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December 09, 2019 | Maine Public Radio
Our Power, Their Pain: CMP's Timeline Woes
The proposed Central Maine Power transmission corridor is on-schedule and on-budget, according to the company.
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December 09, 2019 | Valley News, VTDigger
Indigenous Activists Fight Expansion of Canadian Hydropower
Large-scale hydropower is likely to play a role in the renewable energy landscape of the future. But its environmental and cultural impacts make it an imperfect solution to a daunting challenge.
December 08, 2019 | Maine Public Radio
Our Power, Their Pain: What do 'Renewable' and 'Green' Mean?
Large-scale hydropower is, by definition, renewable power. But it’s not green power.
December 08, 2019 | Maine Public Radio
Our Power, Their Pain: An Interview With Journalist Matt Hongoltz-Hetling
Hongoltz-Hetling spoke with Maine Public to discuss what he learned on a recent trip to Labrador.
December 08, 2019 | Maine Public Radio
Our Power, Their Pain — How The Thirst For Energy Threatens An Indigenous People's Way Of Life
Energy policy decisions in New England are setting off a chain of reactions that reach all the way to the waters of Canada's Lake Melville, which have nurtured the people of Rigolet for thousands of years.
December 07, 2019 | Maine Public Radio
Our Power, Their Pain — The Quest For Renewable Energy Takes A Toll On A Way Of Life
When elder Charlotte Wolfrey was invited to travel with a group of Inuit to address the United Nations in NYC, it seemed like a golden opportunity to speak about the downside of Canadian hydropower.
December 05, 2019 | Al Jazeera
Nations Divided: Mapping Canada's Pipeline Battle
Canada has been hailed by some as a leader in the fight to combat climate change. But it is also moving forward with a project to expand a multibillion-dollar oil pipeline to the country's west coast.
December 02, 2019 | Valley News, VTDigger
The Hidden Costs of New England’s Demand for Canadian Hydropower
Matt Hongoltz-Hetling and Michael Seamans document the effects the growing hydropower industry is having on Canadian communities and ecosystems.
October 21, 2019 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Robotic Milking in Canada, Struggling Farmers in Mexico: How Wisconsin’s Trading Partners Are Weathering the Dairy Crisis
Some American farmers envy Canada’s protectionist system, while billions in U.S. exports have added to the problems of small Mexican farms.
September 21, 2019 | The New York Review of Books
The Highest Suicide Rate in the World
If the Inuit people of Nunavut had their own independent country, they would have the highest suicide rate in the world.
September 09, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Activism in Practice: Grassy Narrows and River Run 2019
The people of Grassy Narrows have dealt with the effects of industrial pollution for almost five decades. With government promises made and broken, they take to the streets to fight for justice.
July 30, 2019 | Pulitzer Center
Burgeoning Courage and Power: Faces of Youth Activism in Grassy Narrows
Protest has become the norm for this First Nations community. For years, adults and elders have fought; now, it's a younger generation's fight.
Oji-Cree Youth: Connecting Cultures
For individuals and families living in the remote First Nations reserve of St. Theresa Point, life teeters between traditional expectations and encroaching Western influences, producing a lifelong tension.
As the River Goes, So Go We All
What climate change looks like in the Canadian Arctic, from a canoe on the Mackenzie River.
Canada and the U.S.: A Home for Syrian Refugees
Most countries fostering an influx of Syrian refugees are seeing a backlash. Canada is riding a wave of enthusiasm, as people feel empowered to help Syrians in what has become a popular movement.
The Ottawa Wine Club
Canada helps homeless alcoholics—by giving them free booze.
Signs of Your Identity: Forced Assimilation Education for Indigenous Youth
For more than a century, many Western governments operated a network of Indian Residential Schools that were meant to assimilate young indigenous students into mainstream European culture. The results were devastating.
The Big Picture: Alberta’s Oil Sands
Alberta’s oil sands region is at the heart of the KeystoneXL pipeline controversy. A project built on aerial photographs from 1,000 feet up brings into sharp focus the project's scale—and stakes.
A Melting Arctic
Global warming is happening faster around the Arctic Ocean than anywhere else. To adjust to this new climate, local communities must change the way they live and work – for better and for worse.
Nunavut, Canada: Hope on Ice
In the remote northern reaches of one of the wealthiest countries of the world is an aboriginal community whose young people are slowly perishing by suicide.
August 23, 2018 | General news
Daniella Zalcman on 'Wabanaki Window' on WERU
Award-winning photographer Daniella Zalcman discusses her ongoing "Signs of Your Identity" project and the importance of diverse storytelling.
June 05, 2018 | Awards
Daniella Zalcman Wins Canada's National Magazine Award Gold Cover Grand Prix
Pulitzer Center grantee Daniella Zalcman won gold in Canada's National Journalism Awards Cover Grand Prix for New Trail magazine's cover, titled "Truth First."
April 04, 2018 | Education news
This Week in Education: The Fighting Words Poetry Contest
This week: announcing a student poetry contest and workshop opportunity, coping with glacier melt in the Himalayas, and finding the intersections of arts and journalism in Winston-Salem.
August 23, 2017 | Education news
More Students Connect with Pulitzer Center Journalists via Skype
The Pulitzer Center partners with Skype in the Classroom to facilitate engaging virtual conversations with professional journalists in classrooms across the U.S. and beyond.
June 19, 2017 | General news, Project news
Daniella Zalcman's "Signs of Your Identity" Highlighted in New York Times Magazine
Pulitzer Center grantee Daniella Zalcman's work photographing First Nations Canadians is highlighted in a The New York Times Magazine essay about photographing indigenous cultures.
May 18, 2017 | General news
Female Journalists Featured on @PulitzerCenter Instagram for Gender Lens Conference
For a week, the Pulitzer Center will be featuring photography by female journalists around the world.
May 05, 2017 | General news, Project news, Awards
Pulitzer Center Grantees Win 2017 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards
Grantees Ben Taub and Daniella Zalcman were honored with 2017 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards for their reporting.
May 04, 2017 | Newsletter
This Week: Canada's Suicide Crisis
This week: a Canadian town wracked by suicides, the first world's withdrawl from the hunt for Kony, and the obstacles France's Marine Le Pen must overcome to win the presidency.
May 01, 2017 | General news, Education news
Hunter College: Global Impact of Refugee Crisis
Grantee journalists present thought-provoking narratives on the refugee crisis, exhibiting a myriad of lessons learned and reflecting on questions that linger after returning from the field.
April 20, 2017 | Education news
Circus Comes to Winnipeg
Filmmakers and performers from "Circus Without Borders" visited schools in Winnipeg, Manitoba in March, 2017.
April 03, 2017 | General news, Project news
David Maurice Smith Takes Over Maclean's Instagram
Pulitzer Center grantee David Maurice Smith is taking over Maclean's Instagram for a week.
March 17, 2017 | General news
Last Week to Submit Photos of Strong Women to NatGeo Your Shot
This is the last week to submit photos of Strong Women to NatGeo Your Shot.
May 23, 2016 | Middle School
1.1 Explore Your World Through the News: An Introduction to Journalism
It has been said that journalism is the literature of democracy. What is journalism? Why is it important? You will soon have a chance to find out!
May 09, 2016 | Middle School, High School, College
Community Support for Syrian Refugees
This global affairs lesson for English teachers, history teachers, humanities teachers, and science teachers examines how a journalist structures online reporting on one community's work to support...
March 23, 2016 | Middle School, High School
Interpreting Global Issues Through Picasso's 'Guernica'
This is a painting lesson that combines Pablo Picasso's famous 1937 Guernica with current day issues presented by the Pulitzer Center.
February 22, 2016 | All Grades
School and Identity: Using Multimedia to Examine the Legacy of Indian Residential Schools
Through project-based learning, discussion, and reading, students examine the impact of Canadian Indian residential schools and the relationship between school environment and personal identify.
January 05, 2016 | All Grades
Canada's Residential Schools: Daniella Zalcman visit prep
In this lesson we'll examine the work of Daniella Zalcman and introduce her project about the legacy of Canada's residential schooling system.
November 13, 2015 | All Grades
Circus Without Borders Curriculum Guide 1: Analyzing ideas about dreams
First set of exercises for students who will be watching "Circus Without Borders." Created by Jane Skelton for the Boston Globe Foundation.
November 10, 2015 | High School
Circus Without Borders Curriculum Guide 4: Extended activities and resources
Fourth set of exercises for students who will be watching "Circus Without Borders." Created by Jane Skelton for the Boston Globe Foundation.
November 10, 2015 | High School
Circus Without Borders Curriculum Guide 2: How can our dreams define our goals, our fears, and our possibilities?
Second set of exercises for students who will be watching "Circus Without Borders." Created by Jane Skelton for the Boston Globe Foundation.
November 10, 2015 | High School
Circus Without Borders Curriculum Guide 3: Can one person’s decision to pursue his or her dreams also influence the dreams of others? Can artistic expression be an instrument of change?
Third set of exercises for students who will be watching "Circus Without Borders." Created by Jane Skelton for the Boston Globe Foundation.
October 12, 2015 | All Grades
Museum of Current Crises
This lesson plan outlines a project that allows students the opportunity to connect with a contemporary crisis somewhere in the world.
September 12, 2015 | All Grades
Language Matters!
Various standards-aligned lessons to support student learning around the importance of language diversity.