Finding Home in Gaspésie

Two portraits of people who travelled to the Gaspé Peninsula and decided they never wanted to leave. See, through their eyes, the land of the northern gannet and the endless sea.

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Grizzlies at the Table

When the wild salmon runs around Wuikinuxv, BC, were depleted, the local grizzly bears grew hungry — and dangerous. Now, as the salmon are returning, the community is asking a challenging new question: can we include the bears in the management of the fishery?

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Cattle Country Wilderness

Where small-town Montana and the continent’s largest intact prairie ecosystem collide.

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NUNA

What we can learn from Inuttitut, a language shaped by humility, poetry, and the land.
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Through the Lens of Guillaume Beaudoin

Travelling the world to find beauty in difference and strength in change
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Short Guide to Slow Tech

How slow tech can help us make room for nature and creativity during lockdown.
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The Cover Story

The Conrad Kain Hut in Bugaboo Provincial Park offers a vision of nordicity for the 21st century.
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The Salt Maker’s Quest

Ben Jacobsen tested sea water up and down the Pacific Northwest coast in order to find the perfect salt. He discovered it in the waters of Netarts Bay.

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Field Notes of a New Forager

“I might never have thought to try my hand if it weren’t for the global pandemic and the food security issues it has brought to the forefront.” ou “By the end of our second day I had finally learned to pick out the morels’ darkened honeycomb-like patterns from the forest floor.”

The Optimist

“Businesses should be thought of as social tools for people to make a living, build their dreams, and support their families. Not as tools to amass wealth for a select few.”

We Need Each Other’s Eyes

“Video chat apps seem to offer solace, but have you noticed how there’s really no eye contact on the internet?”

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Issue 09

How do we embody our nordicity?

Release date: November 19th

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