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NATO’s Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence (CCASCOE) is set to open this year in Montréal. (Shutterstock)

February 1, 2024

NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence to open in Montréal: What does it mean for Canadian security?

Ryan Atkinson, Carleton University

Climate and environmental insecurity is set to grow in severity as the world warms. The upcoming launch of a new NATO climate change and security centre in Montréal aims to address these concerns.

Residents walk toward the Northern Store where most groceries and goods are purchased in Nain, N.L. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

November 20, 2023

How culturally appropriate diets can be a pathway to food security in the Canadian Arctic

Pascale Ropars, Université Laval and Tiff-Annie Kenny, Université Laval

Food insecurity is an issue felt particularly acutely by Inuit across Northern Canada. Culturally appropriate food systems may be the solution.

A person walks along a path in Iqaluit on March 6, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

October 3, 2023

Grocery retailers are benefiting from food subsidies in Northern Canada

Nicholas Li, Toronto Metropolitan University and Tracey Galloway, University of Toronto

New research about the Nutrition North Canada program shows that the subsidy is not being fully passed on to consumers.

Sheila Flaherty, the Nunavut director of the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada in Iqaluit, Nvt. Sustainable tourism connects people to the planet and their culture while providing them with livelihoods. (Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada)

May 10, 2023

Indigenous women in Northern Canada creating sustainable livelihoods through tourism

Sonya Graci, Toronto Metropolitan University and Yvette Rasmussen

Indigenous women are using sustainable tourism to overcome generational challenges and as an entrepreneurial means of generating income.

NOSM University, which began as the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, may potentially offer a model for Northern education in other professional fields. (NOSM University)

March 16, 2023

Northern Ontario needs more local post-secondary education — and the province’s funding

Avery Beall, Nipissing University and David Zarifa, Nipissing University

Ontario’s changed university funding formula, which forces institutions to rely on high student tuition for niche programs, is putting some northern institutions in precarious financial situations.

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