Radio Canada International

With cooperation under strain, Canada joins partners in defending the Arctic Council’s future

The Arctic Council was built on the idea that the circumpolar North could be kept insulated from great-power conflict. But ...
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The ice is melting fast - why the Arctic matters now

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on Modern Affairs continues with a video on the Arctic Race, as we discuss how Arctic was historically important through the centuries and ...
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Geography is security: Why America needs Canada’s Arctic more than Canada needs U.S. troops

The Arctic is becoming one of the most important regions in North America as warming trends reveal new routes and new strategic challenges. Canada’s northern lands now shape decisions far beyond their ...
The New York Times

In a Warming Arctic, a Fight Brews Over the Fabled Northwest Passage

The Inuit of the far north helped solve the mystery of a doomed 19th-century expedition. Now Canada needs them to strengthen its claim to this newly contested region. The Inuit of the far north helped ...
The New York Times

Is This Polar Bear Town Canada’s Key to the Arctic?

The tiny town of Churchill has two of Canada’s largest pieces of Arctic infrastructure, but years of neglect have left them in poor shape amid growing superpower rivalry in the region. The tiny town ...
Radio Canada International

Visibility isn’t enough, Arctic Indigenous women say authority must follow

While Greenland Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt’s high-profile defence of the island’s sovereignty reflects the rise of Indigenous women in Arctic leadership, prominent Indigenous leaders say ...