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Defence Minister David McGuinty should consider developing a comprehensive Arctic archipelagic defence concept that would shift attention towards Canada’s land domain, writes Andrew Erskine. Ottawa has already invested heavily in its air and maritime capabilities. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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
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
Opinion | BY PETER RAUTENBACH | March 13, 2025
Victoria-class Submarine
Projecting a significant Arctic presence is important due to the rapid expansion of Russian Arctic military bases, writes Peter Rautenbach. Department of National Defence photograph by Kenneth Galbraith
Opinion | BY PETER RAUTENBACH | March 13, 2025
Opinion | BY PETER RAUTENBACH | March 13, 2025
Victoria-class Submarine
Projecting a significant Arctic presence is important due to the rapid expansion of Russian Arctic military bases, writes Peter Rautenbach. Department of National Defence photograph by Kenneth Galbraith
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | March 12, 2025
Our Arctic contains untold stores of minerals, oil, and gas, and holds a coveted shortcut across the top of the world, writes Andrew Caddell. DND photograph by Master Corporal Alana Morin
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | March 12, 2025
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | March 12, 2025
Our Arctic contains untold stores of minerals, oil, and gas, and holds a coveted shortcut across the top of the world, writes Andrew Caddell. DND photograph by Master Corporal Alana Morin
Opinion | BY ERNIE REGEHR | February 26, 2025
Snowmobiles light the drop zone before a Canadian Armed Forces battalion parachute drop near Resolute Bay, Nunavut. DND photograph by Louis Brunet
Opinion | BY ERNIE REGEHR | February 26, 2025
Opinion | BY ERNIE REGEHR | February 26, 2025
Snowmobiles light the drop zone before a Canadian Armed Forces battalion parachute drop near Resolute Bay, Nunavut. DND photograph by Louis Brunet
Opinion | BY PETER KIKKERT | December 8, 2021
Every year, the Canadian Armed Forces leads Operation Nanook-Tatigiit, a whole-of-government exercise that practices co-operation and collaboration among key partners involved in northern disaster and emergency management. DND photograph by Corporal Simon Arcand
Opinion | BY PETER KIKKERT | December 8, 2021
Opinion | BY PETER KIKKERT | December 8, 2021
Every year, the Canadian Armed Forces leads Operation Nanook-Tatigiit, a whole-of-government exercise that practices co-operation and collaboration among key partners involved in northern disaster and emergency management. DND photograph by Corporal Simon Arcand
Opinion | BY TIMOTHY CHOI | November 17, 2021
Despite the Arctic’s growing geopolitical significance and increasing maritime traffic, the upgraded Victoria class have spent most of their limited sailing times this past decade in the Far East and West, not North, like the HMCS Chicoutimi—pictured in Scotland in 2005—which sailed to Japan in 2017-2018, from which it monitored North Korean sanctions, writes Timothy Choi. DND photograph by Cpl. Robert Bottrill
Opinion | BY TIMOTHY CHOI | November 17, 2021
Opinion | BY TIMOTHY CHOI | November 17, 2021
Despite the Arctic’s growing geopolitical significance and increasing maritime traffic, the upgraded Victoria class have spent most of their limited sailing times this past decade in the Far East and West, not North, like the HMCS Chicoutimi—pictured in Scotland in 2005—which sailed to Japan in 2017-2018, from which it monitored North Korean sanctions, writes Timothy Choi. DND photograph by Cpl. Robert Bottrill
Opinion | BY TOM HENHEFFER | November 4, 2021
The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent makes an approach to the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean. There are only a handful of ships dedicated to science in the North, and five of them belong to Arctic Research Foundation, writes its vice president, Tom Henheffer. With major gaps in our Arctic coverage, scientists struggle to understand how temperatures are changing, how sea ice is melting, and how migratory patterns have shifted. Photograph courtesy of Patrick Kelley, U.S. Coast Guard
Opinion | BY TOM HENHEFFER | November 4, 2021
Opinion | BY TOM HENHEFFER | November 4, 2021
The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent makes an approach to the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean. There are only a handful of ships dedicated to science in the North, and five of them belong to Arctic Research Foundation, writes its vice president, Tom Henheffer. With major gaps in our Arctic coverage, scientists struggle to understand how temperatures are changing, how sea ice is melting, and how migratory patterns have shifted. Photograph courtesy of Patrick Kelley, U.S. Coast Guard
Opinion | BY HLYNUR GUDJONSSON | November 3, 2021
Iceland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson greets then-Canadian foreign minister Marc Garneau at the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Reykjavík, Iceland, on May 20. Photograph courtesy of the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Opinion | BY HLYNUR GUDJONSSON | November 3, 2021
Opinion | BY HLYNUR GUDJONSSON | November 3, 2021
Iceland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson greets then-Canadian foreign minister Marc Garneau at the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Reykjavík, Iceland, on May 20. Photograph courtesy of the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Opinion | BY MONICA ELL-KANAYUK | November 1, 2021
Shipping as envisioned by most is a large tanker vessel loaded with everything from produce to computers, to vehicles. For Inuit, shipping and, broadly, marine transportation is critical infrastructure. Inuit are a maritime people. We rely on free movement, first and foremost, to eat, since so much of our diet is derived from hunting. Photograph courtesy of NASA
Opinion | BY MONICA ELL-KANAYUK | November 1, 2021
Opinion | BY MONICA ELL-KANAYUK | November 1, 2021
Shipping as envisioned by most is a large tanker vessel loaded with everything from produce to computers, to vehicles. For Inuit, shipping and, broadly, marine transportation is critical infrastructure. Inuit are a maritime people. We rely on free movement, first and foremost, to eat, since so much of our diet is derived from hunting. Photograph courtesy of NASA
The Arctic Council’s signing ceremony in Ottawa in 1996, with Mary May Simon, left, who is now Canada’s Governor General, and on the far left, then foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy. Photograph courtesy of the Inuit Circumpolar Council
The Arctic Council’s signing ceremony in Ottawa in 1996, with Mary May Simon, left, who is now Canada’s Governor General, and on the far left, then foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy. Photograph courtesy of the Inuit Circumpolar Council
Opinion | BY BRUCE CARSON | August 18, 2021
During the July 26 installation ceremony and in Mary Simon’s speech following, one just knew that we were dealing with someone who made promises she did intend to keep and set goals she attended to accomplish, writes Bruce Carson. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY BRUCE CARSON | August 18, 2021
Opinion | BY BRUCE CARSON | August 18, 2021
During the July 26 installation ceremony and in Mary Simon’s speech following, one just knew that we were dealing with someone who made promises she did intend to keep and set goals she attended to accomplish, writes Bruce Carson. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 4, 2021
It seems former Conservative MP Derek Sloan, pictured, wants to form his own political party—tentatively called 'True North'—as a vehicle to promote his ideological values. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 4, 2021
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 4, 2021
It seems former Conservative MP Derek Sloan, pictured, wants to form his own political party—tentatively called 'True North'—as a vehicle to promote his ideological values. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ADELE BUCKLEY | July 28, 2021
Canada should take note of recent comments made by U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Arctic, writes Adele Buckley. Flickr photograph by JLHervàs, photograph courtesy of World Economic Forum
Opinion | BY ADELE BUCKLEY | July 28, 2021
Opinion | BY ADELE BUCKLEY | July 28, 2021
Canada should take note of recent comments made by U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Arctic, writes Adele Buckley. Flickr photograph by JLHervàs, photograph courtesy of World Economic Forum
News | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | July 12, 2021
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed says the issue is complex and there is 'a cascading effect of runaway costs associated with accessing market foods' for the region. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | July 12, 2021
News | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | July 12, 2021
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed says the issue is complex and there is 'a cascading effect of runaway costs associated with accessing market foods' for the region. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | June 25, 2021
An icebreaker pictured in Greenland, which is the only part of the Kingdom of Denmark that is geographically located within the Arctic region. In a historic meeting, the Danish prime minister recently recognized that fact and said it was time for Greenland to take the lead in the region, writes Jan Top Christensen Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | June 25, 2021
Opinion | June 25, 2021
An icebreaker pictured in Greenland, which is the only part of the Kingdom of Denmark that is geographically located within the Arctic region. In a historic meeting, the Danish prime minister recently recognized that fact and said it was time for Greenland to take the lead in the region, writes Jan Top Christensen Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
News | BY ALICE CHEN | June 16, 2021
NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says she's disappointed with government efforts in the area of mental health in the North and pointed to the need for a holistic approach, encompassing housing and basic necessities as a good area of focus. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ALICE CHEN | June 16, 2021
News | BY ALICE CHEN | June 16, 2021
NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says she's disappointed with government efforts in the area of mental health in the North and pointed to the need for a holistic approach, encompassing housing and basic necessities as a good area of focus. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade