Breaking the Ice

Special Pre-Season Episode: Talking Arctic Nation Building Infrastructure Projects with Minister of Crown and Indigenous Relations, Rebecca Alty

President and CEO of Arctic360 and Minister of Crown and Indigenous Relations, Rebecca Alty discuss Prime Minister Carney’s March 12, 2026 Announcement on Defending, Building, And Transforming The North. They talk about the announcement’s significance for the North, the current context, and what will be required to go from announcement to project completion. They confirm that the Minister is not 100 years old and they end with takeaways about what this moment means for Northerners and what the North means for Canada as an Arctic nation in a region central to the big issues driving global geopolitics today.

Summer Series 2025: Future-proofing Arctic Infrastructure: Digital Infrastructure, Data Sovereignty & Nation-Building

In this episode of Breaking the Ice, we explore one of the most urgent but least discussed dimensions of Arctic nation-building: the digital, energy, and data infrastructure required to secure Canada’s North for the next 50 years. [http://years.To] To [http://years.To] unpack how Canada can build a smart Arctic, Co-hosts Jessica Shadian, Mishal Khan, and Jaiden Stevens are joined by: • Madeleine Redfern, COO, CanArctic Inuit Networks; CEO, SednaLink Marine Systems; Executive Director, Arctic360 Northern Branch • Lyle Fabian, CEO, KatloTech Communications • Captain Satinder Singh, Vice President Marine, PortsToronto

Summer Series 2025: Greenland's Representation to Canada 10 Years On: Looking Back & Looking Ahead

Greenland’s diplomatic presence has grown steadily over the past three decades—from Brussels to Washington, Iceland, Beijing, and a soon to come dedicated representation to Canada in Ottawa. In this episode of Breaking the Ice, Arctic360 co-hosts co-hosts Jessica Shadian and Sofie Poggendorf speak with Inuuteq Holm Olsen, former Greenlandic Representative to the US and Canada, and Jacob Isbosethsen, Greenland’s current Representative to both countries, about Greenland’s evolving role in international affairs and what may be on the horizon for Greenland-Canada diplomatic cooperation.

Summer Series 2025 - Innovating Out of the Arctic

As NATO’s turns its focus to strengthening its Northern Flank including preparedness for cold weather operations and the cold weather innovations to do so, could Canada's path to being strong on defence and the economy be innovating out of the Arctic? We spoke with Glenn Cowan, CEO, One9; Kevin Reed, President and COO, Defence, Security & Resilience Bank; Dr. Jackie Dawson, University of Ottawa /Researcher in Residence, Office of the Chief Science Advisor, Government of Canada; and Patrick Schneider-Sikorsky, Partner, NATO Innovation Fund to find out.

Summer Series 2025 - NATO, Europe, and Collaboration with Canada on Arctic Defence and Security

On the heels of the NATO’s June Summit, Arctic360’s ‘Breaking the Ice’ summer podcast series launches with a discussion on NATO, Europe, and collaboration with Canada on Arctic Defence and Security. Co-hosts Jessica Shadian, President & CEO of Arctic360, Sofie Poggendorf, and Alexandra Paul were fortunate and grateful to be joined by the EU Ambassador to Canada, Geneviève Tuts; German Ambassador to Canada Matthias Lüttenberg; and UK High Commissioner to Canada, Robert Tinline.