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Wonders of the Sea 3D team exploring coral reefs.
Wonders of the Sea – an A\J Q & A with Jean-Michel Cousteau
Adam Morgan | Mar 25, 2019 | in A\J Special Delivery
An oceanographic explorer is using new technology to dive deeper and shed light on threats that put the world’s oceans at risk.
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Jill Pelto’s Landscape of Change uses data about sea level rise, glacier volume
The Long Emergency
Robert Paehlke | Mar 20, 2019 | in A\J Special Delivery
Climate action is profoundly urgent precisely because sufficient change is inevitably slow
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Elder Manitok Thompson and Nunavut Sivuniksavut college students, who study, Inu
Breaking Down Colonial Barriers Through Education
A\J Staff | Mar 4, 2019 | in A\J Special Delivery
How culturally relevant education can empower Inuit youth
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Eastern Prairie White Fringed Orchid (Platanthera leucophaea). Photo by / Josh
Endangered species are not red tape
Anne Bell | Feb 25, 2019 | in A\J Special Delivery
Op Ed explains why we citizens need to protect Ontario's nature – and how we can take action now (March 4 deadline -- make your voice heard).
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Sylvia Grinnell Park outside of Iqaluit, NU
Transforming Nunavut’s Criminal Justice System
A\J Staff | Feb 25, 2019 | in A\J Special Delivery
How policy reflecting Inuit values can help address over-incarceration in Nunavut.
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Events organized in solidarity with activist Greta Thunberg are popping up all o
School Strikes for Climate Gaining Canadian Support
Matt Lie-Paehlke | Feb 23, 2019 | in A\J Special Delivery
How Canadians are showing solidarity with a Swedish activist who cuts class for climate.
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Jane Glassco Northern Fellows, left to right: Melaina Sheldon, Thomsen D’Hont, M
Re-Evaluating Court options for Yukon First Nations
A\J Staff | Feb 19, 2019 | in A\J Special Delivery
Three policy recommendations can better serve the diverse needs of Indigenous communities.
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The flags of Canada, Nunavut and Cambridge Bay / photo by / Don Halffield
The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and Arctic Governance
A\J Staff | Feb 11, 2019 | in A\J Special Delivery
New report calls for more youth and elder representation on territory boards
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Why We Walk
Mary Anne Caibaiosai | Feb 6, 2019 | in A\J Special Delivery
Nga zhichige Nibi onji – We do it for the water.
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Yellowknife Dump / credit: Dawn Tremblay
Waste Management And the Circular Economy of the North
A\J Staff | Feb 4, 2019 | in A\J Special Delivery
How Yellowknife, NWT, manages electronics, tires and organic waste
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Airplane at sunset
Flying Under the Radar Pt. II
Ryan Katz-Rosene | Dec 18, 2018 | in Think Global
Are loopholes in emissions reporting allowing countries to ignore aviation's contributions to global warming?
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Dr. Derek Muir conducting field research in the Arctic/photo provided by author
Muir wins $100,000 Weston prize for a lifetime of Arctic research
Andrew Reeves | Dec 13, 2018 | in Current Events
Arctic researcher Derek Muir has won the Weston Foundation lifetime achievement prize for his work on chemical movements through northern environments.
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Donald Trump Pop Art/image by tiburi
OPINION: Alternative Facts in an Age of Climate Change
Hai Lin Wang | Dec 12, 2018 | in Think Global
How did the culture surrounding Donald Trump fuel climate denial?
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An airplane takes off from a runway/photo by bilaleldaou
Flying Under the Radar
Ryan Katz-Rosene | Dec 11, 2018 | in Think Global
Is the aviation industry washing its hands of climate change?
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Melaina Sheldon speaks at the Glassco Fellowship meeting in 2017/Pat Kane
Keeping Aboriginal Youth out of the Correctional System
A\J Staff | Dec 10, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
“There is a need to prevent Indigenous youth from entering the correctional system from the starting point.”
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Old White Mountain, Yukon/Photo by Jeff Few
Encouraging closer collaboration between scientists and Yukon First Nations
A\J Staff | Dec 6, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
Many northern First Nations are left unaware of the field research being conducted on their traditional territory. How to bring local Indigenous leaders into the permitting process?
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Photo by David Wilson (CC BY 2.0)
OPINION: A Business Case for Keeping Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner
Ellen Schwartzel | Dec 4, 2018 | in EcoLogic
Who will suffer most when Ontario's Environmental Commissioner is silenced? It's not who you might think.
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Thomsen D'Hont addresses a Glassco Fellowship meeting in Yellowknife/Pat Kane
Recruiting Indigenous Physicians in the Northwest Territories
A\J Staff | Dec 3, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
What will it take to get more Indigenous doctors practicing medicine in the North? Thomsen D'Hont, a Metis medical student from Yellowknife, has a few ideas.
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The 2015-2017 Jane Glassco Northern Fellows. Deline, NWT/Photo by Pat Kane
Northern voices driving northern policy
A\J Staff | Nov 30, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
Using smart public policy to build up the North.
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MoCreebec Eeyoud Council in Moose Factory, ON/Joshua Russell
Powering the north
Braydon Black | Nov 28, 2018 | in Green Living
Improving energy efficiencies are changing how northern Ontario’s MoCreebec people are taking control of their power consumption.
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