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A Summary of MethylMercury and Climate Change Research in Nunavut |
ᐃᒪᖃᐅᑎ, ᐋᓐᓂᐊᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᓗ, ᐳᐃᔩᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᖓᑦ, ᑕᕆᐅᑉ ᓯᑯᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᑯ, ᓂᕿᑦᓴᖃᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᖅ, ᓯᓚ ᖃᐅᓯᓇᕐᓗ` |
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.
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How to evaluate climate change adaptation in permafrost environment: A pilot study in Arviat, Nunavut |
ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᓄᓇ, ᐱᓱᑦᑏᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᖓᑦ |
07-06-2016 |
Why was this project important? |
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Transnational Climate Change Mobilisationg: The Impact of the 2005 Inuit Petition |
ᐃᑦᓴᕐᓂᑕᐃᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ |
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.
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The People, Animals, Water and Sustenance Program |
ᐃᒪᖃᐅᑎ, ᐆᒪᔪᑦ, ᐋᓐᓂᐊᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᓗ, ᐱᓱᑦᑏᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᖓᑦ, ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᓃᑦ, ᐳᐃᔩᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᖓᑦ |
07-28-2016 |
What is PAWS? |
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Search and Rescue in Nunavut |
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ, ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔾᔪᑏᑦ, ᐊᑦᓱᖏᖅᓯᒪᓂᖅ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᕐᓗ, ᓄᓇ, ᓯᓚ ᖃᐅᓯᓇᕐᓗ` |
08-10-2016 |
This research looks at the causes of search and rescue (SAR) and more broadly unintentional injuries on the land in Nunavut. |
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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.
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Frobisher Bay Long-term Ecology and Habitat Mapping Study |
Animals, Aquatic Environment |
11-14-2016 |
Frobisher Bay is undergoing rapid anthropogenic and climatic change.
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Frobisher Bay Long-term Ecology and Habitat Mapping Study |
Animals, Aquatic Environment |
11-14-2016 |
Frobisher Bay is undergoing rapid anthropogenic and climatic change.
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Climate Communication and Adaptation: Engaging Maritime Publics |
Animals, Landscape, Sea Ice & Ice, Traditional Activities |
02-17-2017 |
This research on climate change communication compares maritime communities in diverse climate zones to identify differences and similarities in local perceptions of climate change and global climate action, and associated effects on local participation in environmental management.
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Climate Change Adaptation Project - Permafrost Thaw and River Erosion in Kugluk Territorial Park |
Heritage, Permafrost, Terrestrial Environment, Tourism |
05-10-2018 |
The Kugluk Territorial Parks Project is a Climate Change Adaptation project by the Climate Change Secretariat in partnership with Nunavut Parks and Special Places. This project addresses the impacts of climate change being experienced in the Kugluk Territorial Park with an end goal of adapting to those environmental changes.
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