Combating Food Insecurity in the Arctic Despite Covid-19 The Growcer has developed a mobile greenhouse with specialized technology that can operate in extreme climates. Today, the company is stronger than ever after winning the High North Young Entrepreneur Award in 2018.
Many Canadian Arctic communities are vulnerable to the social impacts of Covid-19 crisis For many communities across the vast Canadian Arctic, the social impacts of the Covid-19 crisis comes atop existing problems. Dr. Pertice Moffitt, manager and instructor at Aurora College in Yellowknife, tells High North News that the ability for children and women at risk to flee situations of domestic violence, and then to social distance or isolate, will be challenged.
