He is a former Canada Research Chair, renowned filmmaker, and has served on various expert panels related to northern food security and energy. He has completed a trilogy of climate change films across Canada - including Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change; Climate Change in Atlantic Canada; and Beyond Climate – which all focus on local and traditional knowledge. His most recent project called Climate, Cinema and Cartography will merge film and mapmaking to explore climate change in the Canadian Prairies. Mauro’s work has been featured in the Berlin International Film Festival, Smithsonian Institution, National Geographic, Royal Ontario Museum and various film festival and academic conferences worldwide.