Missing: Canada's Vision for the North Dr. Jessica Shadian’s Guest Column “Missing: Canada’s Vision for the North is available here. This past September (2020), (former) federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Navdeep Bains published an Op-Ed in Policy Options about Canada's distinctly unique opportunity to lead the world in the electric
What is the Role of 5G in Canada? A discussion with Brian Crombie Madeleine Redfern LLB, the former Mayor of the City of Iqaluit and Executive Director of Arctic360’s Northern Branch and Dr. Jessica Shadian, the President and CEO of Arctic360, join Brian Crombie to discuss whether Canada should accept Chinese
The North Rising: Madeleine Redfern on Connectivity in NunavutMadeleine Redfern LLB, the former Mayor of the City of Iqaluit and Executive Director of Arctic360’s Northern Branch, joined “The House from CBC Radio” to discuss Nunavut’s connectivity struggles. This is a repost of the original podcast which appears on Apple Podcast and can
Jessica Shadian and Nauja Bianco: Sustainable investing; putting the Arctic in a snow globeThis is a repost of the original article by Jessica Shadian and Nauja Bianco which appeared on the Policy Options website: https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/october-2020/when-esg-investing-hurts-the-people-of-the-north-american-arctic/Moral purpose or marketing? This summer, Deutsche Bank became the latest major bank to boycott Arctic resource investment.
Wrap Up Special: Learning the Arctic through COVID-19 https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/media/photologue/photos/cache/httpsapipddataservicescomlistsfeed9210f98b-bbd0-4d2d-b50a-8f2ddd66e635_large The summer is almost at an end, and there’s only one thing left to do about it: reflect. Bear with me here. My introduction to the Canadian Arctic has been almost entirely through the lens of COVID-19. In fact, it was cancellations
Northern Gold Mining with Ammar Al-Joundi https://live.staticflickr.com/2942/15224300908_a26f65014e_b.jpg Today’s theme is Northern gold mining. As a buffer against uncertainty, gold has been increasing in value even before the pandemic. There are many gold deposits in the Canadian North, but what do these large-scale economic trends mean for communities and workers on the
Icebreaker Ships with Spencer Fraser https://www.bairdmaritime.com/wp-content/uploads/200812-10-Davie-Shipbuilding.jpg Today’s theme is icebreakers - a special type of ship that’s designed to navigate ice covered waters and help guide other ships safely through. In the Arctic that’s an important and expensive task, and one that’s changing in nature as the climate crisis accelerates. In
Inuit-Centred Mental Health with Mitch White https://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2017/05/mental-health-in-canadas-north-we-need-to-recognize-resilience-too.png Our topic today is not easy. It’s complicated and troubling, but incredibly important. We’re going to talk about mental health in the context of Northern Canadians, particularly Inuit communities who are burdened with suicide rates up to 25 times higher than the rest of
When it comes to Canada-China Relations, it is time to look North This is a repost of the original article by Jessica Shadian and Erica Wallis which appeared on the Policy Options website: Read the Original Article If there is one thing that the COVID-19 crisis has not
Canadian Arctic Diplomacy with Bob Paquin Welcome to Uncharted, an Arctic360 series about the impact of COVID-19 on the North American Arctic. All summer long we’re talking to the people who live, work and govern the Arctic, to understand how we move forward from this moment in history. Today’s theme is
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