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Ice patterns are seen in Baffin Bay above the Arctic Circle. Budget cuts at ECCC raise concerns about how governments will develop effective polices and laws that rely upon scientific research. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Budget cuts at Environment and Climate Change Canada threaten Arctic science

Roxana Suehring, Toronto Metropolitan University and Patricia Hania, Toronto Metropolitan University

For decades, ECCC research scientists have been integral to the work of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme.
As Arctic sea ice melts, human activity is making the ocean louder, impacting marine wildlife that rely on sound. (Unsplash/Hubert Neufeld)

Human activity is making the Arctic’s waters louder

Philippe Blondel, University of Bath

Human activity from ships, snowmobiles, machinery and aircraft is contributing to making Arctic waters louder.
Locals drive by a building that has sloped into the ground due to warming permafrost in Nain, N.L., in May 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Canada’s North is warming from the ground up, and our infrastructure isn’t ready

Mohammadamin Ahmadfard, Toronto Metropolitan University; Ibrahim Ghalayini, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Seth Dworkin, Toronto Metropolitan University

Permafrost supports homes and communities across Northern Canada. However, as the climate warms, melting permafrost poses significant challenges for infrastructure.
Indigenous Elders from the Kitikmeot Heritage Society, community members, hunters and trappers, regional tourism representatives and scientists having a discussion during the Muskox and Genomics Community Workshop in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, in January 2024. (Shivangi Mishra)

Improving Arctic food security through DNA science and respectful collaboration with Indigenous Peoples

Shivangi Mishra, University of Calgary and Srijak Bhatnagar, Athabasca University

Using fast-evolving DNA-based techniques requires awareness, community buy-in, and, most importantly, trust and respect to tackle urgent challenges in the Arctic.
An Inuit girl is carried by her mother at a grocery store in Baker Lake, Nvt., in March 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Inuit children in Nunavut face a preventable food security crisis

Vandna Sinha, McGill University; David Wheatley, Wilfrid Laurier University; Jessica Penney, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Nicholas Li, Toronto Metropolitan University

With funding for a government food voucher program ending and Parliament prorogued, many Inuit children in Nunavut may soon go hungry.
Sheila Flaherty, the Nunavut director of the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada in Iqaluit, Nvt. Sustainable tourism connects people to the planet and their culture while providing them with livelihoods. (Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada)

Indigenous women in Northern Canada creating sustainable livelihoods through tourism

Sonya Graci, Toronto Metropolitan University and Yvette Rasmussen

Indigenous women are using sustainable tourism to overcome generational challenges and as an entrepreneurial means of generating income.
NOSM University, which began as the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, may potentially offer a model for Northern education in other professional fields. (NOSM University)

Northern Ontario needs more local post‑secondary education — and the province’s funding

Avery Beall, Nipissing University and David Zarifa, Nipissing University

Ontario’s changed university funding formula, which forces institutions to rely on high student tuition for niche programs, is putting some northern institutions in precarious financial situations.

Related Topics

  1. Arctic
  2. Arctic Canada
  3. Climate change
  4. Food
  5. Food insecurity
  6. Global warming
  7. Indigenous
  8. Indigenous communities
  9. Inuit
  10. Nunavut

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