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Papak Malliki of Igloolik speaks about climate change.

Therese Mattaq of Pond Inlet speaks about Inuit teaching: "They wanted me to know the environment. They wanted to me to know the stars. Things that are not made by Inuit but made by things we do not know. God made them from the beginning. That was our teaching."

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Abraham Ulayuruluk of Igloolik speaks about changes in polar bear behaviour.  "In the past, polar bears weren't around that much. Once in a while, they would come from the floating ice, and we would catch them.  Back then, in summer time, when someone got a bear, they were all healthy and fat.… Leer más

Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change - Interview with Deborah Qaunaq.

I think sometimes our earth has tilted. When the fall comes and ice should be forming, it doesn't happen right away. In the spring, when it should be melting, it stays cooler. It now seems to stay cooler longer than in the past.

 Apea Sowdluapik from Pangnirtung speaks about environmental health problems linked to climate change.

Apea Sowdluapik from Pangnirtung speaks about the impacts of climate change.

"These days the wind changes direction quickly.  Weather would be good and then bad all of a sudden.  That's how it is today.

In the past, spring would have good and long weather.  It didn't change suddenly.  Now the wind changes suddenly.

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We were out boating and egg picking and we saw a strange bird. It had long legs, it was grey, and we thought it came from the south.

She saw something round with wings, it was very small, she didn't know what it was. It was the first time she had seen it.

Alukie Metuq from Pangnirtung speaks about changes in the weather. "In February, last year, they had bad weather, and the land melted and the temperature was even plus five. Last year, I really noticed, it was different. The ice went early. It was really hot. When the summer came, it was even hotter.… Leer más

 Alukie Metuq from Pangnirtung speaks about climate change.

Elisapee Ishulutak, Pangnirtung's oldest resident, discusses climate change.  

It use to be steaming fog from the shore and the dog teams would be coming. You could hear their breathing. You could hear them coming in the fog. It was cold. That was wonderful.

English Transcript: Back then, nobody hardly got sick because we were the only family out there. Nowadays, everyone is mingling amongst communities, and we get sick. It was not like that before. Sometimes we would get sick and use things from the land to heal us, like mushrooms and their powder and longs from a rabbit we'd use as band-aids, and tissue from ujuk fat.… Leer más

A presentation of the book Arnait Nipingit, Voices of Inuit Women in Leadership and Governance, published by Nunavut Arctic College and edited by Louis McComber and Shannon Partridge.

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Atanarjuat director Zacharias Kunuk speaks about the process of making the film and filmmaking from an Inuit point of view.

Synopsis: Combining archival photos with new and found footage, Red Ochre is a personal, impressionistic rendering of what it's like growing up Mi'kmaq in Newfoundland, while living in a culture of denial.