“Burial” Smith charged passengers two different rates—depending on if they were dead or alive.
Written by Jacob Boon
Photo via Quesnel Caribou Observer
Abraham Okpik helped give an identity to a generation of Inuit.
Written by Inuksuk Mackay
PHOTO COURTESY CHARLES GIMPEL/ LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA / R10187-924-2-E ABE OKPIK AT HOME, FROBISHER BAY, NWT, [NOW IQALUIT, NUNAVUT]
My journey to a new home meanders like a river.
Written by Asad Chishti
ILLUSTRATION BY BETH COVVEY
Dawson City butcher Shelby Jordan wants you to eat better meat.
Written by Up Here
Photo by Cathie Archbould
The second runner-up from this year's Sally Manning Award for Indigenous Creative Non-Fiction.
Written by Carol Rose GoldenEagle
Illo by Adrianne Walujo
The first runner-up from this year's Sally Manning Award for Indigenous Creative Non-Fiction.
Written by Shelly Wiart
Photo by Gerold Sigl/NWT Tourism
What it took to build an emergency system in the North and why it was long overdue.
Written by Sidney Cohen
PHOTO COURTESY ASHLEY GERAGHTY
Check out the winners of our annual Up Here reader photography contest.
Written by Jacob Boon
Photo by Grace Will-Scott
