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Inuit involvement is still strong 10 years after Franklin shipwreck site located – Eye on the Arctic – Radio-Canada
September 6, 2024 It’s been 10 years since Inuit helped guide researchers to the wreck of the HMS Erebus, one of the ships from the 1845 Franklin expedition, and the mayor of the community that was pivotal to the search says identifying those sites has been a good thing for his community. The wreck site […]
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Read MoreRoyal Canadian Navy Notice – September 2024
August 30, 2024 Royal Canadian Navy Notice – September 2024 Read More NT4
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Read MoreResearch on Big River hydrokinetic project is ‘promising’ – Cabin Radio
August 6, 2024 Spencer Bonnetrouge says being part of an energy project in the Dehcho has been a “really eye-opening” experience. Bonnetrouge lives in Fort Providence and is one of the youth interns working on a project that aims to harness the power of the Mackenzie River, or Deh Cho, using an in-stream turbine. Earlier […]
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Read MoreData from Canadian Arctic indicates local Indigenous food production saves costs and carbon – Phys.org
July 29, 2024 Emphasizing local food production over imported substitutes can lead to significant cost and carbon savings, according to data from the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Canadian Arctic. The research, conducted by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, shows potential annual savings of more than 3.1 million […]
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Read More$2.2 million allocated to Indigenous knowledge and science monitoring and research projects
July 10, 2024 The Northwest Territories Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program (NWT CIMP) is providing $2.2 million in 2024-25 to support thirty new or ongoing environmental monitoring and research projects. Of the thirty projects funded, seven are focused on Traditional Knowledge, twenty-one are science-focused and two combine Traditional Knowledge and science. All projects address key cumulative […]
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Read MoreIRC launches ‘first of its kind’ Inuvialuit research network – Cabin Radio
May 27, 2024 The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation is launching a community research network in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. In a news release, the IRC said the network would provide the six Inuvialuit communities – Aklavik, Inuvik, Sachs Harbour, Paulatuk, Tuktoyaktuk and Ulukhaktok – with one community research administrator each. That administrator will act as a […]
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Read MoreResearchers criticized after response overwhelms YK project – Cabin Radio
May 10, 2024 A university research team’s trip to take samples at a Yellowknife mall created a situation that one Indigenous resident says was “degrading, wrong, offensive and discriminatory.” Gerri Sharpe said a team from the Indigenous Global Health Research Group was collecting blood samples from Indigenous people at Yellowknife’s Centre Square Mall last November. […]
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Read MoreExploring Food Systems Research with NNDDC’s Catherine Littlefield
February 22, 2024 Food Systems Researcher is a new role at NNDDC that aligns with the priority development area of Food Sovereignty and Security. Food systems refer to the multiple activities and relationships that go into producing, harvesting, processing, preparing, and sharing food, including the governance of food. Food systems research is a process of […]
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Read MoreInuit Recognition Award Highlights Dalhousie Professor’s Work
December 7, 2023, Iqaluit, Nunavut – Eric Oliver, of Nunatsiavut, who has worked tirelessly over the past decade to ensure East Coast research includes Inuit knowledge and Inuit community engagement, is the 2023 winner of the Inuit Recognition Award, as chosen by the ArcticNet Inuit Research Management Committee. The award, which recognizes an Inuk who […]
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Read MoreFirst Nations in Yukon hope search for unmarked graves of missing children can ‘bring peace’ – CBC
Jun 18, 2023 Ground-penetrating radar being used to collect data from former residential school sites Adeline Webber walks up a dirt path to the site where children who attended the former Chooutla Indian Residential School in Carcross, Yukon, once played. “I’m thinking about my brother,” she admits. A brother she never met. Albert Jackson died […]
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