Homelessness in the Arctic comes with extra challenges. To avoid hypothermia, people inflicted by homelessness sometimes have to stay in stairwells like this one in Sisimiut, Greenland’s second largest city. Photo: Piitannguaq Egede at Unsplash It has been more...
Canada’s Nunavut region (here Iqaluit) and Nunavik have similar connectivity needs. Image: Michael Delaunay Three new communities in the Eastern Hudson Bay region have been connected to the fibre-optic network, according to an announcement by Hilda Snowball,...
Light is one of the essential elements for the synthesis of vitamin D by the skin. Sunset in Nunavik. Image: Martin Tuchschere / Wikimedia Commons A new study has just documented an epidemic of vitamin D deficiency in the villages and communities of northern Canada....
In the new video course, Dina, the host, speaks directly to Greenlanders struggling with anxiety. The course also employs animations like emojis to convey its messages. Photo: Screenshot from mindhelper.gl Remote towns and a lack of Greenlandic speaking therapists are...
It is here at Queen Ingrid’ Hospital in Nuuk that the majority of Greenlandic births take place. Photo: Wikimedia Commons When Greenlandic women in remotely located towns are pregnant they have to leave family, friends, and familiar surroundings behind to go on...