IHACC is a multi-year, trans-disciplinary, community-based initiative working with remote Indigenous populations in the Peruvian Amazon, Canadian Arctic and Uganda to examine vulnerabilities to the health effects of climate change and develop an evidentiary base for adaption.  In the Arctic, IHACC is working in the communities of Nunavut and Rigolet, Nunatsiavut.  In Iqaluit, the research has largely focused around issues of gastro-intestinal health, water, and food security.  As a whole, this work takes a participator research approach and aims to be engaged at all levels of

Recent research uncovered the highest rates of self-reported enteric illness (i.e., diarrhea and vomiting) reported in the world to be in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and Rigolet, Nunatsiavut. Infectious diarrhea and vomiting can be caused by contaminated drinking water (i.e., waterborne disease), contaminated food (i.e., foodborne disease), or person-to- person contact. To reduce the high rates of diarrhea and vomiting in Northern Canada, we must monitor these pathogens causing illness to understand what pathogens are responsible for illness and how people contract the illness.

Summary

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.

ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᕐᓂᖓ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓂ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᓚ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᐱᕙᑦᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᓴᖅᑮᒍᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᓗᐊᓐᖏᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᑐᓂᓪᓗ, ᐱᖃᓯᐅᑎᑦᓱᓂ ᐅᓕᕕᔾᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ, ᓄᓇᐃᑦ ᓯᑑᕐᓂᖏᑦ, ᐊᐅᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ, ᓯᓈᓂ ᓯᑯᒧᑦ ᐅᔭᐅᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ, ᓯᓚᕐᓂᓪᓗᓯᑲᓪᓚᖃᑦᑕᕐᓃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᓈᑉ ᓄᖑᑎᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓ. ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᕗᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑮᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖏᑦ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᖃᑦᓯᐊᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᐃᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ.

ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐊᑲᐃᓪᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐆᒪᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᔪᑦ. ᓲᕐᓗ, ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᑦᓰᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᓐᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᓗᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓯᑯᐃᕈᑦᑐᒧᑦ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᐅᕙᑦᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕿᑐᕐᖏᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᓗᐊᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ.

ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᓂᕈᒥᑦᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓ ᐊᔭᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᓱᑲᑦᑐᐊᓗᒻᒥᒃ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐆᒪᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᖃᓪᓚᕆᒋᐊᖃᕋᑦᑕ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᒪᓐᓂᑦᓯᐅᑎᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᕆᐅᑉ ᐃᖅᑳᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᐊᕐᔪᐊᐃᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓕᕇᖅᑐᓄᑦ.

ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᖅ ᒥᓪᓗᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᒃᑯᐃᕙᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᐳᓪᓚᒥᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑕᕆᐅᒧᑦ.

ᐅᓇ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᕿᒥᕐᖁᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᒃᑯᑦ, ᖃᑭᒪᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᐊᑦᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᔭᕋᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ ᓯᑕᒪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ.

ᐊᑐᖅᓱᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᑎᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᑑᑎᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂᒃ, ᑖᓐᓇ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᓂᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᕿᑦᓴᐃᑦ ᓯᑕᒪᓂᒃ ᐊᕕᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᑦᑕᕐᕕᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ, ᐃᓅᕕᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑰᔾᔪᐊᖅ) ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᐅᓗᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᓂᖅ ᓱᖏᐅᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑎᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂᒃ,

ᖃᓄᑎᒋ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᐊᖅᑲᑦ ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓄᖔᕐᓗ, ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓗᑎᓪᓗ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᒃᑰᖅᑐᑦ: ᐅᓯᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᑦ, ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ, ᐳᓚᕋᑦᑐᓕᕆᔩᑦ, ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔾᔪᑏᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔾᔭᑦᑕᐅᓯᒪᒧᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ?