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Canadian journalist Nora Loreto reads the latest headlines for Friday, June 21, 2024.TRNN has partnered with Loreto to syndicate and share her daily news digest with our audience. Tune in every morning to the TRNN podcast feed to hear the latest important news stories from Canada and worldwide.Find more headlines from Nora at Sandy & Nora Talk Politics podcast feed.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Sign up for our newsletterLike us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterDonate to support this podcastReferenced articles:Story 1 - Diesel spill in Pond Inlet. Story 2 - The Rebel News has a racism truck. Story 3 - Liberals unveil details of their national food program, promise that it will be universal. Story 4 - Protests in Kenya over austerity measures. Story 5 - By destroying Hamas, Gaza police and bombing aid convoys, Israel has made humanitarian distribution dangerous and near impossible.

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Lootie Toomasie, president and CEO of Arctic Fishery Alliance, on changes made since TSB report on death of a Pond Inlet fisherman + Lee Dominaux gives us a tour of George C. Harris House.

词汇提示1.hectic 繁忙2.refuge 避难3.stagnant 停滞4.patio 露台5.rippling 涟漪6.willow 柳树7.rushes 灯芯草8.crawfish 小龙虾原文A Favorite PlaceIt is good to have a favorite place where you can go to be alone and relax.Sometimes,this spot is your own room or a quiet part of the house.Sometimes,it is somewhere outdoors away from people and busy streets.Or you may feel most comfortable in a shopping mall or a downtown park.Our favorite place is especially nice to go to at times of stress.When work gets too hectic, or we have trouble with other people, then our favorite place is a refuge from these difficulties.My special spot is very close to where I work.It is on a busy university campus.Atone end of the university, hidden among several buildings, there is a pond.This pond is surrounded by large rocks, which rise up like a small cliff on one side.Shooting out of these rocks are water pipes, which create a small waterfall.The water is drawn up from the bottom of the pond and drops back into the middle.This keeps the water from becoming stagnant.On the other side of the pond, there is a grassy shore and a flat stone patio.Here,in the summer, people can sit out and have meals.Yet,very few people come here to sit; perhaps because they are very busy with their work.There is something very calm and pleasant about trees and grass and shade, about birds singing and water rippling, and flowers blooming all around.Green is a relaxing color for the eyes.Still water suggests peace.Running water seems full of life.There is a large weeping willow tree on the grassy side of the pond.Its branches touch the water and shade much of the pond.Rushes grow in the shallow water.The pond is only about three feet deep.In the summer, there are beautiful water lilies in bloom over much of the pond.Sometimes,I have counted over thirty blooms, and some flowers are over five inches wide.Goldfish and minnows are the pond's chief inhabitants.But there are also crawfish and other animals.At different times there have been a turtlea water snake, and a family of ducks.Behind the pond is a large glassy wall, which reflects the entire scene.One can also go inside and view the pond, even on rainy or snowy days.There are several gardens close to the pond.One of the gardeners told me that he could turn the waterfall off and on.Usually on the weekends it is turned off, but if there is a special event the water fallis left on.Behind the glassy wall is a cafeteria.Here,visitors to the university are sometimes taken for meals.The students do not use it.In the winter, the pond freezes over.Sometimes,if the winter is very cold the pond freezes right down to the bottom.Then,most of the goldfish and minnows die.Usually,some survive in the mud at the bottom of the pond.Occasionally,people will skate on the pond, if the ice is smooth.When spring comes, a lot of the old rushes and water lily leaves from the previous year are cleared away.This makes the pond more attractive and gives the new plants room to grow.If there are too many rushes, they are sometimes cut down in summer.Then visitors can see the water lilies better.Chances are that if you ever visit Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, you will hear about Pond Inlet.And,if you come in the summer, you will probably see me there, thinking about my next article.翻译最喜欢的地方有一个你最喜欢的地方可以独自去放松是件好事。有时，这个地方是你自己的房间或房子的一个安静的部分。有时，它是在远离人群和繁忙街道的户外。或者你可能在购物中心或市中心的公园里感觉最舒服。我们最喜欢的地方在压力大的时候特别适合去。当工作变得太忙，或者我们与他人有麻烦时，我们最喜欢的地方就是逃避这些困难的避难所。我的特殊位置离我工作的地方很近。它在一个繁忙的大学校园里。在大学的一端，隐藏在几栋建筑之中，有一个池塘。这个池塘四周都是大岩石，这些岩石在一边像小悬崖一样耸立起来。从这些岩石中射出的是水管，形成了一个小瀑布。水从池塘底部被抽上来，然后又落回池塘中央。这样可以防止水停滞不前。在池塘的另一边，有一个草地岸边和一个平坦的石头露台。在这里，夏天，人们可以坐在外面吃饭。然而，很少有人来这里坐;也许是因为他们工作太忙了。树木、草地和树荫，鸟儿歌唱，流水潺潺，周围的鲜花盛开，都有一种非常平静和愉快的感觉。绿色是让眼睛放松的颜色。静水意味着和平。流水似乎充满了生命。池塘的草地边有一棵大垂柳。它的树枝触到水面，遮蔽了池塘的大部分。浅水里长着灯心草。这个池塘只有大约三英尺深。在夏天，池塘的大部分地方都盛开着美丽的睡莲。有时，我数过有三十多朵花，有些花有五英寸多宽。金鱼和鲦鱼是池塘里的主要居民。但也有小龙虾和其他动物。在不同的时期，曾出现过海龟、水蛇和鸭子家族。池塘后面是一面巨大的玻璃墙，它反映了整个场景。即使在雨天或下雪天，人们也可以进去观赏池塘。池塘附近有几个花园。其中一个园丁告诉我他可以打开和关闭瀑布。通常在周末它是关闭的，但如果有特殊活动，瀑布是开着的。玻璃墙后面是自助餐厅。在这里，参观大学的游客有时会被带去吃饭。学生们不使用它。冬天，池塘结冰了。有时，如果冬天很冷，池塘的底部就会结冰。然后，大多数金鱼和鲦鱼都死了。通常，有些在池塘底部的泥浆中存活。偶尔，如果冰面光滑的话，人们会在池塘上滑冰。当春天来临时，许多往年的灯心草和睡莲叶子都会被清理掉。这使池塘更有吸引力，并给新植物生长的空间。如果有太多的灯心草，它们有时会在夏天被砍掉。然后游客可以更好地看到睡莲。如果你曾经访问过安大略省圣凯瑟琳的布洛克大学，你很有可能会听说池塘入口。而且，如果你夏天来，你可能会在那里看到我，思考我的下一篇文章。

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Classification: [History] In 1950s, the Cold War was heating up, and Canada was desperate to protect its Northern Territories. The solution was to forcibly relocate indigenous people to the far north without proper food or shelter to act as human flagpoles. Join Ovpod today as we tell the Canadian story of sacrificing Inuit lives for geopolitical goals. Lead Researcher:Leon Filger Poison: Leon's Uncles Dusty old Wine Topics Mentioned: High Arctic relocation, Inuit, Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister, Cold War, Arctic Archipelago, Soviet Union, Russia, indigenous, Resolute, Grise Fiord, Inukjuak, Ellesmere Island, Cornwallis Island, Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Eskimo problem, Eskimo, Hudson's Bay Company, beluga whale -Pallet Cleanser- “Katajjaq from Hudson Bay” Soria Eyituk and Lusi Kuni Canada: Inuit Games and Songs  

Cypher is a Canadian manufacturer of environmentally friendly dust control and soil stabilization solutions that distribute their products globally, primarily in the mining industry. They help mines reduce their GHG emissions by creating more efficient roads that use less fuel. Meanwhile, their products have absolutely zero environmental impact and have proven long-term results. They have built roads in over 50 countries for customers such as Syncrude, Teck, Agnico, and Baffinland. As part of their goal to “Always do what's right” Cypher has launched their CSR program, Cypher Green Roads, which involves product donations and training to communities near mining sites. Most recently they have just completed their first official product donation to the small indigenous community of Pond Inlet, Manitoba in conjunction with Baffinland Iron Mine. Cypher's CEO Todd Burns is a very passionate presenter and speaker and shares his perspective on expanding Canada's innovation, mistakes he sees the mining industry commonly makes, and how he plans to continue to expand Cypher Environmental's global reach.

Innovation is key to lasting prosperity and meaningful improvements to our quality of life. But what does innovation really mean? Is it enough to just “invent things”—or should we be aiming higher, and seeking out ways to improve all corners of the economy? And how do we actually achieve innovation—in a world where people are working remotely, and global forces are challenging the notion of specialization and collaboration? In this episode of Disruptors, an RBC podcast, co-hosts John Stackhouse and Trinh Theresa Do tackle innovation—and explore how Canada can play a leading role in the innovation economy. Their guests include innovation guru Dan Breznitz, Munk Chair of Innovation Studies at the University of Toronto and author of the 2021 book, Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World; and Karen Nutarak and Tessa Lochhead, co-founders of Pirurvik—a groundbreaking preschool in the remote arctic community of Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Whether it's product or service innovation, process innovation or a wholesale business model innovation, bold risks are what's needed for Canada to prosper in “an unforgiving world”—and to build a more sustainable future for all. SHOW NOTES:To learn more about Dan Breznitz, click here. His latest book, Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World, is available through Oxford University Press or from your favourite book retailer.Pirurvik Preschool combines traditional Inuit knowledge and ways and traditional Inuit child-rearing with Montessori methods; to learn more about it, follow this link. Pirurvik was one of six winning teams at the 2022 Governor General's Innovation Awards; to read about all the winners, click here.Finally, RBC Economics and Thought Leadership recently launched a new series of reports, with timely economic insights, called Proof Point. To read recent Proof Point reports on how demand for cash is at its highest level in 60 years, or why Atlantic Canada has become a magnet for new residents, visit RBC.com/thoughtleadership.

We're excited to host Karl Kruger this month, an athlete and adventurer who inspires many to get on the water! In this talk, Karl draws on his experience paddling the 2017 Race to Alaska from Port Townsend to Ketchikan on his SUP to introduce his next adventure: paddling 2,000 miles through the Northwest Passage in the Arctic Ocean, from Tuktoyaktuk to Pond Inlet, Canada. Keep up with Karl and his journey at www.karlkrugerofficial.com. Visit us at www.cwb.org or at the Center for Wooden Boats on Seattle's South Lake Union and Cama Beach to sail, row or paddle, take a class, or volunteer. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cwbheritage/message

On Day Two in the Arctic, The Bridge meets two fascinating residents of Pond Inlet who are directly impacted but in very different ways to climate change and Arctic sovereignty. One is a long-time hunter, the other a long-time ranger. Hear their amazing stories on today's show.

The Bridge heads to the Arctic to see two big issues first hand -- the impact of climate change, and how to handle Arctic sovereignty.  Day One is in Pond Inlet before Friday boarding HMCS Harry Dewolf, Canada's first Arctic Patrol vessel.  And we don't forget the election as we talk too about the importance of turnout.

The world's biggest col­lec­tion of Inu­it art will soon be dis­played at the brand new Inu­it Art Cen­tre at the Win­nipeg Art Gallery. Twelve years in the mak­ing, we will hear from those who made it hap­pen. This includes WAG CEO Stephen Borys and lead­ing expert on Inu­it art Dr. Heather Iglo­liorte of Nunatsi­avut as well as world-famous archi­tect Michael Maltzan of Los Angeles This was tak­en just out on Eclipse Sound off Pond Inlet at the north­ern tip of Baf­fin Island. We are stand­ing in front of the ice­berg that had got lodged in the sound and spent the win­ter there. We were look­ing to har­vest ici­cles to bring back to the elders at Pond who cher­ished the ancient melt­wa­ter from the ice­bergs — Pho­to and cap­tion by Ter­ry Macleod A fam­i­ly on their Ski­doo in Pond Inlet on Eclipse Sound. you can see their dog team beside them and their over­turned komatik (wood­en hand­made sled). In the back­ground are the moun­tains of the Bylot Island Migra­to­ry Bird Sanc­tu­ary. Pond Inlet is now known as Qik­iq­taaluk, Nunavut — Pho­to and cap­tion by Ter­ry Macleod

SmartICE Sea Ice Monitoring and Information Inc. is a community-oriented organization offering climate change adaptation tools that are designed to incorporate sea-ice monitoring data with local indigenous knowledge of sea ice conditions, which can contribute to more informed decision making with regards to land, water and sea ice travel. Climate change is impacting northern Indigenous communities faster than anywhere in the world. As sea ice is vital to life in the north, connecting communities and essentially serving as a highway for people to travel and hunt for food, the SmartICE monitoring systems provide invaluable, data-driven insights into sea ice conditions in near real-time. As an award-winning social enterprise, SmartICE hires local Indigenous youth to manufacture and monitor their systems. To date, SmartICE has operations in Nain, Nunatsiavut; Pond Inlet and Gjoa Haven, Nunavut; and monitoring equipment has been established in 24 communities across Inuit Nunangat, with expansion ongoing. Katherine Wilson | Department of Geography Trevor Bell | Department of Geography Sea-Ice Knowledge for Travel Safety by Inuit for Inuit Changing the role of non-Indigenous research partners in practice to support Inuit self-determination in research Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Follow us on Twitter @disruptrcp or email us at disruptrcp@gmail.com. Disrupt is recorded and produced by Gabriella Gricius and Bridgett Neff-Hickman on the traditional and unceded territories of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations and peoples.

In this VERY special episode, Adele and Jeremie welcome Zoe, aka @aircanadafangirl!! Zoe is a 17 year old from Pond Inlet, Nunavut, on the northern part of Baffin Island. Given the name Ookpik at birth by an Inuit Elder in her community, meaning Small Snowy Owl, and taking her first flight at 4 HOURS old, aviation has always been a part of her life. Zoe started her Instagram persona, @aircanadafangirl in August, 2019, with love and positivity for her favourite airline! Since then, she has been a voice for the airline industry, starting a Change.org petition which garnered over 24,000 signatures and continues to spread her joy wherever she can!

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Senators yesterday voted to proceed with the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump after watching dramatic videos of last month’s insurrection. Democrats will begin presenting formal arguments later today. Meanwhile, Lloyd Austin, the first black secretary of defense, is trying urgently to curtail right- wing extremism in the military ranks. But first the Pentagon needs to figure out how to track the problem. And lastly, a small group of Inuit hunters in remote northern Canada has blockaded an iron mine that threatens their food supply. It’s an inspirational story that should also make you feel relatively warmer this winter, wherever you are. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: Let’s get up to speed on Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, via the New York Times. Yesterday the Senate voted to proceed with the trial. The vote was a rejection of Trump’s defense team’s claim that it would be unconstitutional to prosecute a president after leaving office. But the final tally signaled that his Republican allies could muster enough support to potentially block the two-thirds necessary for conviction. The fifty six-to-forty four vote, with six Republicans joining all fifty Democrats, paved the way for House Democrats to formally open their arguments this afternoon. They are seeking to prove that Trump incited an insurrection by encouraging supporters who stormed the Capitol last month. According to the Times, yesterday’s vote came after House managers moved immediately to their most powerful evidence: the explicit visual record of the deadly Capitol siege, juxtaposed against Trump’s own words encouraging members of the mob at a rally beforehand. On the screens, senators saw extremists storming barricades, beating police officers, setting up a gallows and yelling, Take the building, Fight for Trump and Pence is a traitor! Traitor Pence! Representative Joe Neguse of Colorado, a House impeachment manager, told senators QUOTE Presidents can’t inflame insurrection in their final weeks and then walk away like nothing happened ENDQUOTE. Trump’s lawyers argued that his words at the rally on January 6th constituted free speech akin to typical political language and hardly incited the violence, the Times reports. They condemned the violence but rejected the suggestion that Trump was responsible for it. They maintained that the Constitution did not permit an impeachment trial of a former president because it was meant to lead to removal, which is now moot. If he committed a crime, they said, he could be prosecuted criminally. Excellent suggestion – let’s do that next. Pentagon Tackles Soldiers' Extremism How do we prevent the next insurrection? Among the one hundred and ninety people charged in the Capitol siege, at least thirty are veterans, the Washington Post reports. Now Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is facing an early test as he races to advance a major initiative targeting far-right extremism in the ranks. The military is slated to pause normal operations in coming weeks so troops can discuss internal support for extremist movements. Austin’s highly unusual order for a military-wide stand-down underscores the urgency of the task ahead. Even as they seek to get the effort off the ground, the Post says, Pentagon officials are grappling with legal and institutional issues. First among the challenges for Austin and his aides is the lack of centralized means of tracking incidence of extremism. Last month, Pentagon officials said the FBI had informed them about sixty-eight domestic extremism cases in 2020 involving current or former troops. Little other data exists. One reason for the military’s limited understanding of the problem is that current rules permit troops to join extremist organizations, so long as they don’t become active members who fundraise, recruit or take part in other prohibited activities. While the distinction is rooted in troops’ First Amendment rights, it means supporters of extremist causes can go undetected. What’s more, the Post reports, some extremism experts say the military’s screening procedures for recruits are insufficient. Lawmakers including California Democratic Congresswoman Jackie Speier are calling for stronger screening of social media for service members. Speier chairs the House Armed Services’ military personnel subcommittee. Under her proposal, recruits would be required to provide social media handles when they apply for security clearances. Wait, they don’t check those already? Crazy. Inuit Hunters Blockade Mine Here’s a remarkable tale of community organizing. A group of Inuit hunters have braved nearly a week of freezing temperatures to blockade a remote iron mine in northern Canada, the Guardian reports. The hunters are protesting an expansion plan they say will harm local wildlife. The blockade has prompted solidarity rallies in other Nunavut communities. Since February 5th, seven hunters have created a makeshift barrier of snowmobiles and sleds to block the airstrip and service road of the Mary River ore mine, halting operations. Temperatures in recent days have dipped to twenty degrees below zero, Farenheit. At issue are controversial plans drawn up by the mine’s operator, Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation, to double output, the Guardian reports. To bring twelve million tons of iron ore to market, the mine has said it needs to build a railway to a port near the community of Pond Inlet. But hunters have pushed back over fears that the expansion could threaten the populations of caribou and narwhal – two key sources of food – if approved. As the standoff entered its fifth day, seven hundred workers were stranded at the Mary River site, according to the Guardian. The company claims the blockade on the airstrip means food supplies cannot be delivered. Residents of Clyde River plan to bring supplies to the Mary River protesters in the coming days, a journey that could take three days by snowmobile and requires travellers to brave mountain valleys and perilous sections of ice. Jerry Natanine, mayor of Clyde River, said QUOTE We’ve been clearly and repeatedly telling the mine that their plans were unacceptable. And they haven’t listened to any of our suggestions. So now we’re left fighting for our culture and way of life ENDQUOTE. Solidarity with the Inuit hunters. AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: Joe Biden, along with vice president Kamala Harris and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, met with corporate executives at the White House yesterday. It was an attempt to rally support for Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill. Those invited included Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, Tom Donohue of the US Chamber of Commerce, and Doug McMillon of Walmart. What a diverse crew. I guess the Monopoly Man wasn’t available. It is extremely unlikely that the coronavirus leaked from a lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where Covid-19 first emerged, NBC News reports. The new assessment comes from the head of a team of experts that yesterday released details of its fact-finding mission into the virus's origins. Doctor Peter Ben Embarek from the World Health Organization said it was more likely that the virus had jumped to humans from an animal – possibly bats. Take heed and don’t cuddle up with those those furry, winged fiends. The Biden administration yesterday asked the remaining US attorneys appointed by Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate to submit their resignations, the Washington Post reports. The request applies to fifty-five federal prosecutors and spared only two, who are conducting politically sensitive probes, including of President Biden’s son. One way or another, Hunter Biden is going to stay in the news. German prosecutors have charged a one hundred-year-old man with three thousand, five hundred and eighteen counts of accessory to murder, the Guardian reports. The man served during the second world war as a Nazi SS guard at a concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin. His name was not released. The prosecutor called him QUOTE part of the functioning of [a] machinery of death ENDQUOTE. Old fascists are still bound to lose. FEB 10, 2021 - AM QUICKIE HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Corey Pein PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

The world's biggest col­lec­tion of Inu­it art will soon be dis­played at the brand new Inu­it Art Cen­tre at the Win­nipeg Art Gallery. Twelve years in the mak­ing, we will hear from those who made it hap­pen. This includes WAG CEO Stephen Borys and lead­ing expert on Inu­it art Dr. Heather Iglo­liorte of Nunatsi­avut as well as world-famous archi­tect Michael Maltzan of Los Angeles This was tak­en just out on Eclipse Sound off Pond Inlet at the north­ern tip of Baf­fin Island. We are stand­ing in front of the ice­berg that had got lodged in the sound and spent the win­ter there. We were look­ing to har­vest ici­cles to bring back to the elders at Pond who cher­ished the ancient melt­wa­ter from the ice­bergs — Pho­to and cap­tion by Ter­ry Macleod A fam­i­ly on their Ski­doo in Pond Inlet on Eclipse Sound. you can see their dog team beside them and their over­turned komatik (wood­en hand­made sled). In the back­ground are the moun­tains of the Bylot Island Migra­to­ry Bird Sanc­tu­ary. Pond Inlet is now known as Qik­iq­taaluk, Nunavut — Pho­to and cap­tion by Ter­ry Macleod

Unedited recording from our visit with Elisapee Ootoova and our time at Pirurvik Preschool in Pond Inlet. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tusaavisii/message

Tallurutiup Imanga is a conservation area twice the size of Nova Scotia and is key to Inuit self-determination.

Your hosts, Lynn, Marie-Claude, Levon, and Marc  (video of show at bottom) ListenEN_Interview_2-20180511-WIE20 (book) Op Medusa- the furious battle that saved Afghanistan from the Taliban A Canadian LAV (light armoured vehicle) arrives to escort a convoy at a forward operating base near Panjwaii, Afghanistan at sunrise on Nov.26, 2006. after OP Medusa had pushed the Taliban out. in September. Photo: Bill Graveland- CP It was Canada's biggest battle since WWII and Korea.  Canadian Major-General David Fraser (now retired) was the commander in charge of Nato troops in the so-called "southern area" of Afghanistan largely patrolled by thinly stretched Canadian Forces. It was also the "hottest" area of conflict. In 2006, word came that the Taliban were planning their biggest attack ever to force the Canadians out and take the major city of Kandahar. Fraser has just released a new book on this pivotal battle to stop the Taliban from attaining their goal. MGen (ret'd) David Fraser was our guest in studio. The excerpt is part of a longer conversation available on the website. Allergies and climate change About 30 per cent of Canadians suffer from seasonal allergies. (iStock) Finally some semblance of spring has arrived in much of southern Canada and with it blossoms and buds from flowers and trees. Of course that means pollen in the air. For allergy sufferers, spring is a mixed blessing with sniffles, sneezes, watery eyes and itching spoiling the return to nicer weather. Now comes news that climate change, and a warming with higher CO2 levels is making the plants produce even more pollen than in the past. It also means other plants are moving in to areas where they haven't been seen previously, bringing their pollen with them Lynn spoke with Dr. Mariam Hanna, an allergy specialist and professor at McMaster University in Ontario. who says they're seeing more allergy sufferers than ever. Arctic park runs igloo building workshop Elijah Panipakoochoo, one of Inuit elders who led an igloo building workshop, peeks out of an igloo. Igloo means “snow shelter” in Inuktitut. (Parks Canada) It is one of the iconic symbols of the Arctic, the "igloo". The domed shelters made of blocks cut from solidly packed snow. For eons these structures have protected Inuit from the bitterly harsh winter storms in the far north. Although Inuit now live in communities in solid houses, the igloo remains an important part of their culture and can still be a life-saver for hunters caught out on the land or the frozen sea ice. It's not easy to build an igloo though, it takes knowledge and understanding. That was handed down from generation to generation, at least until recent decades. Carey Elverum, manager of the Sirmilik National Park, one of Canada’s largest and northernmost national parks located in northeastern Baffin Island in Nunavut recently organised an igloo building workshop in Pond Inlet in the high Arctic to pass along the skills and help young Inuit reconnect with an important aspect of their culture and heritage. Listen to an excerpt of Levon's conversation with Carey Elverum. Video of the show Images of the week window.jQuery || document.write('

Interview with Carey Elverum, manager of the Sirmilik National Park, one of Canada’s largest and northernmost national parks located in northeastern Baffin Island in Nunavut, about a recent igloo building workshop organized by the park in the Inuit community of Pond Inlet.

Every year, over 20 million people get on a cruise ship and set sail for a seafaring vacation. Most of those cruises take their vacationers to warm, sunny climates. But thanks to climate change, a new hoard of ships might start sailing North rather than South. This episode of Flash Forward explores a future where the Arctic becomes a tourist destination just like the Bahamas or the Great Barrier Reef.    Researchers at UCLA have projected that the Northwest Passage might be totally ice-free by 2050. And that’s something that big commercial cargo ships have been eyeing for a while. But now, cruise ships are getting in on the game. The first big cruise ship to make the full Northwest Passage trip was the Crystal Serenity.      This week we talk to a few people who have seen the impacts of this new tourism boom.    Arielle Duhaime-Ross is a climate and environment correspondent for HBO’s VICE News Tonight. Arielle went up to Pond Inlet to see the Crystal Serenity, and talk to the people in Pond Inlet about what it's like to suddenly be flooded with visitors in puffy coats.     Jackie Dawson is the Canada Research Chair in Environment, Society and Policy at the University of Ottawa. She’s done a lot of work studying the ways tourism impacts people and the environment in places like Pond Inlet. And she spent years trying to convince people to take arctic tourism seriously.    Nancy Guyon is the Director of Tourism and Cultural Industries for Nunavut, the northernmost Canadian territory. And Nancy’s job is to try and figure out how to harness this new interest in the arctic for the good of Nunavut.    So this future is a little bit unlike some of the other ones I do on this show, because it’s a future that’s kind of inevitable. It’s happening, it’s going to happen. Are communities ready for it? No, is the general consensus. And in this episode we talk about what might happen as this gets more and more popular. What happens when a ship hits and iceberg? What happens when private yachts show up to communities that don't want them? How do you make sure that these ships don't disrupt local hunts, and that the tourists respect the people living in these communities?     Flash Forward is produced by me, Rose Eveleth, and is part of the Boing Boing podcast family. The intro music is by Asura and the outtro music is by Hussalonia. The episode art is by Matt Lubchansky.     If you want to suggest a future we should take on, send us a note on Twitter, Facebook or by email at info@flashforwardpod.com. We love hearing your ideas! And if you think you’ve spotted one of the little references I’ve hidden in the episode, email us there too. If you’re right, I’ll send you something cool.     And if you want to support the show, there are a few ways you can do that too! We have a Patreon page, where you can donate to the show. But if that’s not in the cards for you, you can head to iTunes and leave us a nice review or just tell your friends about us. Those things really do help.     The music in this episode was:    BoxCat Games, “Assignment”  BoxCat Games, “Love of my Life”  Oorlab, “Apiarist, Part 1”    Sounds in this episode: "Wind, Synthesized, A.wav" by InspectorJ of Freesound.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“What they were essentially proposing was industrial icebreaking through winter months through some of the most sensitive Arctic habitat in Canada,” said Christopher Debicki, Nunavut project manager for The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Oceans North Canada. “It would have created a number of problems both for the community of Pond Inlet, which still travels on that sea ice and hunts on that sea ice as well as for many of the animals that that community depends on.”

“My inspiration is in nature. It’s simplicity. It’s complexity. It’s beauty.” For the fifth episode of the Inspiring Women Series, I chatted with Debbie Jenkins, an amazing woman who I had the pleasure of meeting while teaching in Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Debbie worked for 7 years in the Canadian Arctic as a caribou biologist, and is currently completing her PhD […]