Latest Reindeer Podcast Episodes
Predicting Arctic Ice Cover-A Marriage Between Tradition and Technology
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - March 25, 2021 06:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA new approach to providing invaluable, data-driven insights into sea-ice thickness and local ice conditions in the Canadian Arctic is utilizing traditional knowledge combined with technology. SmartICE is an award-winning technological innovation for the North. It is the world's first climate ch...
Indigenous Activism Through the Performing Arts - Ashley Callingbull, Breaking Barriers
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - November 22, 2020 07:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAshley Callingbull is a model, actress, motivational speaker and activist. In 2015, Ashley became the first Canadian, and first indigenous woman to win the Mrs. Universe title. Since winning the title, she hasn't slowed down! Ashley has appeared on the cover of magazines, in motion pictures, co...
Arctic Adaptation-As the Climate Changes Is It All Bad? An Interview With Dr. Isla Myers-Smith
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - August 05, 2020 06:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsClimate change is affecting the Canadian Arctic at a much faster rate than other parts of the planet. However the Arctic and its peoples have a long history of adaptation and survival. Dr. Isla Myers-Smith is a global change ecologist from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Isla has 12 fie...
Kevin Koe - A Legacy of Curling Greatness Born in the Canadian Arctic
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - July 26, 2020 06:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsKevin Koe has achieved curling greatness on the Canadian and world stage. With four Canadian Championships, two World Championships, and an appearance at the 2018 Olympics he has to be considered one of the greatest Canadian curlers of all time. Kevin comes from a family with a legacy of curling...
Reclaiming Inuit Identity in the Aftermath of Colonialism Through Artistic Expression-Avianna Mackenzie
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - July 02, 2020 06:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsRealistic and diverse representations of Inuit women and their relationships to their bodies is something that Canadian, Iqualuit, Nunavut-based artist Avianna Mackenzie has made a central theme in her digital illustration practice. Creating art that combats colonized views and understandings of...
Diving Into The Arctic - Jill Heinerth discusses the shrinking ice coverage in the Arctic
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - May 24, 2020 06:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsJill Heinerth is an award winning, world renowned Canadian diver, cave diver, author and filmmaker. Her achievements include making TV series for PBS, the National Geographic Channel and BBC. She has consulted on various movies for directors including James Cameron. Jill is the author of the bes...
COVID-Distancing On The Land In The Arctic
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - April 27, 2020 06:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMelissa and Daniel Rogers live in Inuvik, Northwest Territories in the Canadian Arctic. Melissa is of Gwich'in and Inuvialuit decent and Daniel is Inuvialuit. Melissa and Daniel were both raised with a close connection to the land and when the COVID crisis struck they didn't wait for the virus t...
Tradition Worth Saving, A Future To Prepare For - Iqaluktuuttiaq creates traditional healing programs, modern infrastructure and prepares for COVID-19
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - March 29, 2020 06:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe small Canadian Arctic hamlet of Iqaluktuuttiaq (Cambridge Bay) is located on Victoria Island, and lies on the Northwest Passage in the Arctic Ocean. As do other Arctic communities, the hamlet faces many issues such as climate change, food insecurity, overcrowding in houses and now the Corona...
Two Spirit, Too Strong - Bryson Syliboy tackles his detractors and life head on.
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - December 31, 2019 07:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBryson Syliboy is Mi'kmaw and Two Spirited. An outspoken advocate for both the Indigenous and LGBTQ communities on social media, he humerously refers to himself as "Bryson The Gaytive", and despite facing his fair share of detractors and haters, remains undetered. In this episode we discuss the ...
A Legacy of Leadership-Facing the Challenge of Leading a Municipal Government in Nunavut
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - December 28, 2019 07:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsUqi Chuck Pizzo-Lyall is the recently elected Mayor of Taloyoak (formerly Spence Bay) Nunavut, Canada. One of a new breed of young, Northern leaders, Chuck and his community face many challenges in the Canadian Arctic. Chuck comes from a family of leaders. His grandfather, Ernie Lyall, came by s...
The Medicine Game - Gwich'in Professional Lacrosse Player Thomas Hoggarth
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - December 09, 2019 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThomas Hoggarth is a professional lacrosse player with the Buffalo Bandits in the National Lacrosse League. He grew up in Lakefield, Ontario, Canada however his roots are North of the Arctic Circle in Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories. Thomas is of Gwich'in decent and proud of his cultural h...
Happening to Us - Tuktoyaktuk Youth Filmmakers Heading to United Nations!
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - November 17, 2019 07:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories is a community high in the Canadian Arctic, situated on the shores of the Beaufort Sea. Five young Indigenous filmmakers wanted to do something to show their concern with how climate change is affecting the world around them. They directed and filmed a document...
A Rising Northern Star - Tiffany Ayalik - Storyteller, Dancer, Musician, Throat Singer, Actor
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - October 20, 2019 06:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTiffany Ayalik is an artist of many talents: storyteller, dancer, musician, throat singer, television host, actor. Of Inuit descent, Tiffany was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, in the Canadian Arctic. From an early age she learned the power of storytelling from the elders, a lesson t...
Robert Louie - Expressing Indigeneity Through Leadership and Entrepreneurship
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - September 26, 2019 06:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsRobert Louie is a Canadian entrepreneur and owner/proprietor of Indigenous World Winery, Indigenous World Spirits and Kelowna West Manufactured Home Park in West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Robert is a former practicing lawyer and was a summer law instructor at the University of Saskatche...
Insightful Leadership - Chief Tizya-Tramm - Facing today's challenges through traditional and scientific paradigms
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - August 23, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDana Tizya-Tramm left his small home community of Old Crow in the Yukon Territory of Canada to move to the city lights of Vancouver, British Columbia. Feeling that there was a calling in life beyond his corporate job and upward mobility, Dana returned home to Old Crow. Old Crow has a population ...
Arctic Olympians - Sharon and Shirley Firth - from Aklavik Northwest Territories to Sapporo, Innsbruck, Lake Placid and Sarajevo
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - May 12, 2019 06:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSharon and Shirley Firth were born inside the Arctic Circle, deep in the vast Mackenzie Delta, in the small remote Canadian community of Aklavik, Northwest Territories. From these humble beginnings, in the land of the midnight sun and winters of endless darkness, the identical twins, who were of...
The Mad Trapper of Rat River - An Amazing Unsolved Arctic Mystery.
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - April 03, 2019 06:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAn unknown man showed up in Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, Canada, in 1931, He said very little, only that his name was Albert Johnson. It was the beginning of an amazing tale that started with mischief and destruction of property, an epic chase across the frozen Delta, murder, and a mys...
A Delta Man - Dog Musher, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Member, Proud Indigenous Elder, Arctic Ambassador - Gerry Kisoun
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - March 27, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsGerry Kisoun was born on the land in the Mackenzie Delta of the Northwest Territories in the Canadian Arctic, the second largest delta in North America. At a young age, his family moved from the trapline into the town of Inuvik. He grew up running dog teams and shifted between several jobs befor...
From Traditional Beginnings to Boardroom Executive - Embracing the New, Healing Through Traditional Culture
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - March 20, 2019 06:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsClara Evalik's father came from nomadic beginnnings. His early life took him from Alaska, to the Western Arctic, to the Central Arctic, where he operated a trading post. Clara's mother was raised on the land and taught her children how to make their own clothing, maintain their language and to e...
Serving His People - M.L.A. Tom Beaulieu discusses his passion for Northern issues and his people.
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - March 10, 2019 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTom Beaulieu is the Member of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly for the Tu Nedhe'-Wiilideh constituency in the Canadian North. Tom served as President of the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation, and as a Deputy Minister in the Northwest Territories Government, prior to being e...
Balancing Traditional Values in the Modern World
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - February 26, 2019 07:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPolar Bear hunter, Brent Nakashook of Ikaluktutiak (Cambridge Bay), Nunavut, Canada, was raised by his grandparents on the land. Brent discusses the traditional way of life and the difficulties of juggling his work at a mine near Ikaluktutiak and his desire to stay connected with the land and hi...
The Magnetic North - Stories of youth, sexual abuse in an Edmonton hospital, cultural confusion, returning North.
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - February 14, 2019 07:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHost Rob Feagan discusses his fond memories of growing up in small Northern communities, the humour and wisdom of elders, moving South and cultural confusion, physical and sexual abuse, moving back North, living in Cambridge Bay and returning home to the Mackenzie Delta.
Nyla Innuksuk - Focusing on Inuit culture through virtual reality, the Marvel Universe and film making - Part 2
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - February 06, 2019 07:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPart 2 of our two part interview with film director, writer, producer of film and virtual reality content, Nyla Innuksuk. In this episode we discuss the Arctic as a setting for film and incorporating Inuit myths, the use of virtual reality to tell stories, bringing the value of indigeneity to ...
Nyla Innuksuk - Focusing on Inuit culture through virtual reality, the Marvel Universe and film making - Part 1
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - January 30, 2019 07:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsNyla Innuksuk is a film director, writer, producer of film and virtual reality content. She is a Ryerson Film graduate, and CEO of Mixtape VR. The short horror film that Nyla produced and filmed in Nunavut, Kajutaijuq, was chosen as a Toronto International Film Festival top ten short. Nyla was a...
Cultural Identity - A Story of Rediscovery and Success - Part 2
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - January 21, 2019 07:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsKylik Kisoun Taylor is the owner/operator of Tundra North Tours, a tourism company based out of Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, inside the Arctic Circle. Although of Gwich'in and Inuvialuit decent, Kylk was raised in the Southern regions of Canada. At sixteen years of age he returned Nort...
Cultural Identity - A Story of Rediscovery and Success - Part I
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - January 15, 2019 07:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsKylik Kisoun Taylor is the owner/operator of Tundra North Tours, a tourism company based out of Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, inside the Arctic Circle. Although of Gwich'in and Inuvialuit decent, Kylik was raised in the Southern regions of Canada. At sixteen years of age he returned Nor...
Climate Change - Reactivation of mercury from permafrost into the Arctic food chain
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - January 07, 2019 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsKyra St-Pierre is a Doctor of Philosophy, and Biological Sciences with specialization in ecology. She has been involved in studies around the world including humpback whale surveys on the coast of Australia, water quality work in Quttinirpaaq National Park in Nunavut, fieldwork in Southern Green...
Policing in the Arctic - The Early Days of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Pt. 2
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - December 25, 2018 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPart 2 of our interview with Hugh Feagan - In this episode, Hugh discusses his experiences with residential schools in the North, forming lasting friendships with the people he policed, the important role of Special Constables, dog team patrols and much more.
Policing in the Arctic - The Early Days of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Pt. I
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - December 20, 2018 07:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn 1950, Hugh Feagan left the family farm in rural Ontario, Canada, to pursue his dream of joining the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (R.C.M.P.). After the long train trip West, Hugh completed his training at Depot Divion in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and was posted to small communities North ...
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure
Arctic Canada - The Culture Cure - December 12, 2018 07:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsArctic Canada - The Culture Cure - The podcast all about Canada's Arctic, the land, the people, the culture, and what it can teach the rest of the world. In this introductory episode, author Robert Feagan, will discuss his backgroun, growing up in Canada's Arctic as the son of a member of the Ro...