Podcasts by Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure

Predicting Arctic Ice Cover-A Marriage Between Tradition and Technology from 2021-03-25T06:00

A new approach to providing invaluable, data-driven insights into sea-ice thickness and local ice conditions in the Canadian Arctic is utilizing traditional knowledge combined with technology. S...

Indigenous Activism Through the Performing Arts - Ashley Callingbull, Breaking Barriers from 2020-11-22T07:00

Ashley Callingbull is a model, actress, motivational speaker and activist. In 2015, Ashley became the first Canadian, and first indigenous woman to win the Mrs. Universe title.  Since winning th...

Arctic Adaptation-As the Climate Changes Is It All Bad? An Interview With Dr. Isla Myers-Smith from 2020-08-05T06:00

Climate change is affecting the Canadian Arctic at a much faster rate than other parts of the planet. However the Arctic and its peoples have a long history of adaptation and survival. Dr. Isla ...

Kevin Koe - A Legacy of Curling Greatness Born in the Canadian Arctic from 2020-07-26T06:00

Kevin Koe has achieved curling greatness on the Canadian and world stage. With four Canadian Championships, two World Championships, and an appearance at the 2018 Olympics he has to be considere...

Reclaiming Inuit Identity in the Aftermath of Colonialism Through Artistic Expression-Avianna Mackenzie from 2020-07-02T06:00

Realistic and diverse representations of Inuit women and their relationships to their bodies is something that Canadian, Iqualuit, Nunavut-based artist Avianna Mackenzie has made a central theme...

Diving Into The Arctic - Jill Heinerth discusses the shrinking ice coverage in the Arctic from 2020-05-24T06:00

Jill Heinerth is an award winning, world renowned Canadian diver, cave diver, author and filmmaker. Her achievements include making TV series for PBS, the National Geographic Channel and BBC. Sh...

COVID-Distancing On The Land In The Arctic from 2020-04-27T06:00

Melissa and Daniel Rogers live in Inuvik, Northwest Territories in the Canadian Arctic. Melissa is of Gwich'in and Inuvialuit decent and Daniel is Inuvialuit. Melissa and Daniel were both raised...

Tradition Worth Saving, A Future To Prepare For - Iqaluktuuttiaq creates traditional healing programs, modern infrastructure and prepares for COVID-19 from 2020-03-29T06:00

The small Canadian Arctic hamlet of Iqaluktuuttiaq (Cambridge Bay) is located on Victoria Island, and lies on the Northwest Passage in the Arctic Ocean. As do other Arctic communities, the hamle...

Two Spirit, Too Strong - Bryson Syliboy tackles his detractors and life head on. from 2019-12-31T07:00

Bryson Syliboy is Mi'kmaw and Two Spirited. An outspoken advocate for both the Indigenous and LGBTQ communities on social media, he humerously refers to himself as "Bryson The Gaytive", and desp...

A Legacy of Leadership-Facing the Challenge of Leading a Municipal Government in Nunavut from 2019-12-28T07:00

Uqi Chuck Pizzo-Lyall is the recently elected Mayor of Taloyoak (formerly Spence Bay) Nunavut, Canada. One of a new breed of young, Northern leaders, Chuck and his community face many challenges...

The Medicine Game - Gwich'in Professional Lacrosse Player Thomas Hoggarth from 2019-12-09T07:00

Thomas Hoggarth is a professional lacrosse player with the Buffalo Bandits in the National Lacrosse League. He grew up in Lakefield, Ontario, Canada however his roots are North of the Arctic Cir...

Happening to Us - Tuktoyaktuk Youth Filmmakers Heading to United Nations! from 2019-11-17T07:00

Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories is a community high in the Canadian Arctic, situated on the shores of the Beaufort Sea. Five young Indigenous filmmakers wanted to do something to show their c...

A Rising Northern Star - Tiffany Ayalik - Storyteller, Dancer, Musician, Throat Singer, Actor from 2019-10-20T06:00

Tiffany Ayalik is an artist of many talents: storyteller, dancer, musician, throat singer, television host, actor. Of Inuit descent, Tiffany was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, in th...

Robert Louie - Expressing Indigeneity Through Leadership and Entrepreneurship from 2019-09-26T06:00

Robert Louie is a Canadian entrepreneur and owner/proprietor of Indigenous World Winery, Indigenous World Spirits and Kelowna West Manufactured Home Park in West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canad...

Insightful Leadership - Chief Tizya-Tramm - Facing today's challenges through traditional and scientific paradigms from 2019-08-23T06:00

Dana Tizya-Tramm left his small home community of Old Crow in the Yukon Territory of Canada to move to the city lights of Vancouver, British Columbia. Feeling that there was a calling in life be...

Arctic Olympians - Sharon and Shirley Firth - from Aklavik Northwest Territories to Sapporo, Innsbruck, Lake Placid and Sarajevo from 2019-05-12T06:00

Sharon and Shirley Firth were born inside the Arctic Circle, deep in the vast Mackenzie Delta, in the small remote Canadian community of Aklavik, Northwest Territories. From these humble beginni...

The Mad Trapper of Rat River - An Amazing Unsolved Arctic Mystery. from 2019-04-03T06:00

An unknown man showed up in Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, Canada, in 1931, He said very little, only that his name was Albert Johnson. It was the beginning of an amazing tale that start...

A Delta Man - Dog Musher, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Member, Proud Indigenous Elder, Arctic Ambassador - Gerry Kisoun from 2019-03-27T06:00

Gerry Kisoun was born on the land in the Mackenzie Delta of the Northwest Territories in the Canadian Arctic, the second largest delta in North America. At a young age, his family moved from the...

From Traditional Beginnings to Boardroom Executive - Embracing the New, Healing Through Traditional Culture from 2019-03-20T06:00

Clara Evalik's father came from nomadic beginnnings. His early life took him from Alaska, to the Western Arctic, to the Central Arctic, where he operated a trading post. Clara's mother was raise...

Serving His People - M.L.A. Tom Beaulieu discusses his passion for Northern issues and his people. from 2019-03-10T07:00

Tom Beaulieu is the Member of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly for the Tu Nedhe'-Wiilideh constituency in the Canadian North. Tom served as President of the Northwest Territories H...

Balancing Traditional Values in the Modern World from 2019-02-26T07:00

Polar Bear hunter, Brent Nakashook of Ikaluktutiak (Cambridge Bay), Nunavut, Canada, was raised by his grandparents on the land. Brent discusses the traditional way of life and the difficulties ...

The Magnetic North - Stories of youth, sexual abuse in an Edmonton hospital, cultural confusion, returning North. from 2019-02-14T07:00

Host Rob Feagan discusses his fond memories of growing up in small Northern communities, the humour and wisdom of elders, moving South and cultural confusion, physical and sexual abuse, moving b...

Nyla Innuksuk - Focusing on Inuit culture through virtual reality, the Marvel Universe and film making - Part 2 from 2019-02-06T07:00

Part 2 of our two part interview with film director, writer, producer of film and virtual reality content, Nyla Innuksuk. 

In this episode we discuss the Arctic as a setting for film and i...

Nyla Innuksuk - Focusing on Inuit culture through virtual reality, the Marvel Universe and film making - Part 1 from 2019-01-30T07:00

Nyla Innuksuk is a film director, writer, producer of film and virtual reality content. She is a Ryerson Film graduate, and CEO of Mixtape VR. The short horror film that Nyla produced and filmed...

Cultural Identity - A Story of Rediscovery and Success - Part 2 from 2019-01-21T07:00

Kylik Kisoun Taylor is the owner/operator of Tundra North Tours, a tourism company based out of Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, inside the Arctic Circle. Although of Gwich'in and Inuvialu...

Cultural Identity - A Story of Rediscovery and Success - Part I from 2019-01-15T07:00

Kylik Kisoun Taylor is the owner/operator of Tundra North Tours, a tourism company based out of Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, inside the Arctic Circle. Although of Gwich'in and Inuvialu...

Climate Change - Reactivation of mercury from permafrost into the Arctic food chain from 2019-01-07T07:00

Kyra St-Pierre is a Doctor of Philosophy, and Biological Sciences with specialization in ecology. She has been involved in studies around the world including humpback whale surveys on the coast ...

Policing in the Arctic - The Early Days of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Pt. 2 from 2018-12-25T07:00

Part 2 of our interview with Hugh Feagan - In this episode, Hugh discusses his experiences with residential schools in the North, forming lasting friendships with the people he policed, the impo...

Policing in the Arctic - The Early Days of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Pt. I from 2018-12-20T07:00

In 1950, Hugh Feagan left the family farm in rural Ontario, Canada, to pursue his dream of joining the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (R.C.M.P.). After the long train trip West, Hugh completed hi...

Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure from 2018-12-12T07:00

Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - The podcast all about Canada's Arctic, the land, the people, the culture, and what it can teach the rest of the world. In this introductory episode, author Rob...