Thanks to a deal to secure more doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, young Nunavummiut will be able to receive their first dose as early as next month.
The 100 Best International Movies of All Time
By Molly Pennington, Stacker
On 5/13/21 at 6:30 PM EDT
International cinema has always had a profound influence on American movies. At the same time, many of the great films in languages other than English retool the styles and genres of popular American movies. Have you ever forgotten you were reading subtitles as you were swept up in the action on screen? Westerns, film noirs, and even romances tap into universal visual languages of movement, action, and emotion that draw in worldwide audiences.
Stacker s list of the 100 best international movies includes the science fiction masterpiece of German Expressionist style,
Community-based walrus research in Nunavut
How bottom feeding species are exposed to plastic pollution
Inuit have been hunting walruses for centuries, and walrus continue to be an important country food to northern communities, especially those in the Canadian Arctic. In communities across Nunavut, walrus meat is shared by community members and, as highlighted in the Government of Nunavut’s
Nutrition Fact Sheet Series for Inuit Traditional Foods, is an excellent source of protein, iron, zinc, omega-3 fatty acids and selenium. In some communities, such as Igloolik and Sanirajak, walrus meat and blubber are carefully aged in walrus skins for months in gravel caches on the land. The fermented walrus meat (
He loved Nunavut: Polar bear biologist who died in helicopter crash remembered
by Emma Tranter, The Canadian Press
Posted Apr 30, 2021 9:20 am EDT
Last Updated Apr 30, 2021 at 9:28 am EDT
IQALUIT A dedicated scientist who loved the North, Markus Dyck spoke his mind and strove to include Inuit in northern research.
That’s how friends and colleagues are remembering Dyck, a polar bear biologist with the Nunavut government, who died in a helicopter crash near Resolute Bay on Sunday. Two crew members also died.
Harvey Lemelin, a professor at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont., and a close friend of Dyck, said he’s still processing the news of his death.