A podcast about the reasons of the Arctic’s Indigenous suicide crisis.
Read MoreWomen’s role in business from around 1900 to today.
Why we should question our love of ‘quick fix’ global indexes which often place the Nordics at the top.
The fact that there are usually other reasons for gender-positive action that have nothing to do with equality.
By Eirinn Larsen, Professor at the University of Oslo.
Read MoreHere’s what a couple thousand extremely happy Norwegians look like: a long, jubilant river of men and women wearing traditional, colorful outfits called bunads and waving little red, white and blue Norwegian flags. It’s a stream of color flowing through the snowy streets of the high Arctic town of Longyearbyen, on the archipelago of Svalbard, as a band plays the Norwegian national anthem. By Amy Martin
Read MoreKatarina Hällgre, a journalist from northern Sweden talks on Saami people in the #ArcticConversation! podcast.
Read MoreFilm worker Sunna Nousuniemi and Tatiana Egorova, the manager of Barents Indigenous Peoples’ Office in Murmansk, talk about Sámi gatherings in Kola Peninsula, how to keep the cultural connections and exchange across Sápmi while also catching up in the midst of COVID-19.
Read MoreThe first episode is with the International Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough. She's in conversation with Selma Ford, Health Coordinator at ICC Canada. It's a wide ranging discussion covering Dalee's career path, the road...
Read MoreThe Faroe Islands are facing a shortage of women of marriageable age. Many of them have left and not returned so men are now travelling to South East Asia looking for love.
Read MoreThis podcast seeks to unfold the decolonisation of Greenland, from the early discussions after the Second World War to the recognition of Greenland as a Danish county in 1954. This podcast is part of a series where existing material on nordics.info is read out in assorted languages by colleagues and friends. Great for learning Danish or English.
Read MoreIn this episode we are discussing gender equality with Captain Malin Andersson. She has broad shipping experience, both onboard the vessels and in ports. Her insights as female captain in a still male dominated industry are truly inspiring! Keep listening to an interesting conversation in our podcast.
Author’s Note: Malin Andersson is one of the few female Merchant Marine Captains in Sweden.
Read MoreREDOIL is a grassroots Alaska Native group in Alaska states. Faith Gemmill tells it like it is. Global warming is impacting Indigenous people in Alaska right now. The ice is melting, lives are being threatened, there are emergency evacuations, coastal people are having to move inland (forced relocation). Who cares?
Read MoreThreshold Podcast—The Refuge, Episode 3: 'Listen to the People'
December 27, 2019 | Threshold Podcast
BY AMY MARTIN AND NICK MOTT
How did the largest wildlife refuge in the country come to be next door to the largest oil field in the country? And how did oil companies, the conservation movement, and indigenous communities each have a hand in shaping the disparate paths of these two “siblings?”
November 06, 2019 | Threshold Podcast
BY AMY MARTIN AND NICK MOTT
Gender equality in Canada is a slow-motion work in progress. How did we get so bad at addressing problems that affect more than half of us? And what must we do to improve the lives of girls who will be women in 2030?
Read MoreIt’s not a number to celebrate, but the consistently high rates of domestic violence and sexual assault in Alaska need discussion and attention. Why does Alaska stay at or near the top in the nation for these terrible statistics? What’s being done to combat family violence, and how can everyone help address it?
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