We're also pleased to publish a Quick Impact that offers perspectives from Yukoners and Canadian Rangers on Long-Range patrol

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The three RCAF Combat Support Squadrons - 439 Sqn; 417 Sqn; and 444 Sqn - are being re-focused to domestic operations. As Domestic Response Squadrons their primary role will shift to supporting domestic operations within Canada, with personnel recovery at their respective Wings as a secondary duty.

Delegates talk, rangers trek as interest in Arctic security grows | CBC News Delegates from across the circumpolar world are in Whitehorse for Arctic summit as Canadian Forces prep for an epic trip from Herschel Island to Churchill, Man.

Comment on the value local Indigenous Knowledge brings in supporting traditional security concerns in the Arctic.
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Threats Through the Arctic Canadian Institute For Arctic Security contributor suggests the North is important for protection from modern weapons

Threats that pass through the Arctic emanate from outside of Canada and pass through or over Canada’s North to strike targets outside of the region, says Whitney Lackenbauer

ITK President Natan Obed on Arctic Sovereignty, Security, and Defence YouTube video by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

ITK President Natan Obed speaks on vulnerabilities and Grey Zone threats, amongst other security - and sovereignty - challenges.
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Denmark's Arctic Council Chairship seems to reorder priorities and sees Indigenous People's agency Trump environmental action. arctic-council.org/site/assets/...

Plans on Arctic sovereignty, defence must be done in partnership, says Inuit leader Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national representational organization for Inuit in Canada, says the North lacks the infrastructure to interact with the rest of Canada, and the e...

As the Canadian Government lays out plans for bolstering defence in the North, the President of the ITK @inuittapiriit.bsky.social advocates for greater Inuit involvement.
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‘He sounds like another colonizer’: Greenlander on J.D. Vance's visit | Hanomansing Tonight U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance was in Greenland on Friday, slamming Denmark for not doing a good job in keeping its semi-autonomous territory safe. But as Greenland content creator Qupanuk Olsen expla...

Great interview with Qupanuk Olsen. ‘He sounds like another coloniser.'
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Canadian military flies the flag in frozen north as struggle for the Arctic heats up Operation Nanook, carried out in conjunction with allies, aims to ‘project force’ in a region attracting growing interest from Russia and China

Good article about the recent Op NANOOK-NUNALIVUT, with a telling closing comment from a Canadian Ranger: "I’m more worried about the lack of infrastructure we have up here than running into a Russian when I’m out on my snowmobile."
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Sea ice is disappearing in the North. This is how Inuit are responding | CBC Radio The planet is warming, and the ice on the north coast of Labrador is shrinking. Inuit elders and researchers tell us how ice is connected to Inuit ways of living, what’s at risk for their people and f...

It's a story I keep coming across. Communities that can't trust generations of Traditional Knowledge as they once did, but leveraging impressive adaptive capacity and resilience to stay safe in a changing environment regardless.
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I wonder what available legislative tools GN and NTI are referring to. www.tunngavik.com/news/governm...

Canadian military in Inuvik as Operation Nanook-Nunalivut begins | CBC News Members of the Canadian Armed Forces and soldiers from allied countries are training in Inuvik until March 9 as part of Operation Nanook-Nunalivut.

Operation Nanook-Nunalivut 2025. Very proud to support this endeavour.
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Indigenous land guardians help guide military training exercises in Carcross, Yukon | CBC News For the first time, Carcross/Tagish First Nation elders and land guardians helped plan and execute annual Canadian Armed Forces exercises in the Yukon.

Yukon Indigenous communities identify a 'moment in time' as their expertise is used to support both traditional and contemporary security concerns in the Arctic.
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So much material published with regard Indigenous peoples in the north is in English. It helps maintain heat and light on critical issues globally, but promoting Indigenous languages can ensure proper representation, and that nothing is missed in the discussion. www.facebook.com/share/p/19rW...

Poilievre outlines Arctic security plan, says he’d build permanent base in Nunavut Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, speaking from Iqaluit on Monday, said if he becomes prime minister he would acquire new polar ice breakers, build a permanent Arctic military base and double the ...

Whilst positing a CFB Iqaluit and increase in the number of Canadian Rangers, Pierre Poilievre name checks Indigenous Peoples’ support to traditional security in the Arctic. This idea can be used as a conduit to help address many other security concerns in the region.
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New agreement strengthens the presence of the Danish Defence in the Arctic and North Atlantic region The political parties behind the Danish Defence Agreement have settled on a new agreement regarding the Arctic and North Atlantic region. This first agreement contains initiatives with financial commi...

Denmark releases its first agreement on defence within the Arctic and North Atlantic region. Whilst addressing strategic, traditional security there is a focus on societal resilience and cooperation with Greenlanders – even the ‘Greenlandic Rangers’ gets a mention again.
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The ICC looks to promote Kalaallit Nunaat sovereignty and help ensure peaceful coexistence across the Arctic. But any leadership role in the Arctic Council may find the immediate future challenging. I think perhaps though, they are good at the long game.
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Two recent press releases identify narratives with respect Greenland familiar to Canadian Arctic Security. An Indigenous Peoples hopeful to leverage soft power, and a state focused on traditional security. Both offer opportunities, but the latter may gain more traction than the former.

Trudeau asks Indigenous leaders in Canada for help standing up to Trump | CBC News National Indigenous leaders in Canada say the prime minister is asking them to lobby their counterparts in the United States as part of the pushback against president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threa...

"...couldn't bring them to the table officially". A branch to my investigations is a state's leveraging of an Indigenous Peoples' trans-boundary relationships as a mechanism of multi-track diplomacy. This may prove to be an interesting case study. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Rock hunting in Nunavut before critical mineral rush | The Narwhal A beginners prospecting course offered by the Nunavut government aims to put Inuit ahead of the critical mineral rush

In this article, Nunavummiut prospectors reveal how leading on resource exploration has to be balanced with Inuit values in their communities. Another example of an activity that both needs, and challenges those values.
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United in cod. Oslo and Moscow safeguard fishery cooperation Fifty years of fishery cooperation in the Barents Sea could collapse if Norway closes all its seaports for Russian fishermen, Moscow warns. But Russia has no interest in ending cooperation with the No...

Interesting example of cooperation, highlighting the importance of regional policy and personal connections. www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/united-...

Canada and U.S. Department of Defence invest $35M in the Yukon's Mactung mine | CBC News The U.S. military's missiles, bombs and bullets could one day contain Yukon tungsten.

"Na-Cho Nyäk Dun has 'moral opposition' to arms manufacturing." Environment, ethics, security, defence - Indigenous peoples walk a line in the north.
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Local Indigenous communities key to Arctic security, experts say | CBC News Experts say that as the eyes and ears of the Arctic, local communities are the key to Canada's new Arctic foreign policy — though some northern leaders say they haven't heard what the announcement wil...

An expertise currently untapped, on more than one level.
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