This research looks at the causes of search and rescue (SAR) and more broadly unintentional injuries on the land in Nunavut. We focus on SAR because of the health and cultural importance to being on the land. Further, SAR costs the Government of Nunavut roughly $850,000 annually and in 2015 represented over 450 individuals requiring assistance.
Project title: Irregular flow of surge-type glaciers
Students of ETP have been contributing to a multidisciplinary study looking at vegetation response in a warming Arctic context, with a focus on berry ecology and productivity of 3 favourite species: Blueberry (Kigutangirnaq/Vaccinium uliginosum), Crowberry (Paurngaq/Empetrum nigrum) and Cranberry (Kimminaq/Vaccinium vitis-idaea). From 2009 to 2013 they have been collecting berries following a scientific protocol in a permanent monitoring plot near their fall camp location at Peterhead Inlet, near Iqaluit.
White Glacier is a 14 km long alpine glacier located on Axel Heiberg Island in the northwest part of Nunavut.
Higher than normal summer temperatures over the past few decades have resulted in increased melt of glaciers and ice caps in the Canadian Arctic, particularly since 2005. In order to better understand past and future changes of glaciers in the southern Canadian Arctic, the Geological Survey of Canada, Parks Canada and University of Ottawa have been studying Penny Ice Cap on southern Baffin Island since 2007. It is the largest ice mass in the southern Canadian Arctic, covering ~6400 km2.
ArcticNet réunit des scientifiques et leur responsable ainsi que leurs partenaires, notamment des organismes inuits, des collectivités nordiques, des agences provinciales et fédérales et des acteurs du secteur privé pour étudier les impacts des changements climatiques dans l’Arctique canadien côtier.
Sur le thème des changements climatiques, on décrit des approches permettant de soutenir les projets d’adaptation actuels et futurs aux changements climatiques dans tout l’Arctique canadien.