What is PAWS?

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.

Why was this project important?

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᖅ ᒥᓪᓗᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᒃᑯᐃᕙᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᐳᓪᓚᒥᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑕᕆᐅᒧᑦ.

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