Podcasts about inuvialuit

Indigenous hunting and beluga populations Science Sessions are brief conversations with cutting-edge researchers, National Academy members, and policymakers as they discuss topics relevant to today's scientific community. Learn the behind-the-scenes story of work published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), plus a broad range of scientific news about discoveries that affect the world around us. In this episode, Max Friesen, Eline Lorenzen, and Mikkel Skovrind explore beluga population dynamics in relation to subsistence hunting by Indigenous communities in northern Canada. In this episode, we cover: •[00:00] Introduction •[01:01] Archaeologist Max Friesen talks about the role of belugas in Inuvialuit culture. •[01:45] Evolutionary biologist Eline Lorenzen talks about the background of the study. •[02:26] Naturalist Mikkel Skovrind explains the methods of the study, including the sources of beluga samples and the methods of analysis. •[03:58] Skovrind introduces the results of the study, including the changing ratio of males to females harvested. •[06:07] Lorenzen describes the finding that genetic diversity of belugas had not declined over time. •[06:59] Friesen and Lorenzen talk about what the study reveals, and suggests, about past hunting methods. •[08:09] The authors explain the caveats and limitations of the study. •[09:05] Skovrind and Friesen explore the implications of the study for traditional subsistence hunting practices. •[10:19] Conclusion About Our Guests: Max Friesen Professor University of Toronto Eline Lorenzen Professor University of Copenhagen Mikkel Skovrind Postdoctoral researcher Lund University View related content here: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2405993121 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts for more captivating discussions on scientific breakthroughs! Visit Science Sessions on PNAS.org: https://www.pnas.org/about/science-sessions-podcast Follow PNAS: Twitter/X Facebook LinkedIn YouTube Sign up for the PNAS Highlights newsletter

Louie Goose is a renowned Inuvialuit vocalist and guitar player from Inuvik, Northwest Territories. In this interview, Louie recounts his strong connection to his Inuit ancestry and heritage and the music scene in the Mackenzie Delta region through the 1960s and 70s.

A moss bag is a traditional way of carrying our babies, sometimes called a baby's second teacher. The first is their mom. Our women hold important knowledge and this week Rosanna speaks with three warriors who are reclaiming traditional parenting ways.From caring for mothers through trauma using tipi teachings to using story to inspire parents to raise little warriors and passing on Inuvialuit culture. These Indigenous women are holding up those who hold up our worlds - Happy mothers day. 

“We've learned to live on one of the harshest areas of this planet by working together.” Gwich'in Grand Chief Ken Kyikavachik and Inuvialuit artist Bambi Amos tell us about staying connected to the land and Indigenous culture amid today's challenges.With thanks to the Town of Inuvik for sponsoring this season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a tiny village north of the Arctic Circle in Canada, the Inuvialuit of Tuktoyaktuk have taken climate science into their own hands. 

In a tiny village north of the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Territories, the Inuvialuit of Tuktoyaktuk have taken climate science into their own hands. 

Dive into this week's episode of "What She Said," as we explore a myriad of narratives spanning from personal transformations to cultural preservation. Join the conversations with author Katherine North on embracing life's messiness, Dr. Christine Palmay's important suncare tips, Anne Brodie's latest entertainment updates, Taalrumiq's passion for Inuvialuit culture, Ritu Bhasin's insights on authenticity and belonging, and Vivian Boyko's aka @justagram's unexpected journey to TikTok stardom. Social: Katherine North Website: http://www.declaredominion.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/declaredominion Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/katherine_north_saltspring Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/declaredominion Care to Know - Dr. Christine Palmay Website: https://caretoknow.ca/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caretoknow_/ Anne Brodie Twitter: https://twitter.com/annebrodie Website: whatshesaidtalk.com Taalrumiq Website: https://taalrumiq.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/taalrumiq Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taalrumiq/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taalrumiq TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@taalrumiq?lang=en PIC&D: https://proudlyindigenouscrafts.com/artist/taalrumiq-christina-king/ Ritu Bhasin Website: ritubhasin.com/ bhasinconsulting.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ritu_Bhasin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ritu_bhasin/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/riturbhasin1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ritubhasin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritubhasin/ Vivian Boyko Instagram: instagram.com/justa_grandma Facebook: facebook.com/vivianboykoauthor Tiktok: tiktok.com/@justagram

We're celebrating four Indspire Award recipients who create, educate, and inspire The Indspire Awards represent the highest honour the Indigenous community bestows upon its own people. Every year, a dozen First Nation, Metis and Inuit people are chosen for their outstanding achievements across Turtle Island and beyond. Nations Skate Youth is where Joe Buffalo and his team teach kids to skate, as a way to empower, inspire and instill pride. Joe is a legend in the skate community. Not just for his gravity defying feats on a board but also because of his incredible story of survival and resilience. He survived one of Canada's last residential schools, confronted substance abuse in his life, and after picking up his first skateboard turned pro and became a legend. This year the Samson Cree man was recognized with a Sports Indspire Award. One of this year's Youth Recipients is Willow Allen. She is a fashion model, a cultural content creator with over a million followers and a soon to be social worker. After being discovered on Instagram, the Inuvialuit beauty has walked runways from Singapore to New York for big name brands like Clinique, Louboutin Beauty, and Canada Goose. But because home is where her heart is, Willow, who is from Inuvik, Northwest Territories also teaches people online about life in the north – just as her dad taught her on the land. Building cabins with her grandfather inspired Reanna Merasty to build a career as an architect focused on holistic homes. Now, Reanna is an architectural intern. She also co-founded the Indigenous Design and Planning Students Association at the University of Manitoba. Reanna is a recipient of a Youth Indspire Award for her advocacy and dedication to changing the field of architecture. Lori Campbell is a 60s Scoop adoptee: one of about 20-thousand Indigenous children who were removed by the government and adopted into mostly non-Indigenous families. She was lost - disconnected from her culture until she enrolled at the University of Regina. There she found a community of “aunties and uncles” that guided her on a journey of self-discovery. Now, as the Associate Vice President of Indigenous Engagement of the same university, she is on a mission to make universities a resource for other Indigenous people who want to find their way home.

We are proud to host a special series of podcasts highlighting the ICC Inuit Artist of the Month. On the first Thursday of every month in 2023 we'll hear from one of the 12 artists. Thanks to funding by the Department of Canadian Heritage – Indigenous Language Component, each artist is provided a bursary to further their art.In this episode, host Madeleine Allakariallak speaks with Priscilla Boulay, who is originally from Tuktoyaktuk in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.She is a third generation carver – working with soapstone, walrus ivory, muskox horn, caribou antler, and baleen. She makes traditional Inuit carvings, and jewelry.Her unique style of carving stems from her views and experiences of traditional Inuvialuit life, growing up on the coast of the Arctic ocean on the Beaufort Sea.ᐃᓄᐃᑦᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᒃᑯᑦᐃᓄᐃᑦᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎᖏᑦᑕᖅᑭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᑦᐹᑦᑳᔅᑦᒧᑦᑕᕐᕆᔮᔅᓴᑦ − ᐳᕆᓯᓚᐴᓚᐃᐅᐱᒍᓱᑦᓱᑕ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᕗᒍᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᒋᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐹᑦᑳᔅᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᑕᖅᑭᖃᖅᑎᑦᓯᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᓯᑕᒥᖓᓂ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᐅᑉ ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᑦ  2023−ᒥ ᑐᓴᕈᒫᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᓵᓚᓕᒻᒥᒃ ᖁᓕᓪᓗ ᒪᕐᕉᓗ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᖅᑐᓂ. ᖁᔭᓕᕗᒍᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ−ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᖓᔪᑦ, ᐊᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᖅᑎᑕᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᑲᓐᓂᖁᓪᓗᒍ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᒥᓂ.ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᒥ, ᑐᙵᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᒫᑕᓕᓐ ᐊᓚᖅᑲᕆᐊᓪᓚᒃ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐳᕆᓯᓚ ᐴᓚᐃᒥᒃ, ᑐᒃᑑᔮᖅᑐᕐᒥᐅᑕᒃᓴᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ.ᐱᖓᔪᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑭᖑᕚᕇᓄᑦ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ − ᐅᒃᑯᓯᔅᓴᒥᑦ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑐᓂ, ᐊᐃᕕᐅᑉ ᑑᒑᒥᓂᖓᓂᒃ, ᐅᒥᒻᒪᐅᑉ ᓇᒡᔪᒥᓂᖓᓂᒃ, ᑐᒃᑐᒧᑦ ᓇᒡᔪᒥᓂᕐᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᖅᑲᕐᒥᒃ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᕈᓯᑐᖃᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᑯᒥᓇᖅᓴᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᕙᑦᑐᓂ.ᐊᔾᔨᐅᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᕈᓯᖓ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖓᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᑐᖃᖏᓐᓂᑦ, ᐱᕈᖅᓴᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑑᑉ ᐃᒪᕕᖓᓂ ᐅᐊᓕᓂᐅᑉ ᑕᕆᐅᖓᓂ. Inuit Ukiuqtaqtumiuqatigiit Katimajingikkut Inuit Sanannguaqtingit Taqqiqaqtitauningat Paatkaastmut Tarrijaassat − Purisila PuulaiUpigusutsuta pigiaqtitsivugut ajjiungittunik takutsaugiuqtunik Paatkaaskut Inuit Ukiuqtaqtumiuqatigiit Katimajingikkut Inungnit Pinnguaqtinik Taqqiqaqtitsitillugit. Sitamingani pigiarluni taqqiup taqqitamaat  2023−mi tusarumaaqpugut saalalimmik qulillu marruulu saalaqausiaqtuni. Qujalivugut kiinaujaqaqtitaugutittinnik Kanatami Iliqqusilirijikkunnik−Nunaqaqqaaqsimajunut Uqausirngajut, atunik pinnguaqti kiinaujaqtaaqtitat pinnguarnirminik pivaallikanniqullugu quviagijamini. Tavvani unikkaarmi, tunngasuktittiji Maatalin Alaqqariallak uqaqatiqaqtuq Purisila Puulaimik, Tuktuujaaqturmiutaksajaujuq Inuvialuit Nunangani. Pingajugijaulluni kinguvaariinut sanannguaqtiujuq − ukkusissamit sanannguaqtuni, aiviup tuugaamininganik, umimmaup nagjumininganik, tuktumut nagjuminirnik, amma suqqarmik. Inuit sanannguarusituqanginnik sanaqattaqtuq, amma takuminaqsautinik sanavattuni. Ajjiungittuq sanannguarusinga isumagijangagut amma atuqsimajanginnit inuit inuusituqanginnit, piruqsalluni Ukiuqtaqtuup imavingani Ualiniup Tariungani.

Fur has become a fashion faux pas in some circles. Aggressive anti-fur campaigns with graphic images and slogans have made furs, feathers and hides increasingly unpopular in popular culture. Animal rights groups say fur farms are cruel, wild animals are trapped inhumanely, and fur just isn't necessary. It has brought international attention to a move to ban it all together. But for these Indigenous trappers and artisans who use fur, it's a way of life: Since 1971, the Manitoba Trappers Association, currently led by President Kenneth Woitowicz, has hosted the Thompson Fur Table. Trappers from all over the north come to this two-day event to sell their furs and even compete for who has the best furs. Trappers like Jeff Laliberty and Terry McLellan. Or youth like Robin Donaldson and Deja Tait, who has been trapping since she was 12 years old. While fewer people come each year, trappers try to stay optimistic about a way of life that has sustained generations, a way of life they still pass on. We head north from Manitoba to the Northwest Territories. Nathan Kogiak is the Fur Marketing and Sales Coordinator for the Government of the Northwest Territories. He helps artisans access affordable materials for their crafts. But Nathan isn't just a public servant. As an Inuvialuk, he also spends a lot of his life out on the trap lines. He knows how challenging – and rewarding – the hunting and trapping way of life can be. Taalrumiq is an Inuvialuit artist, fashion designer, and content creator from Tuktoyaktuk. She also sees herself as an educator. Whether through her online videos or her travels south to sell her work, Taalrumiq takes the opportunity to challenge anti-fur sentiment and offer a different perspective that comes from a long line of fur fashion.

A film crew follows an Inuit and Gwich'in hunter as he builds a traditional Inuvialuit log cabin off the grid in the new documentary “Okpik: Little Village in the Arctic”. Those behind the film wanted to highlight an example of creating housing security with traditional methods and values at the forefront. The COVID-19 pandemic brought to light the severity of the housing crisis in Indigenous communities in the Arctic, including Canada and Alaska. Climate change, rural locations, and underfunding of housing programs only exacerbates the problem. Wednesday on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce talks with filmmaker and singer Tiffany Ayalik (Inuit) and Kylik Kisoun Taylor (Inuvialuit), who is featured in the documentary, about the challenges and solutions.

A film crew follows an Inuit and Gwich'in hunter as he builds a traditional Inuvialuit log cabin off the grid in the new documentary “Okpik: Little Village in the Arctic”. Those behind the film wanted to highlight an example of creating housing security with traditional methods and values at the forefront. The COVID-19 pandemic brought to light the severity of the housing crisis in Indigenous communities in the Arctic, including Canada and Alaska. Climate change, rural locations, and underfunding of housing programs only exacerbates the problem. Wednesday on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce talks with filmmaker and singer Tiffany Ayalik (Inuit) and Kylik Kisoun Taylor (Inuvialuit), who is featured in the documentary, about the challenges and solutions.

For April's episode, Jennifer is joined by the multi-talented stage and literary artist Reneltta Arluk to talk about the award-winning short story collection Tainna: The Unseen Ones by Norma Dunning. Published in 2021, the book's six stories focus on contemporary Inuk characters, drawn from lived experience and cultural memory. The collection won the Governor General's Award for English-language Fiction in 2021.More on Tainna:https://douglas-mcintyre.com/products/9781771622714More on Reneltta Arluk:Reneltta Arluk is Dene and Inuvialuit from the Northwest Territories. She is a graduate of the BFA-Acting program from the University of Alberta and founder of Akpik Theatre, a professional Indigenous Theatre company in the NWT. Raised by her grandparents on the trap-line until school age, being raised in a nomadic environment gave Reneltta the skills to become the artist she is now. For over ten years Reneltta has been part of or initiated the creation of Indigenous Theatre across various parts of Canada and overseas as an actor, storyteller, writer and producer. “Keeping Culture Alive,” as her mom would say. She is currently the Director of Indigenous Arts at the Banff Centre for the Arts.

Ob in der Hauptstadt Yellowknife oder auf einem Roadtrip in die abgelegensten Winkel dieses Planeten, die Northwest Territories bieten einfach ein Reiseerlebnis der Extraklasse! Legendäre Panoramastraßen wie der Dempster Highway oder die noch recht neue Allwetterstraße von Inuvik nach Tuktoyaktuk ans Nordpolarmeer lassen jedem Abenteurer die Ohren klingeln. Das Ganze in Begleitung wilder Tiere, tanzender Polarlichter, atemberaubenden Outdoor-Erlebnisse und jeder Menge Einblicke in die Traditionen der Inuvialuit. www.spectacularnwt.de

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases a new report, the GNWT creates a video series about substance abuse and mental health, and Erica Donovan gets married in a traditional Inuvialuit atikluk dress, designed by her cousin. Catriona Koenig hosts.

Meaghan Brackenbury assesses the likelihood of flooding as breakup reaches the Sahtu, plus Sarah Sibley meets Inuvialuit youth creating a beluga whale documentary. Ollie Williams hosts.

Climate change is having a significant effect on Arctic communities. The loss of permafrost and ice sheets, sea level rise, erosion, and many other factors are putting people living in coastal communities and their traditional way of life at risk. In this episode, we’re talking with Jeff King, Deputy Lead of the Engineering With Nature program at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Sam Whitin, Coastal Resilience Director at EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc. PBC; and Enda Murphy, Senior Research Engineer at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). We’re discussing the unique challenges and opportunities involved in identifying and designing resilience strategies to help remote northern communities in Alaska and Canada whose future and way of life is imminently threatened by climate change. And we’re reflecting on how Engineering With Nature approaches could be used to address critical challenges faced by remote northern communities.   The Arctic region is warming at a much higher rate than other parts of the continent. Retreating sea ice, shorter ice season duration, and thawing permafrost are contributing to the destabilization of coastlines. And, as Enda points out, “a lot of these remote northern communities are really reliant on fishing and hunting and the land for subsistence and their livelihoods. That creates an even greater imperative to understand and adapt to the changing climate.” Sam adds that communities in Alaska are also experiencing significant issues related to erosion and flooding, along with impacts to migratory patterns of fish, wildlife and whales: “Given the close connection that these communities have related to subsistence hunting and fishing, climate change is magnified in even more ways than most people typically consider.”   Jeff, Sam, and Enda came together around their common interest of better understanding these impacts and responding to them by applying Engineering With Nature principles and processes. Jeff, through separate conversations with Sam and Enda, “saw a unique opportunity to engage and collaborate and bring more expertise into a region where it's desperately needed.”   One upcoming EWN research project will focus on the whaling community of Point Hope, Alaska, whose traditional way of life is currently being challenged by the accelerating impacts of climate change. Sam talks about the example of ice cellars that have been used in Point Hope for thousands of years to store foodstuffs – fish, wildlife, and whale – throughout the year. The cellars are buried about 20 feet into the permafrost, which is melting due to higher average temperatures. Without those cellars to provide essential refrigeration and fermentation, the community has to harvest extra fish and wildlife throughout the year because there are no roads leading to the city, so outside supplies come in only by plane or once or twice during the summer by barge. This places additional pressure on the fish and wildlife populations and is an example of a problem that could benefit from an EWN approach, drawing on research and expertise from the Army Corps’ Cold Regions Research Engineering Laboratory (CRREL).   Similarly, Enda and the NRC have been working in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, an Inuvialuit community very close to sea level on the Beaufort Sea. As Enda relates, “We heard from elders that this particular community has had to relocate three residences just in the past year because of the rapidly eroding coast. So that's a really urgent need.” Enda and his colleagues at the NRC are reimagining what future research in the Arctic might look like and broadening their networks and collaborations, to do research, including with the U.S. Army Corps. A particular area of interest is in understanding the role of sea ice in attenuating or dissipating storm surge. Computer modeling has shown that without sea ice, storm surges may be three times higher, which is a significant problem for communities like Tuktoyaktuk.   A key challenge for researchers is that there is little existing baseline data to establish trends. So, engaging the people of these remote communities and gathering local knowledge is critical. Sam, Enda and their teams are sitting down with elders, hunters, and fishers to understand what they’ve seen and experienced. As Sam adds, “One of the most important things is to make sure that we respond appropriately to what the community truly wants, that we're not coming in and presenting a problem that doesn't need to be fixed or presenting our thoughts on how something should be handled. We are listening to and learning from the community.”   Jeff shares his excitement about the opportunities for incorporating EWN approaches into projects in the far north, paired with the importance of collaborating and sharing information between CRREL and the parallel work being done by Sam and Enda: “Thinking about Engineering With Nature and the natural infrastructure strategies that are appropriate for an environment like this is something very new. I think EWN can make an important contribution – and we will learn a lot in the process.”     Related Links: EWN Website ERDC Website Jeff King at LinkedIn Jeff King at EWN Enda Murphy at LinkedIn Sam Whitin at LinkedIn   Presentation to an NNBF Symposium by Enda on Flood Risk Reduction  NRC’s Ocean Program - Coastal Resilience NRC’s Arctic Program - Increasing the quality of life for Northerners through research NRC’s Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering Research Centre   EA Engineering, Science, and Technology  YouTube video of Sam describing some of his NNBF/EWN work EA’s coastal resilience priority Presentation to SAME Seattle by Sam on Thin Layer Placement   Coastal Zone Canada Community of Practice: Cold Regions Living Shorelines Coastal Zone Canada Conference in June 2021 Sub Themes and Topics of the Coastal Zone Canada Conference

Canadians are playing video games more than ever during the pandemic, whether it's to escape, or explore a different world while at home. But gaming is far from just mindless entertainment — it can help build community, connect us with loved ones and help us embrace our identity. In this episode of Now or Never we'll meet people who are using video games to better understand their worlds IRL: To pass his Inuvialuit culture onto the next generation, Dez Loreen is working with elders to develop a game that shares stories and language from the western Arctic. Kelsy Medeiros is a professional esport gamer. She has thousands of fans, but she's also been sexually harassed and had her life threatened. Even as gaming faces its own #metoo moment she continues to face backlash as a female player. As a parent, Alex Zabjek has always been wary of letting her kid play video games. But during the pandemic, she's come to appreciate that his online obsession is one of his primary social outlets and that there may be more benefits than she realized. Growing up, Nicholas Raffoul didn't see any depictions of queer people falling in love, except in The Sims. The game was the first time he discovered two men could be together and it opened him to a new world of self-expression. Since his divorce, Steve Vomacka doesn't get to see his 10-year-old son as much as he'd like, but in Fortnite they've found a way to connect through a shared a passion for taking down the bad guys. Animal Crossing became the game to play early on in the pandemic. Shama Rangwala has discovered it's more than just a distraction from the stresses of life, it can also provide a space for grief and provide a place to honour lost loved ones.

Teaching Tough Topics: Interview with Fatty Legs authors Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-FentonTeacher-librarian Lisa Lewis joins Alanna to speak with author Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton (Olemaun) about the impact of their book on tackling the tough topic of Canada's history of residential schools and the legacy of this cultural trauma. This unique memoir of the Inuvialuit experience is a must-read for middle grade audiences.Lisa uses Fatty Legs with her intergenerational book club and speaks about the power of unpacking trauma with middle grade students. Christy mentions how Fatty Legs is also resonating with new Canadians and adapting to new cultures. Christy also refers to the cross-cultural connections of global history including war's effect on human migration, the Japanese treatment of Korean people. Lisa emphasizes how the impact of migration on family culture really resonates with her students and their families.Shoutouts to Jenny Kay Dupuis' I Am Not a Number, mentor Maggie DeVries, illustrator Liz Amini-Holmes, Annick Press, and editor Antonia Banyard. For more resources to go with Fatty Legs:https://www.cjordanfenton.com/teacher-resourceshttps://www.annickpress.com/Books/F/Fatty-Legs-10th-anniversary-editionFor more information about this book and the authors:The Canadian Encyclopedia: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fatty-legs

Face masks are mandated on Yellowknife public transit, an Inuvialuit community monitoring project reaches its one-year anniversary, and Sarah Sibley goes dog agility training. Meaghan Brackenbury hosts.

Rod Stewart goes dicso; Eli Glasner; Mount Polley spill study; Vanderhoof Air Hug; Is 2020 the worst year of your life?; Inuvialuit artist based in Prince George creates masks made of seal skin; walrus tusks; COVID-19 apps; How China targets small-town politicians in B.C.; Mandatory masks.

Taalrumiq (Christina King) has created masks of seal skin and walrus tusk for a national exhibit.

Climate change is affecting the Canadian Arctic at a much faster rate than other parts of the planet. However the Arctic and its peoples have a long history of adaptation and survival. Dr. Isla Myers-Smith is a global change ecologist from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Isla has 12 field seasons under her belt, conducting research in the Arctic and Sub-Antarctic. Dr. Myers-Smith is known for her enthusiasm and energy and she has successfully brought together teams of researchers, including "Team Shrub", with whom she continues to conduct research in the Arctic. Dr. Myers-Smith and Team Shrub study plants and how ecosystems are responding as the planet warms. Using traditional tools and new technology such as drones, they are capturing change on Qikiqtaruk, Hershal Island in the Yukon Territory in Northwest Canada in and around the tundra biome. Isla returned to the Arctic in 2019 with the Greening Arctic Project, capturing hotspots of tundra vegetation change at landscape scales. This research is meant to fill in gaps between on-the-ground ecological monitoring and observations from satellites in space. It is the hope that this project can help predict how plant life will respond to the rapid warming of the Canadian Arctic.In this episode we discuss the increasing size of shrubs on Qikiqtaruk and across the Arctic tundra, shore erosion, slumping, animal migration patterns, adaptation of the land and people, the importance of cooperation between science and traditional Inuvialuit knowledge, and what the future of the Arctic may hold.

As an early-career scientist, Kayla has spent multiple summers working with researchers on all kinds of exciting projects, like caribou habitat use and muskox ecology. But, she also grew up in this landscape with her family. Join us as she shares her unique perspective on the Yukon North Slope.

Melissa and Daniel Rogers live in Inuvik, Northwest Territories in the Canadian Arctic. Melissa is of Gwich'in and Inuvialuit decent and Daniel is Inuvialuit. Melissa and Daniel were both raised with a close connection to the land and when the COVID crisis struck they didn't wait for the virus to surface in the Arctic, they left town and headed to their traditional camp North of Inuvik. In this episode we discuss why Melissa and Daniel returned to the land, living in a tent in -30 temperatures, harvesting fish and caribou for food, their family histories, climate change in the delta and much more.

Take a trip to the Beaufort Sea in the Northwest Territories with Anthropology PhD student Rebecca Goodwin as she works to document and share the cultural history of Inuit peoples of the Western Canadian arctic. Join hosts Yimin Chen and Nikol Posnov as we hear some of the stories told by Inuvialuit elders and knowledge holders about current and past life in the far north. Plus, tips on how to eat muktuk, a traditional meal of whale blubber! For more information on the rich cultural and archaeological history of this region, visit: InuvialuitLivingHistory.ca or on facebook at: Facebook.com/InuvialuitLivingHistory Hosts: Yimin Chen & Nikol Posnov   Produced by: Gregory Robinson

Ruby Slickeur previews her Soulful Bodies burlesque event and gives the inside line on her own career across Canada, plus Dez Loreen discusses plans for a new TV series based on Inuvialuit legends.

Kylik Kisoun Taylor is the owner/operator of Tundra North Tours, a tourism company based out of Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, inside the Arctic Circle. Although of Gwich'in and Inuvialuit decent, Kylk was raised in the Southern regions of Canada. At sixteen years of age he returned North to meet his birth mother and family. The experience of rediscovering his culture was profound! In this episode, Kylik continues to discuss the importance of culture and the land, to people of the Mackenzie Delta and the Arctic. He outlines the goals of his company, to strengthen, and keep the connection strong between the indigenous peoples of the Delta and their customs, as well as to educate visitors from the South through the interactive experiences his tour company offers. He also shares the importance of embracing new ideas such as technology, without losing the connection to the land and cultural identity.

Kylik Kisoun Taylor is the owner/operator of Tundra North Tours, a tourism company based out of Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, inside the Arctic Circle. Although of Gwich'in and Inuvialuit decent, Kylik was raised in the Southern regions of Canada. At sixteen years of age he returned North to meet his birth mother and family. The experience of rediscovering his culture was profound! In this episode Kylik discusses his journey North, discovering his cultural identity, the importance of the land and traditions to the indigenous people of the Arctic, and how it led him to the establishment of his tour company.   

The first episode of the Stories of the Inuit podcast Podcast Little Nunakput.

Arctic Ocean animals such as the Polar Bear, Beluga whale, Narwhal whale and the Bowhead whale are some of the iconic species that are at high risk of being affected by Climate Change. These animals and their habitats are the exact reason why Susan R. Eaton, who was named one of Canada's top 25 Greatest Canadian Explorers  by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, is leading an expedition of 12 women to the Arctic Ocean, called the SEDNA Epic Expedition. The team plans to SCUBA dive and Snorkel its was through the Northwest Passage documenting their trip and interactions with animals at every point. They also plan to do a 3000 km snorkel all the way through the passage, 24/7 to complete a world record.  During their travels, the all women team plans to engage with the local Inuit and Inuvialuit communities and bring 12 girls on board with them to participate in the expedition learning how you snorkel, SCUBA and handle the remote operated vehicles (ROV) the will use to explore the habitats of the Arctic Ocean. Listen to the episode to find out why Susan chose an all female team to go on the epic journey with her and find out how she became a full time snorkeler, and prefers it for her interactions with ocean animals.   SUFB Podcast: http://www.speakupforblue.com/podcast SUFB Website: http://www.speakupforblue.com 10 Ocean Tips to Conserve the Ocean: http://www.speakupforblue.com/wordpress/sufb_optinpdf

  Photo credit: Véro Boncompagni   Check out the trailer of their new NFB film Ninth Floor making its world premiere at TIFF 2015.   Synopsis of Film It started quietly when a group of Caribbean students, strangers in a cold new land, began to suspect their professor of racism. It ended in the most explosive student uprising Canada had ever known. Over four decades later, Ninth Floor reopens the file on the Sir George Williams Riot – a watershed moment in Canadian race relations and one of the most contested episodes in the nation’s history. It was the late 60s, change was in the air, and a restless new generation was claiming its place– but nobody at Sir George Williams University would foresee the chaos to come. On February 11, 1969, riot police stormed the occupied floors of the main building, making multiple arrests. As fire consumed the 9th floor computer centre, a torrent of debris rained onto counter-protesters chanting racist slogans – and scores of young lives were thrown into turmoil. Making a sophisticated and audacious foray into meta-documentary, writer and director Mina Shum meets the original protagonists in clandestine locations throughout Trinidad and Montreal, the wintry city where it all went down. And she listens. Can we hope to make peace with such a painful past? What lessons have we learned? What really happened on the 9th floor? In a cinematic gesture of redemption and reckoning, Shum attends as her subjects set the record straight – and lay their burden down. Cinematography by John Price evokes a taut sense of subterfuge and paranoia, while a spacious soundscape by Miguel Nunes and Brent Belke echoes with the lonely sound of the coldest wind in the world.   Mina Shum: Biography Born in Hong Kong and raised in Canada, Mina Shum is an independent filmmaker and artist. “I’m the child of the Praxis Screenwriting Workshop, Cineworks Independent Film Co-op, the Canadian Film Centre and working class immigrant parents,” she says. With Ninth Floor, a production of the National Film Board of Canada, Shum has written and directed her fourth feature film and first feature documentary. Her first feature Double Happiness (1994) – developed while she was resident director at the Canadian Film Centre – premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Citation for Best Canadian Feature Film and the Toronto Metro Media Prize. It went on to win Best First Feature at the Berlin Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Torino Film Festival. Following its American premiere at Sundance, it was released theatrically in the U.S. by Fine Line/New Line Features. It was nominated for multiple Genie Awards, Canada’s top film honour, winning Best Actress for Sandra Oh, and Best Editing for Alison Grace. Shum’s second and third features – Drive, She Said (1997) and Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity (2002) – also premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity was subsequently invited to both Sundance and the Vancouver Film Festival, where it won a Special Citation for Best Screenplay (shared with co-writer Dennis Foon). It was released theatrically in Canada and the U.S. Shum’s short films include Shortchanged; Love In; Hunger; Thirsty; Me, Mom and Mona, which won a Special Jury Citation the 1993 Toronto Film Festival; Picture Perfect, nominated for Best Short Drama at the Yorkton Film Festival; and most recently I Saw Writer’s Guild Award. Her TV work ranges from Mob Princess, a TV movie produced for Brightlight Pictures/W Network, to episodic directing on About A Girl, Noah’s Arc, Exes and Oh’s, Bliss, The Shield Stories and Da Vinci’s Inquest. Shum’s interests extend beyond film and television. Her immersive video installation You Are What You Eat was held over at the Vancouver Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Centre A, and her cinematic theatre piece All, created in collaboration with the Standing Wave Music Ensemble, was presented at the 2011 Push Festival. She has hosted sold-out events for the experimental Pecha Kucha program, and her Internet hit Hip Hop Mom was featured in Calgary’s official Canada Day celebrations. In 2004 she was invited to deliver the inaugural UBC/Laurier Institute Multicultural Lecture, entitled New Day Rising: Journey of a Hyphenated Girl, and in 2011 she was the recipient of the Sondra Kelly Writer’s Guild of Canada Award. She is currently preparing her next feature, Meditation Park.   Selwyn Jacob: Biography Selwyn Jacob was born in Trinidad and came to Canada in 1968 with the dream of becoming a filmmaker. It was a dream that wouldn’t die: he became a teacher and eventually a school principal but eventually chose to leave the security of that career to educate a wider audience through film. He has been a producer with the National Film Board of Canada since 1997. His early work as an independent director includes We Remember Amber Valley, a documentary about the black community that existed near Lac La Biche in Alberta. Prior to joining the NFB, he directed two award-winning NFB releases – Carol’s Mirror, and The Road Taken, which won the Canada Award at the 1998 Gemini Awards. In 1997 he joined the NFB’s Pacific & Yukon Studio in Vancouver, and has gone on to produce close to 50 NFB films. Among his many credits are Crazywater, directed by the Inuvialuit filmmaker Dennis Allen; Hue: A Matter of Colour, a co-production with Sepia Films, directed by Vic Sarin; Mighty Jerome, written and directed by Charles Officer; and the digital interactive project Circa 1948, by Vancouver artist Stan Douglas. Released in 2010, Mighty Jerome addresses issues of race and nationalism while paying tribute to Harry Jerome, one of the most remarkable athletes in Canadian history. The film went on to win multiple honours, including a Leo Award for Best Feature Length Documentary and the 2012 Regional Emmy Award for Best Historical Documentary.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bob Delury was the chief negotiator for the Inuvialuit Final Agreement, the document that laid the legal foundation for Inuvialuit rights, preservation of Inuvialuit culture and use of arctic ecosystems. In this podcast, he discusses his work, the North Slope, and the importance of preserving this very special place.

For too long, Inuvialuit Traditional Knowledge has not been included in scientific research about polar bears in the North. Traditional knowledge holders across the Inuvialuit Settlement  Region took part in changing that with a groundbreaking report. In this episode of The Living North, traditional knowledge holders and scientists talk about what the report brings to understanding Northern polar bear populations. Photo: Flickr/Creative Commons Rubyblossom

Photo credit: Véro BoncompagniListen in today as these filmmakers, Mina Shum and Selwyn Jacobs, talk about Canada’s hidden history, implicit and explicit racism, why we need to listen to others and why they’re confident we can overcome our fears.Check out the trailer of their new NFB film Ninth Floor making its world premiere at TIFF 2015.Synopsis of FilmIt started quietly when a group of Caribbean students, strangers in a cold new land, began to suspect their professor of racism. It ended in the most explosive student uprising Canada had ever known. Over four decades later, Ninth Floor reopens the file on the Sir George Williams Riot – a watershed moment in Canadian race relations and one of the most contested episodes in the nation’s history.It was the late 60s, change was in the air, and a restless new generation was claiming its place– but nobody at Sir George Williams University would foresee the chaos to come.On February 11, 1969, riot police stormed the occupied floors of the main building, making multiple arrests. As fire consumed the 9th floor computer centre, a torrent of debris rained onto counter-protesters chanting racist slogans – and scores of young lives were thrown into turmoil. Making a sophisticated and audacious foray into meta-documentary, writer and director Mina Shum meets the original protagonists in clandestine locations throughout Trinidad and Montreal, the wintry city where it all went down. And she listens. Can we hope to make peace with such a painful past? What lessons have we learned? What really happened on the 9th floor?In a cinematic gesture of redemption and reckoning, Shum attends as her subjects set the record straight – and lay their burden down. Cinematography by John Price evokes a taut sense of subterfuge and paranoia, while a spacious soundscape by Miguel Nunes and Brent Belke echoes with the lonely sound of the coldest wind in the world.Mina Shum: BiographyBorn in Hong Kong and raised in Canada, Mina Shum is an independent filmmaker and artist. “I’m the child of the Praxis Screenwriting Workshop, Cineworks Independent Film Co-op, the Canadian Film Centre and working class immigrant parents,” she says.With Ninth Floor, a production of the National Film Board of Canada, Shum has written and directed her fourth feature film and first feature documentary.Her first feature Double Happiness (1994) – developed while she was resident director at the Canadian Film Centre – premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Citation for Best Canadian Feature Film and the Toronto Metro Media Prize. It went on to win Best First Feature at the Berlin Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Torino Film Festival. Following its American premiere at Sundance, it was released theatrically in the U.S. by Fine Line/New Line Features. It was nominated for multiple Genie Awards, Canada’s top film honour, winning Best Actress for Sandra Oh, and Best Editing for Alison Grace.Shum’s second and third features – Drive, She Said (1997) and Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity (2002) – also premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity was subsequently invited to both Sundance and the Vancouver Film Festival, where it won a Special Citation for Best Screenplay (shared with co-writer Dennis Foon). It was released theatrically in Canada and the U.S.Shum’s short films include Shortchanged; Love In; Hunger; Thirsty; Me, Mom and Mona, which won a Special Jury Citation the 1993 Toronto Film Festival; Picture Perfect, nominated for Best Short Drama at the Yorkton Film Festival; and most recently I Saw Writer’s Guild Award.Her TV work ranges from Mob Princess, a TV movie produced for Brightlight Pictures/W Network, to episodic directing on About A Girl, Noah’s Arc, Exes and Oh’s, Bliss, The Shield Stories and Da Vinci’s Inquest.Shum’s interests extend beyond film and television. Her immersive video installation You Are What You Eat was held over at the Vancouver Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Centre A, and her cinematic theatre piece All, created in collaboration with the Standing Wave Music Ensemble, was presented at the 2011 Push Festival. She has hosted sold-out events for the experimental Pecha Kucha program, and her Internet hit Hip Hop Mom was featured in Calgary’s official Canada Day celebrations.In 2004 she was invited to deliver the inaugural UBC/Laurier Institute Multicultural Lecture, entitled New Day Rising: Journey of a Hyphenated Girl, and in 2011 she was the recipient of the Sondra Kelly Writer’s Guild of Canada Award.She is currently preparing her next feature, Meditation Park.Selwyn Jacob: BiographySelwyn Jacob was born in Trinidad and came to Canada in 1968 with the dream of becoming a filmmaker. It was a dream that wouldn’t die: he became a teacher and eventually a school principal but eventually chose to leave the security of that career to educate a wider audience through film. He has been a producer with the National Film Board of Canada since 1997.His early work as an independent director includes We Remember Amber Valley, a documentary about the black community that existed near Lac La Biche in Alberta. Prior to joining the NFB, he directed two award-winning NFB releases – Carol’s Mirror, and The Road Taken, which won the Canada Award at the 1998 Gemini Awards.In 1997 he joined the NFB’s Pacific & Yukon Studio in Vancouver, and has gone on to produce close to 50 NFB films. Among his many credits are Crazywater, directed by the Inuvialuit filmmaker Dennis Allen; Hue: A Matter of Colour, a co-production with Sepia Films, directed by Vic Sarin; Mighty Jerome, written and directed by Charles Officer; and the digital interactive project Circa 1948, by Vancouver artist Stan Douglas.Released in 2010, Mighty Jerome addresses issues of race and nationalism while paying tribute to Harry Jerome, one of the most remarkable athletes in Canadian history. The film went on to win multiple honours, including a Leo Award for Best Feature Length Documentary and the 2012 Regional Emmy Award for Best Historical Documentary. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr. Chris Burn has spent 30 years working in the North, conducting scientific investigations into permafrost, and developing relationships with Inuvialuit people who travel and harvest on the Yukon North Slope. . At the 2012 Yukon North Slope Conference, he gave a talk about science, wisdom, and traditional knowledge. He also spoke about something else: mistakes.

The rich biodiversity of the North Slope attracts scientific researchers every year. Incorporating traditional knowledge into scientific data collected in the North has become essential to working in the region. In this podcast, we'll hear two voices speak about how aboriginal perspectives contribute to all aspects of scientific data collection. Scientists are now expected to work with aboriginal communities in building their research program - from project planning, through data collection, interpretation and reporting. In this podcast, two aboriginal perspectives on how traditional knowledge can contribute to scientific data collection.  

Managing natural resources in the North effectively means that many voices need to be at the table when decisions are made. Gregor Gilbert is the resource management coordinator for the Makivik Corporation and has been part of the co-management process in Northern Quebec. In this podcast he shares his thoughts on how it can work best.

Over the last 35 years, Aboriginal land claims have had great influence on the way peopel and industry use Northern landscapes. In this podcast, we'll hear from Nigel Bankes. He's a professor of law at the University of Calgary with a specialty in Aboriginal Law. 

Ernest Pokiak's father, Bertram Pokiak, was one of the influential Inuvialuit voices that worked to negotiate the Inuvialuit Final Agreement (IFA). Ernest's life has been framed by that agreement, which lays out the structures that govern wildlife management planning on Yukon's North Slope. He was there while his father worked to create it, he saw it signed, and he now serves as a member of the Wildlife Management Advisory council North Slope. In this podcast he talks about the years leading up to the IFA, and what it means for WMAC(NS) now.

The co-management model of wildlife management planning is in use across Canada's North. In this podcast the chair of the Wildlife Management Advisory Council (North Slope). Lindsay Staples, shares the history of how Aboriginal groups, government, and Parks Canada arrived at a cooperative model for managing wildlife in the North.

When he was a boy, Danny C. Gordon walked with his family from Kaktovik, Alaska to Aklavik, Northwest Territories. He's been hunting and fishing in the area ever since. In this interview, recorded at an old table in a shelter on Herschel Island, Danny C. Gordon talks about what Herschel Island means for him and for the people who grew up living on the land on the Yukon's North Slope.

Northern peoples have been traveling and hunting in the Herschel Island area for thousands of years, and continue to do so. These days, Richard Gordon is the head park ranger for Herschel Island Territorial Park. Hear him talk about the magic of Herschel and play his song Kikkitaruq (Our Island) in this podcast from the Wildlife Management Advisory Council (North Slope).