In a tiny workshop in Greenland's capital Nuuk, goldsmith Nadja Arnaaraq Kreutzmann polishes metals and stones mined and gathered on the vast mineral-rich island. The jewellery she crafts is adorned with Inuit symbols of life and survival.

One of SmartICE's tools, the "smart buoy," is a tall, tube-like sensor lowered into the ice that can measure ice thickness. Another device, the "smart qamutik," is a mobile sensor attached to a snowmobile that travels across the ice, collecting data on the ice's condition as it moves.

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Ottawa will renew funding for the Inuit Child First Initiative for one more year.Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree announced that the program will be renewed for another year at the signing of the new Nunavut Agreement Implementation Contract in Ottawa.

About 90% of Greenlanders identify as Inuit and the majority also belong to the Lutheran Church, which was brought to the world's largest island more than 300 years ago by a Danish missionary.

With funding for a government food voucher program ending and Parliament prorogued, many Inuit children in Nunavut may soon go hungry.

Executive director Taya Tootoo says the end of funding will only lead to more poverty, which is already a significant issue in a territory such as Nunavut. Nearly 42 per cent of children in the territory live in poverty, more than double the national average, according to advocacy group Campaign 2000.

The show, which premiered in January on CBC Gem, follows Siaja, a young Inuk mother trying to reinvent her life after a public exit from her marriage in the fictional Arctic town of Ice Cove

The SINAA Agreement (formerly the Qikiqtani PFP) is led by the Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) and aims to conserve up to 3.68 per cent of the marine environment in Canada in addition to strengthening long-term existing protected areas that already contribute 8.60 per cent toward marine conservation targets.

The end of the Inuit Child First Initiative on March 31 would have a severe, immediate impact on thousands of Nunavut children, one advocate says.

Raglan Mine is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and the company’s leadership is reflecting on progress that has been made during that time.