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Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson speaks with a reporter outside the West Block on June 5, 2025. 'We’ve talked about the North for long enough. It’s time to start building it.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Researchers with the NASA-funded ICESCAPE mission examine melt ponds in the Arctic Ocean in July 2011. As U.S.-based studies in the Arctic are curtailed, the nation risks losing its capacity to anticipate and respond to the myriad of urgent environmental, geopolitical, and societal challenges emerging in the North. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Researchers with the NASA-funded ICESCAPE mission examine melt ponds in the Arctic Ocean in July 2011. As U.S.-based studies in the Arctic are curtailed, the nation risks losing its capacity to anticipate and respond to the myriad of urgent environmental, geopolitical, and societal challenges emerging in the North. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Opinion | BY JACKIE DAWSON | May 7, 2025
Canada attracts some of the strongest Arctic scientists from around the world, and has science infrastructure and assets including the Amundsen science icebreaker, writes Jackie Dawson. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Tatiana Pichugina
Opinion | BY JACKIE DAWSON | May 7, 2025
Opinion | BY JACKIE DAWSON | May 7, 2025
Canada attracts some of the strongest Arctic scientists from around the world, and has science infrastructure and assets including the Amundsen science icebreaker, writes Jackie Dawson. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Tatiana Pichugina
There are now so many polar bears around Arviat, Nunavut, writes ISG Senator Nancy Karetak-Lindell, that residents can no longer enjoy the safety she did as a child. DND photograph by Caporal David Veldman
There are now so many polar bears around Arviat, Nunavut, writes ISG Senator Nancy Karetak-Lindell, that residents can no longer enjoy the safety she did as a child. DND photograph by Caporal David Veldman
Tuktuuyaqtuuq (or Tuk for short) is an Inuvialuit Hamlet located on the shores of the Arctic Ocean at the tip of the Northwest Territories. It is one of the most climate-vulnerable communities in Canada, according to PSG Senator Margaret Dawn Anderson. Photograph courtesy of Margaret Dawn Anderson
Tuktuuyaqtuuq (or Tuk for short) is an Inuvialuit Hamlet located on the shores of the Arctic Ocean at the tip of the Northwest Territories. It is one of the most climate-vulnerable communities in Canada, according to PSG Senator Margaret Dawn Anderson. Photograph courtesy of Margaret Dawn Anderson
Opinion | BY SENATOR REBECCA PATTERSON | April 16, 2025
U.S. Coast Guards in the Arctic. The Arctic needs better critical infrastructure for both military and civilian use, including deep seaports, roads, and runways, writes CSG Senator Rebecca Patterson. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY SENATOR REBECCA PATTERSON | April 16, 2025
Opinion | BY SENATOR REBECCA PATTERSON | April 16, 2025
U.S. Coast Guards in the Arctic. The Arctic needs better critical infrastructure for both military and civilian use, including deep seaports, roads, and runways, writes CSG Senator Rebecca Patterson. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
FeatureBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | October 3, 2018
Thomas Winkler, the new Danish ambassador to Canada, jumped right into his new role in September with only the summer off after five 'intense' years in Russia. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | October 3, 2018
FeatureBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | October 3, 2018
Thomas Winkler, the new Danish ambassador to Canada, jumped right into his new role in September with only the summer off after five 'intense' years in Russia. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATTHEW PINE, WILLIAM HALLIDAY | October 1, 2018
It is also going to take a combination of measures to ensure our Arctic whales don’t swim into the same kind of trouble as their southern counterparts, write William Halliday and Matthew Pine. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia
Opinion | BY MATTHEW PINE, WILLIAM HALLIDAY | October 1, 2018
Opinion | BY MATTHEW PINE, WILLIAM HALLIDAY | October 1, 2018
It is also going to take a combination of measures to ensure our Arctic whales don’t swim into the same kind of trouble as their southern counterparts, write William Halliday and Matthew Pine. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 24, 2018
The House Foreign Affairs Committee, pictured last week, is looking at Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic in light of Russian militarization of their northern territories, Chinese ambitions for a 'Polar Silk Road,' and upcoming decisions related to the continental shelf under the UN Convention on Law of the Sea, according to the study parameters. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 24, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 24, 2018
The House Foreign Affairs Committee, pictured last week, is looking at Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic in light of Russian militarization of their northern territories, Chinese ambitions for a 'Polar Silk Road,' and upcoming decisions related to the continental shelf under the UN Convention on Law of the Sea, according to the study parameters. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MARY BUHR | September 17, 2018
Last year, Statistics Canada released an analysis of 2012 information: between 33 and 55 per cent of Nunavut residents over the age of 25 had experienced food insecurity in the previous 12 months. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY MARY BUHR | September 17, 2018
Opinion | BY MARY BUHR | September 17, 2018
Last year, Statistics Canada released an analysis of 2012 information: between 33 and 55 per cent of Nunavut residents over the age of 25 had experienced food insecurity in the previous 12 months. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
News | BY EMILY HAWS | August 1, 2018
Natan Obed, incumbent president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, is competing against two other candidates for a second term. The election will take place Aug. 16. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY EMILY HAWS | August 1, 2018
News | BY EMILY HAWS | August 1, 2018
Natan Obed, incumbent president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, is competing against two other candidates for a second term. The election will take place Aug. 16. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY STEPHEN HENDRIE | July 18, 2018
Dancers at the quadrennial general assembly of the Inuit Circumpolar Council in Utqiaġvik, Alaska this week. Photograph courtesy of Stephen Hendrie
Opinion | BY STEPHEN HENDRIE | July 18, 2018
Opinion | BY STEPHEN HENDRIE | July 18, 2018
Dancers at the quadrennial general assembly of the Inuit Circumpolar Council in Utqiaġvik, Alaska this week. Photograph courtesy of Stephen Hendrie
Senators invited First Nations, Métis, and Inuit youth leaders to speak with them about Indigenous issues earlier this month. Kayla Bernard, the 22-year-old First Nations woman from Halifax, pictured with Independent Senator Yuen Pau Woo on June 6, was among those who shared her experience. Photograph courtesy of Conservative Senator Scott Tannas
Senators invited First Nations, Métis, and Inuit youth leaders to speak with them about Indigenous issues earlier this month. Kayla Bernard, the 22-year-old First Nations woman from Halifax, pictured with Independent Senator Yuen Pau Woo on June 6, was among those who shared her experience. Photograph courtesy of Conservative Senator Scott Tannas
Opinion | BY PERRY BELLEGARDE | June 18, 2018
Crown-Indigenous Minister Carolyn Bennett speaks at the Assembly of First Nations meeting in May. Fixing the comprehensive claims policy, among other issues, must be done with First Nations directly, writes AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PERRY BELLEGARDE | June 18, 2018
Opinion | BY PERRY BELLEGARDE | June 18, 2018
Crown-Indigenous Minister Carolyn Bennett speaks at the Assembly of First Nations meeting in May. Fixing the comprehensive claims policy, among other issues, must be done with First Nations directly, writes AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott, pictured. Each community is faced with their own unique health challenges. Nurses are the front-line workers who address these complex situations each day, writes Liberal MP Dan Rusnak. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott, pictured. Each community is faced with their own unique health challenges. Nurses are the front-line workers who address these complex situations each day, writes Liberal MP Dan Rusnak. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NDP MP CHARLIE ANGUS | June 18, 2018
Auditor General Michael Ferguson, pictured, during the release of his spring reports, in which he said that the government's inability to improve the livelihood of Indigenous people is an 'incomprehensible failure.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NDP MP CHARLIE ANGUS | June 18, 2018
Opinion | BY NDP MP CHARLIE ANGUS | June 18, 2018
Auditor General Michael Ferguson, pictured, during the release of his spring reports, in which he said that the government's inability to improve the livelihood of Indigenous people is an 'incomprehensible failure.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 6, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured with Assembly of First Nations national chief Perry Bellegarde, could be in for a fight from some Indigenous organizations unhappy with the Liberals’ reconciliation record. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 6, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 6, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured with Assembly of First Nations national chief Perry Bellegarde, could be in for a fight from some Indigenous organizations unhappy with the Liberals’ reconciliation record. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 28, 2018
The focus of concern for the moment, however, is on what the warming is doing to the Greenland ice-cap. This ice is on land, and when it melts it raises the sea-level. More importantly for the near term may be the fact that it is putting a large volume of fresh water into the northern North Atlantic Ocean. Photograph courtesy of NASA
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 28, 2018
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 28, 2018
The focus of concern for the moment, however, is on what the warming is doing to the Greenland ice-cap. This ice is on land, and when it melts it raises the sea-level. More importantly for the near term may be the fact that it is putting a large volume of fresh water into the northern North Atlantic Ocean. Photograph courtesy of NASA