Iceland’s then-president Olafur Ragnar Grimsson at a press conference during the 2015 Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik. Grimsson was behind the formation of the assembly and its philosophy of the importance of including a range of voices, even from those outside of the circumpolar North, when discussing Arctic affairs. (Halldor Kolbeins/AFP/Reuters)
Iceland has given the green light to the new Olafur Ragnar Grimsson Arctic institute and has announced financial support towards the project.
“At its last meeting, the government agreed on Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir’s proposal for the establishment of the Olafur Ragnar Grimsson institute on Arctic issues in Reykjavík,” the government said in a news release on Tuesday. “Arctic Circle will receive 10 million ISK from the government’s joint budget to support further preparations for the project.”
Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Eilís Quinn is an award-winning journalist and manages Radio Canada International’s Eye on the Arctic news cooperation project. Eilís has reported from the Arctic regions of all eight circumpolar countries and has produced numerous documentary and multimedia series about climate change and the issues facing Indigenous peoples in the North.
Her investigative report Death in the Arctic: A community grieves, a father fights for change, about the murder of Robert Adams, a 19-year-old Inuk man from Arctic Quebec, received the silver medal for “Best Investigative Article or Series” at the 2019 Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The project also received an honourable mention for excellence in reporting on trauma at the 2019 Dart Awards in New York City.
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