Jean Malaurie was famous for his work in the Far North, and for his commitment to the Indigenous polar populations. Image: Claude Truong-Ngoc / Wikimedia Commons French ethnologist and geographer Jean Malaurie died on February 5 in France at the age of 101....
The year 2023 saw several projects and events aimed at strengthening the self-determination and presence of circumpolar Indigenous populations in scientific research, in the Arctic and on the international scene. The opportunity for us to take a retrospective on this...
The landscape of Quttinirpaaq National Park is characterized by diverse tundra and glaciated mountains. Photo: Paul Gierszewski via Wikipedia(CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)(cropped) The new 10-year management plan for Quttinirpaaq National Park on Ellesmere Island, Canada’s...
ArcticNet is Canada’s Network of Centres of Excellence, bringing together scientists, engineers and professionals from the human, natural and social sciences with partners from Inuit organizations, northern communities, federal and provincial agencies and the...
A hunter inspects the sea ice with his harpoon near a polynya, a task for which traditional tools are still needed. With the help of SIKU, he can share his observations with other hunters. Photo: Arctic Eider Society From Inuit for Inuit: “SIKU – The...