Ian Mauro's Blog on Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change

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Learn about the experience of making Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change through the perspective of co-director Ian Mauro.

 
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Link to: Uqalurait: the snow is speaking
Inuit are telling us their climate change stories in their mother tongue - the Inuktitut language. It's important that the elders and hunters are speaking in their own...
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2009-11-23 13:57
Link to: Join our "live editing sessions"
Inuit Knowledge & Climate Change Video Invited to COP-15  in Copenhagen Interact with filmmakers Zacharias Kunuk and Ian Mauro during live weekly webcasts from Igloolik...
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Ian Mauro
2009-11-18 16:19
Link to: Unnatural Disaster
We've been hearing from Inuit about the Arctic getting warmer. Today's post includes a video upload featuring Alukie Metuq from Pangnirtung. In it, Alukie talks about the...
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2009-11-18 15:39
Link to: Grizzly bears moving into polar bear country
We've gone through an interview with Lukie Airut, an Igloolik-based carver and hunter, and he has great stories to share. In particular, he told us that he had recently seen...
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Ian Mauro
2009-11-17 12:16
Link to: Polar Bears Cannot Be In Danger
Inuit we've spoken with believe that nanuuit - polar bears - are increasing in abundance. The stories of elders clearly indicate that in the past this great animal was not...
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Ian Mauro
2009-11-14 15:27
Link to: New insects arriving: A sign of a warming world
Zach and I have been editing like madmen. It's quite a process: surfing the footage, finding the pithy quotes, and translating them from Inuktitut to Qallunaatitut. We often...
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Ian Mauro
2009-11-13 11:45
Link to: Taqqiqirik: Full Moon
This past weekend, in the middle of a blizzard, Zacharias and I went to his cabin on one of the nearby bays on this island. We hung out and talked about the Inuit knowledge...
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Ian Mauro
2009-11-10 09:36
Link to: The Weather People
Ever since my first Arctic trip, I've always been amazed by the ability of Inuit to predict the weather, ensuring that safe travel and adequate country foods are always taken...
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Ian Mauro
2009-11-06 18:02
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