BACKGROUND REPORTING


Jenn Thornhill Verma’s reporting explores our key themes.
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Pulitzer Center - December 18, 2024

Unsettled: How Inuit Are Adapting to Climate Change, Which is Affecting Coastlines in Canada’s Far North

The Globe and Mail’s series funded by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. This series secured gold at the Canadian Association of Journalists awards for Environmental and Climate Change reporting, silver at the Digital Publishing Awards for Best Topical Reporting: Climate Change, and was nominated for the Canadian Journalism Foundation Award for Climate Solutions Reporting.

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The Decibel - The Globe and Mail Daily podcast- Published May 16, 2025

How Labrador Inuit are adapting to a warming world

Jenn Thornhill Verma, investigative journalist and Pulitzer Ocean Reporting Fellow, takes The Decibel to the northeastern Labrador Inuit region of Nunatsiavut. We hear from Inuit elders on how their communities are innovating and adapting new technology to fight climate change.

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The Globe and Mail - Published December 10, 2024

On thin ice

Arctic sea ice routes are a vital connector for Labrador Inuit peoples. As the ice begins to melt, old traditions fuse with innovation to fight climate change

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The Globe and Mail - Published December 18, 2024

Inuit scientists adapt as climate change threatens sea life and food security

For Inuit, home is where the harvest is. But rapidly changing ice conditions in the North are threatening fishing practices

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The Globe and Mail - Published December 10, 2024

Labrador Inuit have dozens of words to describe sea ice travel. Hear them all here

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The Globe and Mail - Published April 24, 2022

This fishing captain is combining Inuit knowledge with scientific expertise to fight climate change in the Far North

Using a traditional spear and modern ice sensors, Inuk fishing captain Joey Angnatok is part of a global effort to monitor the effects of climate change in the Far North

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The Globe and Mail - Published December 11, 2022

Laying the groundwork for climate-smart fisheries

A climate scorecard provides a picture of how marine life will fare as oceans become warmer, which is projected to continue over the 21st century

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The Globe and Mail - Published March 25, 2021

Could smaller, more sustainable cod fishing make a comeback? Newfoundlanders look cautiously for ways to rebuild

Nearly 30 years into the moratorium, conservationists and industry are at odds over Ottawa’s latest plan to bring devastated fish stocks back to health – and some are rediscovering traditional methods they think might be the answer

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