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.

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

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.

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

ᖃᐅᔨᕐᓴᓂᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐳᐃᔨᓂᒃ ᓄᐊᑦᓯᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᕋᑦᓴᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓂ ᐳᐃᔩᑦ ᐆᒪᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐊᑐᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᓐᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᐅᓂᔪᓂᒃ ᑕᒪᒃᑮᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᒻᒪᕆᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂᒃ.

ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᓯ ᓄᓇᓕᑦᓯᓐᓂᓗ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑏᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᑦᓴᖃᖅᑲᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᔫᑉ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᒥᑦᓵᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ ᐊᓂᒍᖅᑐᓂ? ᐊᒥᖅᑲᐅᑎᒋᒍᒃ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓯᓚᑐᓂᑦ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓂᐅᔪᓪᓗ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᓘᓐᓇᑎᓄᑦ. ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᖅᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑐᓴᕋᖅᓴᖅ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᑕ ᒥᑦᓵᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒍᑦᓯᐅᔾᔨᓗᑎᓪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᑐᖃᕐᒧᑦ.