Grants and Contributions

This project will support the Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada Archives to preserve, manage, and promote Inuit documentary heritage and Inuit Knowledge related to international advocacy and leadership. The project focuses on three priority areas: completing full archival processing for major Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada record groups; supporting archives-specific software and systems to improve public access through a searchable, bilingual (Inuktitut and Inuktut Qaliujaaqpait) online database; and undertaking outreach, engagement, and knowledge-mobilization activities at the 15th Inuit Circumpolar Council General Assembly in Iqaluit in 2026. These efforts will improve access to Inuit documentary heritage, strengthen the use and value of archival materials, and increase ICC Canada’s capacity for collection management and information sharing across the Arctic.

This project will address priorities related to ecosystems and well-being and is designed to explore how Inuit cultural norms and traditional ecological knowledge held by Elders and harvesters, which has helped sustain ecosystems throughout Nunatsiavut for millennia, can guide contemporary ecosystem management efforts. By focusing on Inuit knowledge regarding species management and sustainable harvest, this study will also address the priority of well-being as it will reconnect Elders and youth and foster self-determination in research and management.

This project will support the Arctic Athabaskan Council to strengthen its organizational capacity and enhance its role as a key international representative of Athabaskan peoples. The project focuses on three priority areas: strengthening governance and organizational capacity through improved staffing, financial management, and the development of a new five-year Strategic Plan (2026–2031); increasing international engagement and diplomacy by supporting the Arctic Athabaskan Council's participation in major Arctic and global forums; and strengthening and realigning the Arctic Athabaskan Council's membership in line with the original Treaty intent. These efforts will position the Arctic Athabaskan Council to more effectively fulfill its mandate, support its Board of Directors, and advance Athabaskan environmental and political interests at the international level.

The project focuses on ecosystem changes driven by beaver activity across aquatic and terrestrial environments and their impacts on community wellbeing. Using a community monitoring app, the research aims to connect ecological changes to Inuvialuit wellbeing, aligning scientific monitoring with holistic Inuvialuit knowledge systems. It emphasizes the interconnectedness of freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems, particularly in the context of food sovereignty and security, as beaver activity can affect access to important subsistence resources like fish and terrestrial fauna.

This project aims to bolster the resilience of Arctic communities and ecosystems by evaluating the potential of diversifying blue foods and harvesting mechanisms in an active co-production of knowledge process. Building on existing relationships and research, two case studies are proposed, ranging from examining the emerging fishery in Sanikiluaq, NU, to exploring diversification of community-driven subsistence harvesting in Ulukhaktok, NT.

The project will support the maintenace and renovation of the wellness camp to continue to provide a safe vibrant, affordable, and accessible multi-use space where Gwich'in Participants and other residents can utilize the camp and build a strong and healthy community and to be able to take part in wellness, language, arts, and cultural activities and practices which is important for the community of Gwich’in.

The project will continue and expand a long-running partnered study on Arctic Char and Dolly Varden Char in the Coppermine River basin, Nunavut. The research priority is to identify where each species spends the winter, and whether Dolly Varden are more resilient to the rapidly warming water temperatures that have been observed. Identifying habitats and temperatures used by char will allow the community to enact the most informed stewardship and management practices possible.

This project will tackle concerns and priorities of Nunavimmiut (Inuit of Nunavik) in regards to sea-run Arctic Char. They will study key aspects of Arctic Char ecology under multiple, interacting pressures through community-based monitoring and research. Bringing together Inuit Knowledge, social sciences, and cutting-edge biological methods including telemetry, otolith microchemistry, nutritional biomarkers (carotenoids, omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids), and climatic data to answer the concerns around Arctic Char migratory patterns, habitat use, marine diet, quality, and resilience that are important to address for local management. Further establishing a community-based monitoring system across the three communities.

The funding received will be distributed to eligible students to help offset the high costs of conducting research in the north.

The funding received will be distributed to eligible students to help offset the high costs of conducting research in the north.