Hear from Finnish sealer Jouni Heinikoski, a project observer, on CBC Radio's The Broadcast about the EU seal product ban.

Learn more about the Ålandic perspective on local fisheries, including the impact of grey seals.

Was I wrong about cultural violence and the anti-sealing movement legacy?

Fieldwork update: Interviews in Brussels

My name is Luisa Lollio, and I am a PhD student in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Oulu, Finland. In my project, I focus on how climate change and pollution impact the coast of South Greenland through the lens of multispecies relations with seals. In collaboration with community members, I study the changes they observe while hunting seals, processing their skins or engaging with other seal-related activities as well as how they adapt to changes.

In early May 2014, I traveled to Waterloo, Ontario to conduct research at the Laurier Archives on the campus of Wilfrid Laurier University.  Earlier this year, I was awarded the inaugural Joan Mitchel...

Learn more about the archival research conducted at Laurier Archives on the environmental conservation movement in Canada, with a particular emphasis on Indigenous voices .and experiences with anti-sealing and anti-fur activism.

Check out the new piece informed by research for "Seals, Stigma and Survival" and ongoing fieldwork. The piece is titled: "The European Union excluded Greenland from public consultations on the EU seal product ban. Why?" It is based on interviews with Kalaallit/Greenlandic seal hunters and a preliminary review of the 2024 EU public consultations for its fitness check of its trade in seal products regulations.

This is the first fact sheet on the impact of the EU ban on seal product imports and the legacy of anti-sealing activism for the project Seals, Stigma and Survival. The fact sheet is informed by interviews with sealers – Indigenous and non-Indigenous – across the Circumpolar North, as well as civil servants, diplomats and fisheries industry players and scientists.

This piece briefly examines the question: Is the Inuit Exception fit for purpose?

Gateway to the climbing, hiking and sailing paradise of the Tasermiut Fjord, Nanortalik is also a rich fishing ground with an impressive local museum.

In this blog, Professor Dewan Ahsan, Co-head of the Danish Center for Risk and Safety Management at the University of Southern Denmark, explains how his project will help manage the risks associated w...

Fresh, local food is a major part of Greenlandic culture, society and health. Seals, Stigma and Survival secondary investigator Erik Kielsen has been front and centre in research in South Greenland working with and advising researchers and journalists interested in engaging in the region. As part of his work for Innovation South Greenland (ISG.gl) in his role as a consultant for Fisheries/Hunting, Other Businesses, and Food, Kielsen has taken on the task of elevating local knowledge and processes by articulating to domestic and international audiences alike about the Inuit Harvesting Year by authoring a poster that skillful and succinctly brings together invaluable information on when and why kinds of harvesting happen in Greenland throughout the year and the local meat and fish that is available in the marketplace.