The Dog Sledder

Watch out for polar bears with me as Devon Manik, the Inuk youth resurrecting the ancient art of dog sledding in Resolute Bay, feeds his sled dogs. Explore the dark history of the killing of Inuit sled dogs and enjoy Devon's fiery passion for hip hop and Narwhal skin.

Credits: The show is written and recorded by me, Danielle Paradis, audio edited by Jesse Andrushko and Danielle Paradis, produced by Mark Blackburn, theme music by Angela Amraualik, cover art by Anne Qammaniq-Hellwig

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Sources for this episode:

Morris Animal Foundation https://www.morrisanimalfoundation.org/article/populations-tumbling-researchers-race-understand-effects-climate-change-musk-oxen

Projections of a sea ice free arctic https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38511-8

Climate anxiety in youth https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2542-5196%2821%2900278-3

Qikitani Truth Commission https://www.qtcommission.ca/en/key-findings