Eyes on the Arctic
The Earth Salon an initiative of Shambhala Touching the Earth Collective presents
Eyes on the Arctic with Trudy Sable
Sunday, May 11, 2025, 1–2:30 pm Atlantic (6 – 7:30 pm CET)
The Arctic has been warning our global community for decades to pay attention because it is losing its ability to cool and protect our planet. People dwelling in the Circumpolar North have been keenly aware that the cultural landscapes they have lived within and storied for millennia are changing. Their seasonal rhythms are shifting as waterways open earlier, traditional migrations of animal, birds, and fish change or disappear, and weather patterns become less predictable, making travel more challenging. With the ice break-up of the Northwest Passage and other northern routes, eyes are opening wide at the opportunities that abound for development and resource extraction. Inevitably, Arctic defense is now of major concern as northern borders become accessible. As Inuit leader and environmentalist, Sheila Watt Cloutier has articulated in speaking of northern peoples, “We have gone from Ice age to Space age in one lifetime.” Zoom in with this link.
Dr. Trudy Sable is a long-time teacher and student in the Shambhala community. She is the former Director of Indigenous and Northern Research (2001-2016), and Community Engaged Research, Office of the V.P.A.R. (2018-2024) at Saint Mary’s University’s (SMU) in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has taught the UArctic Circumpolar Studies online courses internationally, as well as co-developed the Arctic Culture Course for SMU. With the Innu Nation, she co-produced the film Nakatuentia: Respect as a partner in the international Community Conservation Research Network (CCRN). She is the co-author of the book, The Language of This Land, Mi’kma’ki and has published internationally. In 2019. She was honoured to be invited to travel to the Arctic on the Canadian naval ship, the Ville de Québec, as a part of the Canadian Leaders at Sea program (CLAS).
Previous Earth Salon recordings can be enjoyed here.