Meet 4 Innovative Organizations Transforming Canada’s North

Author Jacky Habib
Winners of the Arctic Inspiration Prize are transforming the North.

Why It Matters

Canada’s Arctic is leading the way on a number of innovations that enhance lives. Every year, the Arctic Inspiration Prize awards funding to projects by the North, for the North. This innovative prize approach uses a non-traditional funding model to support and accelerate Arctic-led projects — and these four previous prize winners show that the model is working.

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