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02 May 2009

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Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change. Here's the a trailer developed for this project that was shot in the community of Pangnirtung. Over the past year, Pangnirtung has been ravaged by climate change impacts, which has caused glacial melting to wash away a number of bridges in the community, causing a local state of emergency in the summer of 2008. In the video, you'll see shots of Auyuittuq National Park and the extensive glacial melting happening there, which is a devastating reminder of how climate change is adversely affecting the planet.

Filmmaker: Ian Mauro

Filmmaker Contact:

ianmauro@uvic.ca

Producer's Name: Ian Mauro

Year of Production: 2009

Country: Canada

Duration:

5m 48s

More from this channel: Ian Mauro's Blog on Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change

- 9m 43s
  
  IKCC on PBS
  
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  IKCC is going to be screening at Denver's Indigenous Film Festival on October 16. It will be the closing night film.
  The festival organizers contacted me a couple of days ago and asked if I could be available for a PBS special about the film and larger festival.
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  uploaded date: 05-10-2011
- IKCC to screen at Montreal's Human Rights Film Festival
  
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  IKCC will be screening in Montreal at the Human Rights Media Documentary Film Festival on October 1st at 4:15 in Concordia University's BMO Amphitheatre:
  docfest2011.wordpress.com/what-is-jhr/
  The festival is co-presented by the Journalists for Human Rights and the Canadian Museum of Human Rights.
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  uploaded date: 27-09-2011
- IKCC wins award at Montreal's First People's Film Festival
  
  uploaded by: Ian Mauro
  
  channel: Ian Mauro's Blog on Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
  
  We are humbled to have won the "communities" award at the 21st annual Montreal First People's Film Festival:
  www.nativelynx.qc.ca/festival/en
  This award speaks to the value of community knowledge and it's really a prize for the participants in the documentary. We thank them for their generosity and insights.
  … Read more
  
  uploaded date: 27-09-2011
- IKCC at IQ film festival in Arviat and Toronto
  
  uploaded by: Ian Mauro
  
  channel: Ian Mauro's Blog on Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
  
  Tonight IKCC was screened in an Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Film Festival that was held simultaneously in Arviat, Nunavut, and in Toronto at York University.
  The evening was presented by the Nanisiniq Arviat History Project:http://nanisiniq.tumblr.com/
  … Read more
  
  uploaded date: 27-09-2011
- IKCC has its US Premieres
  
  uploaded by: Ian Mauro
  
  channel: Ian Mauro's Blog on Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
  
  Greetings from the US!
  Tonight, Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change will have its New York Premiere, opening the Smithsonian Institution's Native American Film and Video Festival.
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  uploaded date: 31-03-2011
- Penguins Harmed By Tagging
  
  uploaded by: Ian Mauro
  
  channel: Ian Mauro's Blog on Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
  
  If you've seen Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change, you'll know that Elders in Nunavut believe that the handling and tagging of animals, specifically polar bears and whales, causes adverse health and behaviour issues.
  … Read more
  
  uploaded date: 01-02-2011
- ArcticNet
  
  uploaded by: Ian Mauro
  
  channel: Ian Mauro's Blog on Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
  
  Last night, in Ottawa, Zacharias Kunuk and I presented Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change at ArcticNet, Canada's largest northern research meetings.
  The screening was well attended, with some 400 people present, and we had a fantastic Q and A afterwards. We had questions from Inuit, scientists and students as well as a skype-in call from London, England.
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  uploaded date: 16-12-2010
- 1m 5s
  
  "The tilting of the earth changes everything"
  
  uploaded by: Ian Mauro
  
  channel: Ian Mauro's Blog on Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
  
  Arguably, the most bizarre, fascinating and perhaps groundbreaking of all observations we've heard from Inuit is that they believe our world has tilted on its axis and this contributes to climate change.… Read more
  
  uploaded date: 25-11-2009
- 59s
  
  Uqalurait: the snow is speaking
  
  uploaded by: Ian Mauro
  
  channel: Ian Mauro's Blog on Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
  
  Inuit are telling us their climate change stories in their mother tongue - the Inuktitut language. It's important that the elders and hunters are speaking in their own language, given that their teachings are both holistic and detailed, and are best communicated in Inuktitut. Today's story is about uqalurait: the snow drifts shaped like a tongue (see blog photo).
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  uploaded date: 23-11-2009
- 11m 1s
  
  Silent film on climate change
  
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  channel: Inuusivut
  
  Check out this amazing silent film called "Speaking out on climate change". In the tradition of Buster Keaton-style black and white slapstick comedy, this piece by Pangnirtung's Julie Alivaktuk brilliantly pokes fun at the very serious issue of climate change and how it affects Arctic ecosystems and Inuit people.
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  uploaded date: 22-11-2009
- Join our "live editing sessions"
  
  uploaded by: Ian Mauro
  
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  Inuit Knowledge & Climate Change Video Invited to COP-15 in Copenhagen
  
  Interact with filmmakers Zacharias Kunuk and Ian Mauro during live weekly webcasts from Igloolik every Thursday from 8-10 pm starting November 19.
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  uploaded date: 18-11-2009
- 33s
  
  Unnatural Disaster
  
  uploaded by: Ian Mauro
  
  channel: Ian Mauro's Blog on Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
  
  We've been hearing from Inuit about the Arctic getting warmer. Today's post includes a video upload featuring Alukie Metuq from Pangnirtung. In it, Alukie talks about the intense heat of the past year. No doubt, Pangnirtung is a climate change "hotspot" in the Arctic and has had to deal with a number of related "natural disasters".
  … Read more
  
  uploaded date: 18-11-2009
- 21s
  
  Grizzly bears moving into polar bear country
  
  uploaded by: Ian Mauro
  
  channel: Ian Mauro's Blog on Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
  
  We've gone through an interview with Lukie Airut, an Igloolik-based carver and hunter, and he has great stories to share. In particular, he told us that he had recently seen a grizzly bear near town, which is something that locals say is very rare, despite scientific studies showing they may extend into the area.… Read more
  
  uploaded date: 17-11-2009
- 1m 23s
  
  Polar Bears Cannot Be In Danger
  
  uploaded by: Ian Mauro
  
  channel: Ian Mauro
  
  Inuit we've spoken with believe that nanuuit - polar bears - are increasing in abundance. The stories of elders clearly indicate that in the past this great animal was not seen often, but when it was, it was a very special event. In Inuit society, the bear is revered for its intelligence, strength and importance within the foodchain.… Read more
  
  uploaded date: 14-11-2009
- New insects arriving: A sign of a warming world
  
  uploaded by: Ian Mauro
  
  channel: Ian Mauro's Blog on Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
  
  Zach and I have been editing like madmen. It's quite a process: surfing the footage, finding the pithy quotes, and translating them from Inuktitut to Qallunaatitut. We often have to debate the specific nuances of what is being said to ensure that we communicate concepts properly in English. It's fascinating to work across cultural worlds in this way.
  … Read more
  
  uploaded date: 13-11-2009
- Taqqiqirik: Full Moon
  
  uploaded by: Ian Mauro
  
  channel: Ian Mauro's Blog on Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
  
  This past weekend, in the middle of a blizzard, Zacharias and I went to his cabin on one of the nearby bays on this island. We hung out and talked about the Inuit knowledge and climate change research film we are making. When we left, I walked outside ready to hop on the skidoo, and I was blown away by the night sky.
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  uploaded date: 10-11-2009