Our People, Our Climate is a ground-breaking documentary film initiative, aiming to develop the storytelling skills of Nunavut youth and young adults. Inuit communities across Canada’s Arctic are essential to current climate change discussions, and this project brings together a range of young people in these communities to tell important stories through a unique and distinct cultural lens. Beginning in early 2020, the project emerged as an international collaboration between West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, ilinniapaa Skills Development Centre in Iqaluit, Kakivak Association, Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, York University, GRULAC Junior, Museum Cerny, University of St. Thomas and University of Minnesota, Duluth.

Nunavut youth, Inuit youth and young adults were invited to participate in an online mentorship program, aimed at providing specialized training in the art of storytelling using still photography, videography and interview techniques. Participants engaged with the surrounding environment and their community in the capture of audio and visual evidence of the localized effects of climate change. The results of this training initiative became the basis of Our People, Our Climate. Its international launch took place November 2021 at Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow, within the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Complimenting the contributions of participating trainees from communities across Nunavut, is special imagery selected for the project by artist members of the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative. Renowned for their unique aesthetic, particularly in depictions of the land and environment, Kinngait artists lend their inimitable artistic voice to this climate change exposé.