Our North/Our Future: Talking Change, Security and Sustainability with Northern Youth is a collaborative project between the International Polar Year GAPS Project, the Arctic Indigenous Alliance, the International Polar Year Canada Time Capsule Project, and the Sustainability’s Paradox Video Project.

The aim of the project was to provide an opportunity for youth to include their voice in discussions on the future of the North. In April 2009, 14 northern youth gathered in Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, to discuss the challenges and opportunities they encounter, as well as their visions for the future of their communities. As part of the workshop, participants were trained on using video, photography and blogging to explore and share their thoughts on life in the North. The workshop was held during Beluga Jamboree weekend, which provided an amazing opportunity for the participants to go out into the community of Tuktoyaktuk to interview residents on their perspectives on change and their hopes for the future of their community. A blog was created using the materials collected and continues as a forum for discussion.

The workshop educators and youth were featured in the 2009 National Media Literacy Week campaign

Check out the Project Blog!