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Dustin Patar

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Covers:  If it's happening up here, I'm covering it.
Freelance visual journalist. Words and images in @cbcnorth, @globeandmail, @cangeo, @thenarwhalca, @canadianpress, @nunatsiaqnews, @hakaimagazine.

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Dustin Patar is a freelance multimedia journalist and reporter for Nunatsiaq News, the newspaper of record in Nunavut, Canada.

Born in San Francisco, California and raised across the United States and Canada, Dustin often found himself connecting with outliers, the people and places that, more often than not, are passed by. As a journalist, he’s still drawn to these stories—often asking himself whose voice is missing, why and how can he change that.

Aside from the Canadian Arctic, Dustin’s wo…

Dustin Patar’s Journalist Portfolio

State of Emergency, Episode 3: The New Normal

State of Emergency, Episode 3: The New Normal

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Inuit crafters continue to be blocked on Facebook for selling sealskin

Inuit crafters continue to be blocked on Facebook for selling sealskin

"Facebook is blocking people who are trying to sell their products when they're trying to put food on the tab…

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Most Online 'Terms of Service' Are Incomprehensible to Adults, Study Finds

Most Online 'Terms of Service' Are Incomprehensible to Adults, Study Finds

Two law professors analyzed the sign-in terms and conditions of 500 popular US websites, including Google and…

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Taking Skwomesh beyond the classroom

Taking Skwomesh beyond the classroom

Four years ago, a report on the status of B.C. First Nations languages listed Sk̲wx̱wú7mesh sníchim, or Skwomes…

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How the Blob Killed Thousands of Tiny Seabirds | Hakai Magazine

How the Blob Killed Thousands of Tiny Seabirds | Hakai Magazine

For Cassin's auklets, robin-sized seabirds of the northeast Pacific, the winter of 2014 was a disaster. Over …

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First Inuit-built ice thickness sensors deployed in Nunavut | Nunatsiaq News

First Inuit-built ice thickness sensors deployed in Nunavut | Nunatsiaq News

"It's essentially a climate change adaptation tool that's actually working in the communities" Lodged in the …

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On the trail of this year’s epic Nunavut Quest dogsled race

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By Dustin Patar
| The Narwhal
One by one, snowmobiles pulling qamutiit — traditional wooden sleds — navigate their way through the snowy streets of Igloolik, Nvt. There, on the ice of the nearby bay, nine teams of qimmiit (Inuit sled dogs) sit waiting amid the blowing snow. It’s April 9 as the teams assemble at the start line for this year’s Nunavut Quest, the territory’s only major dogsled race. But this year, bad weather has forced them to delay the teams’ start by two days.
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In Photos: On the trail of this year’s 580-km Nunavut Quest dogsled race

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By Dustin Patar
| IndigiNews
The annual journey across the High Arctic is not just a competition. It’s also a way of honouring and renewing tradition Daniel Inuarak and his son are hoisted into the air by a crowd of observers at the Nunavut Quest finish line in Pond Inlet in April. Photo by Dustin Patar Content warning: This story includes historical details about colonial violence. Please read with care for your spirit.
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In Photos: On the trail of this year’s 580-km Nunavut Quest dogsled race

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By Dustin Patar
| Flipboard
0:20 19 hours ago Canada: Wildfire Prompts State of Emergency and Evacuations at Norway House Cree Nation. StringersHub • 19h Norway House, Canada - May 29, 2026 Norway House Cree Nation declared a state of emergency on Friday, May 29, as a wildfire threatened the First Nation community in northern Manitoba. Hundreds of residents were evacuated from homes on Fort Island. RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE TERMS: Please credit “Matthew Folster via Spectee”.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

If internships are jobs—I worked at Hakai Magazine writing news stories and short features. I also helped produce an episode of their podcast

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I wish! Though if I was stuck on a desert island and could bring one thing with me, it would be a typewriter and a big ream of paper.

How is social media changing news?

Social media is a tool, like any tool it doesn't operate on its own. This question should be, how has our use of social media changed news.

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