January 2010 - Ookpik Blog

Nasivvik Summer Student Research Awards 2010 (Undergraduate level)

Description The Nasivvik Centre for Inuit Health and Changing Environments is a multidisciplinary research and training centre funded by the Institute of Aboriginal Peoples Health (IAPH), one of the 13 institutes of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research...

Published 01-25-2010 4:57 PM by Elizabeth Zarpa

Filed under: Nunavut, Education, Youth, North, global warming, circumpolar, change, jobs, environment, policy, exploration, Indigenous Peoples, hope, social issues, politics, messages, meaning, Young Scientists

IPY Oslo Science Conference: Call for Abstracts!

The IPY Oslo Science Conference will be the largest polar science event to date! Twice as large as the last, and up to then largest, global polar science meeting in terms of submissions. It will demonstrate, strengthen, and extend the International Polar...

Published 01-22-2010 8:46 AM by Jesse Tungilik

Filed under: Arctic, Science, IPY, APECS, Conference, Oslo, Young Scientists, Antarctica

Do you really mean what you say?

I've been thinking lately about language and messages. Listening to talks about the recent COP 15 meetings in Copenhagen, and listening to political promises on the news, and thinking that all this talk is the same as it always has been. Fluff. Promises...

Published 01-21-2010 10:25 AM by Napatsi Folger

Filed under: lies, politics, messages, language, meaning, exaggerate

Native identity from an Inuk’s perspective

One day, I was asked what makes you Native? Is it in your blood? Is it because you speak your own language? Is it because you identify with a particular group? What makes you Native? I really had to think about this. And so I did. I realize that being...

Published 01-21-2010 8:39 AM by Elizabeth Zarpa

Filed under: Nunavut, Education, Youth, North, circumpolar, change, government, Indigenous Peoples, hope, social issues

IPY International Eary Career Researcher Symposium

I’ve been owing a blog entry for a while now. However, this one won’t be on working at CliC. At the beginning of December I was able to attend the IPY International Early Career Researcher Symposium in Victoria, BC. My attendance was only...

Published 01-08-2010 8:45 AM by Calista Morrison

Filed under: IPY, APECS

National Native Organizations brief introduction

Canada has a large Native population. Largely Native’s are known as the Aboriginal people of Canada. Many do not understand that Aboriginal is not one homogeneous group, but rather consists of a diverse group of different peoples. Generally there...

Published 01-06-2010 5:32 PM by Elizabeth Zarpa

Filed under: Nunavut, Education, Arctic, Youth, North, circumpolar, leaders, Ottawa, government, Indigenous Peoples, hope, social issues

Government priorities could be education, but...

The Nordic model of governance used by the Nordic countries of Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Denmark emphasize the importance of taking responsibility of post secondary education for its citizens. This type of governance system promotes and funds...

Published 01-06-2010 3:37 PM by Elizabeth Zarpa

Filed under: Nunavut, Education, Arctic, North, circumpolar, change, Ottawa, government, Indigenous Peoples, hope, social issues

January 2010 - Ookpik Blog

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