Principal Investigator:Gartler, Susanna Licensed Year(s):
2023
2022202120202019 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5424.
This project is part of a larger study called “Nunataryuk - Permafrost thaw and the changing Arctic coast, science for socioeconomic adaptation”, which is unique as it uses a circumpolar approach, assessing the impact of permafrost thaw in five Arctic communities in Canada, Greenland, Svalbard and Russia.
The main...
Principal Investigator:Behe, Carolina Licensed Year(s):
2019
20182017 Summary:
Objectives of this research are: to synthesize and evaluate existing legal frameworks for Inuit self-governance reflected in legal authorities in the United States (U.S.) and Canada; 2) to evaluate how existing Inuit self-governance approaches operate in practice by examining four co-management case studies as examples of approaches to food sovereignty, in order to gain a comprehensive understandi...
Principal Investigator:Worden, Elizabeth G Licensed Year(s):
2018
2017 Summary:
The aim of the proposed research is to improve understanding of human-beluga whale relations over time and the implications of change for subsistence livelihoods in Aklavik. The aim will be achieved through three objectives:
1) to document and describe the role and importance of subsistence hunting in the community of Aklavik, with a specific focus on human-beluga relations;
2) to examine local ...