Welcome to Three60N, the only podcast where we explore the North today. We're not here to focus on the extreme weather or feats of survival (although those are awesome); we're here to meet and chat with the people leading the way in northern life.
Nunavut is the culmination of a two decades of negotiating and an emergent Inuit political movement that started in the seventies. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the land claims agreement and next year will be the 20th anniversary of the redrawing of the map.
Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. is a crucial part to ensuring the promises outlined in the agreement are kept. President Aluki Kotierk discusses how Nunavut came to be and the ongoing vision for modern Inuit.
Mark Marsolais-Nahwegahbow was tired of waiting on the federal government to solve the water issues on First Nation reserves, so he started selling coffee.
Jacey Firth-Hagen has always loved her Gwich'in language, but it's one of the most endangered Indigenous languages in Canada. She launched #SpeakGwichinToMe to try and save it.