pIn Inuit mythology, sila means air, climate, or breath. Bilodeau's play of the same name examines the competing interests shaping the future of the Canadian Arctic and local Inuit population. Equal parts Inuit myth and contemporary Arctic policy, the play emSilaem features puppetry, spoken word poetry, and three different languages English, French, and Inuktitut. pThere is more afoot in the Arctic than one might think. On Baffin Island in the territory of Nunavut, eight characters - including a climatologist, an Inuit activist and her son, and two polar bears - find their values challenged as they grapple with a rapidly changing environment and world. emSila emcaptures the fragility of life and the interconnectedness of lives, both human and animal, and reveals in gleaming tones that telling the stories of everyday challenges - especially raising children and maintaining family ties - is always more powerful than reciting facts brand figures. pOur changing climate will have a signific