Jane George
@sikugirl.bsky.social
Journalist, Arctic & bird-watcher, language-lover…my blog: https://jgeorgeblog.com/
Thanks to the Globe and Mail for including my book in their “Books we are reading and loving on November.” If you haven’t yet, it’s easy to order on Amazon.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Thanks to the Globe and Mail for including my book in their “Books we are reading and loving on November.” If you haven’t yet, it’s easy to order on Amazon.
Orcas also appear to find bowhead whales in the Canadian Arctic tasty.
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Orcas also appear to find bowhead whales in the Canadian Arctic tasty.
Just when you think things can’t get worse in Nunavik, they do, with charges now laid against the brother of a Salluit man whose twin was killed by police earlier this year.
Garnet Papigatuk, qui a perdu son frère jumeau aux mains des policiers, est accusé de voies de fait.
Des accusations portées contre un homme blessé lors d’une opération policière mortelle à Salluit
www.ledevoir.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Just when you think things can’t get worse in Nunavik, they do, with charges now laid against the brother of a Salluit man whose twin was killed by police earlier this year.
Wishing I was watching the moonrise this evening near Iqaluit. The ice cream-cotton candy effect…
November 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Wishing I was watching the moonrise this evening near Iqaluit. The ice cream-cotton candy effect…
Terrible fate. Why weren’t there warnings and rescues before it was too late...
For Alaskan Evacuees, Home Is Gone, With No Return in Sight.
For Alaskan Evacuees, Home Is Gone, With No Return in Sight.
For Alaskan Evacuees, Home Is Gone, With No Return in Sight
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Terrible fate. Why weren’t there warnings and rescues before it was too late...
For Alaskan Evacuees, Home Is Gone, With No Return in Sight.
For Alaskan Evacuees, Home Is Gone, With No Return in Sight.
Another water emergency in Nunavut, this time in Pangnirtung. People in southern Canada take clean water for granted. But in northern Canada a lack of clean water upends communities, closing schools, etc. not to mention the health effects on residents.
September 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Another water emergency in Nunavut, this time in Pangnirtung. People in southern Canada take clean water for granted. But in northern Canada a lack of clean water upends communities, closing schools, etc. not to mention the health effects on residents.
More coverage in media from Greenland recently. But what about this? Restrictions are disrupting service at the new international airport in Nuuk, Greenland.
Restrictions Challenge Air Greenland’s flight schedule
Restrictions Challenge Air Greenland’s flight schedule
www.airgreenland.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
More coverage in media from Greenland recently. But what about this? Restrictions are disrupting service at the new international airport in Nuuk, Greenland.
That’s the first time for me anyway that the long-standing projects to join the NWT and Nunavut to the South are mentioned to together.
The Arctic Security Corridor from Yellowknife to the sea "needs more development" but is on a list of secondary targets for Mark Carney's Major Projects Office.
Arctic Security Corridor makes PM’s second-tier major projects list
The Arctic Security Corridor from Yellowknife to the sea "needs more development" but is on a list of secondary targets for Mark Carney's Major Projects Office.
cabinradio.ca
September 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
That’s the first time for me anyway that the long-standing projects to join the NWT and Nunavut to the South are mentioned to together.
I always remember the Nunavut nurse, Christine Egan, who died in the 9/11 attack.
Legacy of Nunavut's lone 9/11 victim lives on in nursing scholarship | CBC News
Christine Egan, a nurse in Nunavut, was visiting her brother in his office in the South Tower of the World Trade Centre when an aircraft hit the building at about 9 a.m. Her legacy lives on in a schol...
www.cbc.ca
September 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I always remember the Nunavut nurse, Christine Egan, who died in the 9/11 attack.
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I'll be in Ottawa next month, speaking at this timely conference.
Registration is free for both on-line and in-person attendees.
Registration is free for both on-line and in-person attendees.
Canadian Security Interests and Trump 2.0 – Centre for International Policy Studies
Canada's leading centre for analysis and debate of international affairs.
www.cips-cepi.ca
September 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I'll be in Ottawa next month, speaking at this timely conference.
Registration is free for both on-line and in-person attendees.
Registration is free for both on-line and in-person attendees.
Maybe you missed the amazing Aurora in Nunavik as shown here by a friend. So much red!
September 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Maybe you missed the amazing Aurora in Nunavik as shown here by a friend. So much red!
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August 2025 was slightly warmer than normal overall in Canada. The warmest anomalies were observed in the Yukon, NWT, and Prairies. Meanwhile a few cold anomalies stand out in SW Ontario and parts of Nunavut.
September 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
August 2025 was slightly warmer than normal overall in Canada. The warmest anomalies were observed in the Yukon, NWT, and Prairies. Meanwhile a few cold anomalies stand out in SW Ontario and parts of Nunavut.
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"The Arctic Ocean will be ice-free in the summer by 2050,” the Norwegian government highlights.
"The Arctic is warming at roughly four times the rate of the rest of the globe," marine scientist Philipp Assmy of the Norwegian Polar Institute told the Barents Observer.
"The Arctic is warming at roughly four times the rate of the rest of the globe," marine scientist Philipp Assmy of the Norwegian Polar Institute told the Barents Observer.
Norway steps up Arctic research as sea ice shrinks
As the sea ice slowly disappears, the Norwegian government is allocating an additional one billion kroner (about €85 million) to study the impacts of climate changes in the Arctic Ocean.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"The Arctic Ocean will be ice-free in the summer by 2050,” the Norwegian government highlights.
"The Arctic is warming at roughly four times the rate of the rest of the globe," marine scientist Philipp Assmy of the Norwegian Polar Institute told the Barents Observer.
"The Arctic is warming at roughly four times the rate of the rest of the globe," marine scientist Philipp Assmy of the Norwegian Polar Institute told the Barents Observer.
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BREAKING: Denmark summons top U.S. diplomat after the national broadcaster reported that at least three people with connections to President Donald Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland.
Denmark summons US envoy after report of Americans carrying out influence operations in Greenland
Denmark’s foreign minister had the top U.S. diplomat in the country summoned for talks after the main national broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least three people with connections to President Donald Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland.
bit.ly
August 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
BREAKING: Denmark summons top U.S. diplomat after the national broadcaster reported that at least three people with connections to President Donald Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland.
Lucky Emily Shamee in Arviat who was treated to an amazing northern lights show in Arviat, Nunavut last night.
August 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Lucky Emily Shamee in Arviat who was treated to an amazing northern lights show in Arviat, Nunavut last night.
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Protests as newborn removed from Greenlandic mother after ‘parenting competence’ tests
Protests as newborn removed from Greenlandic mother after ‘parenting competence’ tests
Danish authorities take one-hour-old infant despite law banning the tests on people with Greenlandic backgrounds
A Greenlandic mother’s one-hour-old baby was removed from her by Danish authorities after she underwent “parenting competence” tests – despite a new law banning the use of the controversial psychometric assessments on people with Greenlandic backgrounds.
Ivana Nikoline Brønlund, who was born in Nuuk to Greenlandic parents and has played for the Greenlandic handball team, gave birth to her daughter, Aviaja-Luuna, on 11 August in a hospital in Hvidovre, near Copenhagen, where she lives with her family. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Protests as newborn removed from Greenlandic mother after ‘parenting competence’ tests
Would you stop your car if you saw these northern lights outside your window? I would and that’s what my friend in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik did last night.
August 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Would you stop your car if you saw these northern lights outside your window? I would and that’s what my friend in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik did last night.
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New fish species keep popping up in Sweden, most likely because of ocean warming!
Today a large Mahi Mahi in Lysekil!
(Photo Janice Melander)
Today a large Mahi Mahi in Lysekil!
(Photo Janice Melander)
August 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New fish species keep popping up in Sweden, most likely because of ocean warming!
Today a large Mahi Mahi in Lysekil!
(Photo Janice Melander)
Today a large Mahi Mahi in Lysekil!
(Photo Janice Melander)
Someone is asking online to trade these noodles for Inuit art in Gjoa Haven. Nunavut. Local people are not at all impressed. It’s hard to believe that a person from the South would really try this kind of barter.
August 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Someone is asking online to trade these noodles for Inuit art in Gjoa Haven. Nunavut. Local people are not at all impressed. It’s hard to believe that a person from the South would really try this kind of barter.
Happy to see my book is selling well on Amazon!
August 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Happy to see my book is selling well on Amazon!
My new book “Like an iceberg” is now out and available on Amazon. It relates some of the experiences that shaped me as a journalist in the Arctic more than 30 years ago. And so many of the issues I reported on (such as residential schools, climate change, etc) are still in the news.
August 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
My new book “Like an iceberg” is now out and available on Amazon. It relates some of the experiences that shaped me as a journalist in the Arctic more than 30 years ago. And so many of the issues I reported on (such as residential schools, climate change, etc) are still in the news.
People in Nunavik are angry about the number of recent shootings by police in the region. They want a meeting with Quebec’s premier (among other actions.)
July 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
People in Nunavik are angry about the number of recent shootings by police in the region. They want a meeting with Quebec’s premier (among other actions.)
Another police shooting of a resident in the Nunavik community of Inukjuak. Before Nunavik police were armed about 25 years ago the then police chief Brian Jones was not initially in favour having police carry firearms which he saw as the “last resort.”
July 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Another police shooting of a resident in the Nunavik community of Inukjuak. Before Nunavik police were armed about 25 years ago the then police chief Brian Jones was not initially in favour having police carry firearms which he saw as the “last resort.”
July 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Listen to this podcast in which I and others look at the Grays Bay road and port project in western Nunavut. It’s aiming to be “shovel ready”- with some new federal interest and money.
‘Pave the Arctic,’ They Said. ‘It’ll be Fine,’ They Said
Podcast Episode · CANADALAND · 2025-07-15 · 30m
podcasts.apple.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Listen to this podcast in which I and others look at the Grays Bay road and port project in western Nunavut. It’s aiming to be “shovel ready”- with some new federal interest and money.