Grants and Contributions

This project aims to use remote sensing and field-based observations to elucidate expected trajectories of landscape change and its impacts in order to reduce uncertainty and support forward-looking adaptation for Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation (VGFN) members. Traditional knowledge will be used to identify key aspects of the landscape linked to local land use (e.g., vegetation covers that facilitate or hinder travel), which will become focal points for the scientific and communication components of the project. Information will be synthesised, and specialised communication products will be developed for the community highlighting changes affecting key landscape features linked to land use by community members to ensure that the information produced is clear and useable.

This project will continue the Ulukhaktok muskox monitoring program and increase the involvement of the community. Results will be added to data collected previously to create a long-term database on muskox health and population condition in Ulukhaktok. This database will inform management decisions and increase understanding of factors influencing muskox populations.

A four-part project to address the issue building on research and management directions established by all affected parties in recent years: (1) a joint community and government muskox monitoring program, (2) a series of workshops and a social science program examining community members’ perspectives on muskox, (3) the continuation of research components of our collaboratively developed research program, and (4) to establish greater value for the species through collaborative community and youth harvest activities, health monitoring, and training programs to create resilience in the face of unpredictable and vulnerable caribou herds. All activities will be held in Aklavik and the surrounding regions with the overarching aim of increasing awareness and understanding about muskox’s role on the landscape.

Aurora Research Institute (ARI) delivers: (1) hands-on [STEM] learning experiences for youth; (2) [STEM] professional development sessions and support for teachers; and (3) community STEM outreach events. The demand for [ARI] programming is increasing, and the goal of the proposed three-year project is not only to continue [ARI] work in the Beaufort Delta and South Slave regions but also to expand it to the North Slave region using the same community-oriented, responsive model. These funds will support Outreach Coordinator positions to deliver programming in each region.

This community-based research project directly contributes to land claim implementation by asking how to build [the Tagish and Tlingit people of Carcross/Tagish First Nation (C/TFN)]’s capacity to both understand the current state of water and to protect the water using the best available tools from Western and Indigenous knowledge systems. To achieve this, [C/TFN] will: 1) Develop a C/TFN water strategy including draft water legislation and regulations; 2) Use water chemistry, spatial and Indigenous research methods to identity water data gaps and analyze aquatic (biophysical and cultural) risk; and 3) Create a community-based water monitoring and enforcement plan for the water strategy and legislation. This project engages C/TFN Citizens in all phases of the project through Indigenous knowledge research that builds capacity building mobilizes knowledge for water governance and cultural revitalization.

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.

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.

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