Northern CanadaIndigenous knowledgeClimate adaptationArcticClimate change impacts on Indigenous peoples in remote regions pose unique institutional challenges and opportunities for governments. Reducing vulnerability and enabling collaborative knowledge creation through the inclusive consideration of Indigenous peoples'...
Canada's North has been smashing warm weather records lately, and a new report says this past summer was also the warmest on record across the Arctic. The Arctic Report Card, released annually by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)...
As melting sea ice brings more ships through the Northwest Passage, new research shows that Canada must prepare for the costs and consequences of an Arctic oil spill. The growing rate of ice melt in the Arctic due to rising global temperatures has opened up the Northwest Passage ...
The need for Indigenous rights to be recognized and for reconciliation to occur is becoming increasingly engrained in the fabric of Canada. From the perspective of Indigenous peoples in Canada, reconciliation is seen as a process of decolonization. With the launch of the Oceans Protection Plan in ...
Transportation systems in northern Canada are highly sensitive to climate change. We project how access to semi-permanent trails on land, water, and sea ice might change this century in Inuit Nunangat (the Inuit homeland in northern Canada), using CMIP6 projections coupled with trail access model...
Food Security Status of Indigenous Peoples in Canada According to the 4 Pillars of Food Security: A Scoping Review 2022, Advances in Nutrition Citation Excerpt : A participatory food-costing study conducted in 6 communities of the western Canadian Arctic reported that regional food prices were signif...
According to climate models, the Lincoln Sea, bordering northern Greenland and Canada, will be the final stronghold of perennial Arctic sea-ice in a warming climate. However, recent observations of prolonged periods of open water raise concerns regarding
Indigenous peoplesFrontierTribal capitalismArcticCanadaArticleBetween 2010 and 2050, the world's combined road and rail network will grow an estimated 60%. National governments are building many of these roads, which are often perceived as disenfranchising Indigenous communities. Yet in the Canadian ...
Founded in 1977 by the late Eben Hopson of Barrow, Alaska, the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) has flourished and grown into a major international non-government organizationrepresenting approximately 180,000 Inuitof Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Chukotka (Russia). ...
Eastern rim of the Kara Sea (Arctic Ocean). In North America, large parts of what is now known as Canada were buried under two large ice sheets. Greenland and parts of the Bering Sea coastline were glaciated too. What was the ice situation like even further North, in the Arctic Ocean?