating the disease will require accurate data as well as government investment.

Many homes in remote Indigenous communities rely on wood or diesel for heating. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

October 25, 2017

Clean energy can advance Indigenous reconciliation

Jatin Nathwani, University of Waterloo

More than 200 remote communities in Canada rely on diesel fuel for energy. Cleaner options could fuel a better quality of life.

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