What's Being Done — And What You Can Do To Help!
Below is a list of climate change-related projects in Nunavut. Some are complete, while others are ongoing, and offer a way for local residents to get involved:
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Climate Change Projects
Community Research Projects
| Project Title | Project Categories | Post Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portraits of Resilience: Many Strong Voices | Food Security, Heritage, IQ, Temperature, Traditional Activities, Weather & Precipitation | 01-04-2016 |
Many Strong Voices is an organization that visited the community of Pangnirtung and did a community based Photo Voice type project with the Youth. |
| Building Capacity to Monitor the Risk of Climate Change on Water Quality and Human Health: A Two Year Journey Expanding Community-Based Leadership in Pond Inlet | Aquatic Environment, Health & Disease, Watershed | 01-06-2016 |
A community project in Pond Inlet. We are a group of 3 young Mittimatalirmiut and we wish to research water quality and develop more skills in research! Access to healthy water is of paramount importance for Mittimatalirmiut. Water is important to keep us alive, sturdy and healthy; and bad water can be harmful for our people- our beloved elders, youth and infants. Water also an important cultural value to our people since many of us are going out on the land in order to provide our family with fresh water, just as our elders used to and they proudly taught us. |
| Nunavut Climate Change Partnership | Food Security, Heritage, IQ, Resource Development, Security & Safety, Terrestrial Environment, Traditional Activities | 05-27-2016 |
The Nunavut Climate Change Partnership (NCCP) was a collaborative partnership between the Government of Nunavut, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern De |
| A Summary of MethylMercury and Climate Change Research in Nunavut | Aquatic Environment, Food Security, Health & Disease, Sea Ice & Ice, Watershed, Weather & Precipitation | 06-27-2016 |
Mercury (Hg) is a toxic heavy metal that changes into various chemical forms through geochemical processes. It is an element that occurs naturally in the environment but with industrialization, humans have altered its cycle by adding more mercury in the water, air, and soil. |
| How to evaluate climate change adaptation in permafrost environment: A pilot study in Arviat, Nunavut | Permafrost, Terrestrial Environment | 07-06-2016 |
Why was this project important? |
| Transnational Climate Change Mobilisationg: The Impact of the 2005 Inuit Petition | Heritage, IQ | 07-13-2016 |
In 2005, Sheila Watt-Cloutier and 62 Inuit elders and hunters from Canada and the United States joined forces with environmental lawyers in the US and submitted a petition before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. |
| The People, Animals, Water and Sustenance Program | Animals, Aquatic Environment, Health & Disease, Terrestrial Environment, Traditional Activities, Watershed | 07-28-2016 |
The People, Animals, Water, and Sustenance (PAWS) Project is interested in gaining a better understanding of the relationships Iqaluit Inuit have with dogs, water, and food. Currently there are gaps in our understanding of the interactions between dogs, water, and food in a Northern context. In-depth interviews on these topics coupled with sampling of dog feces, water, and clams will help us understand how these relationships interact together and how these relationships may be changing. |
| Search and Rescue in Nunavut | IQ, Landscape, Security & Safety, Transportation, Weather & Precipitation | 08-09-2016 |
This research looks at the causes of search and rescue (SAR) and more broadly unintentional injuries on the land in Nunavut. |
| Incorporating Climate Change into Land Development | Landscape, Permafrost, Terrestrial Environment | 08-31-2016 |
The Nunavut Climate Change Centre is devoted to including Nunavut communities in their projects and outreach. Over the last few years, we have had |
| How to evaluate climate change adaptation in a permafrost environment: A pilot study in Arviat, Nunavut | Landscape, Permafrost, Security & Safety, Terrestrial Environment | 10-04-2016 |
This research created a community-based evaluation framework to monitor and evaluate adaptation projects. Evaluating these projects can help us to learn from and improve projects. The framework was tested in Arviat on the ‘Terrain Analysis in Nunavut’ project, a Government of Nunavut project using satellite radar images to see if the ground is moving to detect permafrost degradation. |