Principal Investigator:Pearce, Tristan D Licensed Year(s):
2019
Summary:
The goal is to examine cultural education at Helen Kalvak School and its role in the transmission of traditional knowledge.
Specific objectives are to: 1) identify cultural programming at Helen Kalvak School; 2) document the meaning of cultural education for Inuit students; and to 3) describe how cultural education helps to transmit traditional knowledge such as hunting and sewing as well as o...
Principal Investigator:Pearce, Tristan D Licensed Year(s):2019
2018
Summary:
The aim of this research is to examine the importance of sewing for Inuit women and the contribution that they make to household and community through sewing.
Specific objectives are to describe the importance of sewing for Inuit women; to identify the contributions that Inuit women make to household and community through sewing; and, to compare findings from objectives 1 and 2 among responden...
Principal Investigator:Pearce, Tristan D Licensed Year(s):
2016
Summary:
The objectives of this research project are to:
1. describe the beluga-Inuvialuit linked social-ecological system;
2. characterize Inuvialuit traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of beluga whale: ecology and behaviour, hunting techniques, and food preparation;
3. document current stresses affecting beluga and Inuvialuit hunters and adaptive responses; and,
4. identify opportunities for TEK ...
Principal Investigator:Pearce, Tristan D Licensed Year(s):
2014
2013 Summary:
The Nunamin Illihakvia project is dedicated to enabling the transfer of traditional knowledge, skill sets and values, based on Inuit knowledge and guiding principles in a changing climate. The specific objectives are to:
1) Facilitate the transfer of knowledge and skills among experienced hunters, Elders and younger generation Inuit for how to make seal hunting equipment, how to travel on the s...