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.

The Nunavut Climate Change Partnership (NCCP) was a collaborative partnership between the Government of Nunavut, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, and Natural Reosurces Canada to build capacity for community-level adaptation planning.

The Nunavut Climate Change Partnership (NCCP) was formed in 2008. Entitled "Atuliqtuq: Action and Adaptation in Nunavut" the Partnership’s three main themes are:

• To build capacity for climate change adaptation planning within the Government of Nunavut and communities

Many Strong Voices is an organization that visited the community of Pangnirtung and did a community based Photo Voice type project with the Youth.

This is an updated summary of the previous project posted on December 2, 2014

To see the previous summary please visit http://climatechangenunavut.ca/en/project/inuit-women-and-environmental-change-examining-experiences-and-adaptations-iqaluit-nunavut

ᑲᑎᑎᑦᓯᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᕐᔪᐊᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᒥᔨᓂᓗ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐃᓄᓐᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᓱᐊᕆᐊᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᑎᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᒃ, ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᕕᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᓗ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᖃᑎᒌᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᑕ ᓯᓈᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᑕ.

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

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᓂᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓱᖏᐅᑎᒍᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓂ.