Jane George
@sikugirl.bsky.social
Journalist, Arctic & bird-watcher, language-lover…my blog: https://jgeorgeblog.com/
Congratulations to John Main, Nunavut’s new premier! The questions leading up to today’s vote by the members of the assembly were the best I have ever heard during an election in the assembly since 1999, with focus on social issues and need for more employment among Inuit. John will do a great job.
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Congratulations to John Main, Nunavut’s new premier! The questions leading up to today’s vote by the members of the assembly were the best I have ever heard during an election in the assembly since 1999, with focus on social issues and need for more employment among Inuit. John will do a great job.
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.
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…
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.”
Where were you at 1:50 am?
EM Kooneeliusie was in beautiful Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut & shared this view on Nunavut Photos of the Arctic.
EM Kooneeliusie was in beautiful Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut & shared this view on Nunavut Photos of the Arctic.
July 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Where were you at 1:50 am?
EM Kooneeliusie was in beautiful Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut & shared this view on Nunavut Photos of the Arctic.
EM Kooneeliusie was in beautiful Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut & shared this view on Nunavut Photos of the Arctic.
Arctic summer! Snow in Arctic Bay, Nunavut today as this photo by Hannah Kadloo shows.
July 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Arctic summer! Snow in Arctic Bay, Nunavut today as this photo by Hannah Kadloo shows.
First heat warning ever issued for Kuujjuaq in northern Quebec.
July 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
First heat warning ever issued for Kuujjuaq in northern Quebec.
Also a house finch in Kuujjuaq in Nunavik (northern Quebec) taken by a fellow bird watcher there.
Lots of out of range Arctic sightings these days.
Lots of out of range Arctic sightings these days.
July 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Also a house finch in Kuujjuaq in Nunavik (northern Quebec) taken by a fellow bird watcher there.
Lots of out of range Arctic sightings these days.
Lots of out of range Arctic sightings these days.
And this bat was spotted in Arviat on the western Hudson Bay coast of Nunavut.
July 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
And this bat was spotted in Arviat on the western Hudson Bay coast of Nunavut.
Yellow warblers popping up across Nunavut, north of their usual range.
July 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Yellow warblers popping up across Nunavut, north of their usual range.
My traditional Canada Day shirt originally from Iqaluit, Nunavut in 2008.
Puzzled why this shirt, among so many other Canada Day giveaways that I wore and liked more, has survived. Good news: it still fits.
Puzzled why this shirt, among so many other Canada Day giveaways that I wore and liked more, has survived. Good news: it still fits.
July 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My traditional Canada Day shirt originally from Iqaluit, Nunavut in 2008.
Puzzled why this shirt, among so many other Canada Day giveaways that I wore and liked more, has survived. Good news: it still fits.
Puzzled why this shirt, among so many other Canada Day giveaways that I wore and liked more, has survived. Good news: it still fits.
What a start to Canada Day!
While we were sleeping…we missed this light show from Baker Lake, Nunavut which Paul Kabloona saw and photographed at about midnight.
While we were sleeping…we missed this light show from Baker Lake, Nunavut which Paul Kabloona saw and photographed at about midnight.
July 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
What a start to Canada Day!
While we were sleeping…we missed this light show from Baker Lake, Nunavut which Paul Kabloona saw and photographed at about midnight.
While we were sleeping…we missed this light show from Baker Lake, Nunavut which Paul Kabloona saw and photographed at about midnight.
Price alert!
If you wanted to buy cherries in Arctic Bay, Nunavut, as this posted photo of a bag of cherries shows, you would be paying a fortune!
Food insecurity (hunger) and poor housing (not enough and too little) are keeping the North down. Not my opinion: a fact.
If you wanted to buy cherries in Arctic Bay, Nunavut, as this posted photo of a bag of cherries shows, you would be paying a fortune!
Food insecurity (hunger) and poor housing (not enough and too little) are keeping the North down. Not my opinion: a fact.
June 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Price alert!
If you wanted to buy cherries in Arctic Bay, Nunavut, as this posted photo of a bag of cherries shows, you would be paying a fortune!
Food insecurity (hunger) and poor housing (not enough and too little) are keeping the North down. Not my opinion: a fact.
If you wanted to buy cherries in Arctic Bay, Nunavut, as this posted photo of a bag of cherries shows, you would be paying a fortune!
Food insecurity (hunger) and poor housing (not enough and too little) are keeping the North down. Not my opinion: a fact.
Here Julia Ogina is!
June 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Here Julia Ogina is!
Canada Post has selected to honour Julia Ogina of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut with a stamp. She’s an amazing drummer and dancer of traditional Inuinnait songs.
June 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Canada Post has selected to honour Julia Ogina of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut with a stamp. She’s an amazing drummer and dancer of traditional Inuinnait songs.
A friend from D.C. sent this to me and no, they are not interested in being in the military parade, even for $1,000.
June 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A friend from D.C. sent this to me and no, they are not interested in being in the military parade, even for $1,000.
Test your knowledge for fun: do you know in which communities these neighbourhoods in Nunavut & Nunavik are? Open to adding to this challenging list!
Chinatown
The Range
North 40
Booze Alley
Heli-Quebec
Road to Nowhere
(The photo is one I took in Iqaluit at this time of year but it’s not a clue!)
Chinatown
The Range
North 40
Booze Alley
Heli-Quebec
Road to Nowhere
(The photo is one I took in Iqaluit at this time of year but it’s not a clue!)
June 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Test your knowledge for fun: do you know in which communities these neighbourhoods in Nunavut & Nunavik are? Open to adding to this challenging list!
Chinatown
The Range
North 40
Booze Alley
Heli-Quebec
Road to Nowhere
(The photo is one I took in Iqaluit at this time of year but it’s not a clue!)
Chinatown
The Range
North 40
Booze Alley
Heli-Quebec
Road to Nowhere
(The photo is one I took in Iqaluit at this time of year but it’s not a clue!)