Grants and Contributions

This project will strengthen community-based wildlife health surveillance for caribou and muskoxen in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut by expanding monitoring, improving data sharing, and increasing northern training opportunities. Led through partnerships among northern communities, Indigenous organizations, governments, and researchers, the project combines Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western science to better understand wildlife health threats, support conservation and public health decisions, and enhance food security and sovereignty. By maintaining a northern research hub in Yellowknife and growing surveillance efforts into new regions, the project will build local capacity and improve long-term monitoring of Arctic wildlife health.

Through partnerships within the Northwest Territories Biodiversity Monitoring Program, the research will explore data governance practices and use wildlife monitoring data to assess how culturally important ungulates and game birds respond to wildfire disturbances.

This project will establish a community-led water monitoring program in Qikiqtarjuaq to address concerns about drinking water quality and the potential impacts of climate change on local freshwater sources.

This project will examine the experiences of Indigenous nursing graduates in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut to better understand barriers and supports related to completing licensing exams required for professional nursing practice. Guided by an Indigenous Nurse Research Advisory Council and informed by interviews with Indigenous nursing graduates, the project will develop recommendations to strengthen nursing education, exam preparation, and student success in the North. By supporting Indigenous representation and leadership in healthcare, the project aims to enhance the northern health workforce, improve culturally safe care, and build long-term local capacity in the health sector.

This project will support the Tundra Science and Culture Camp, an immersive eight-day educational program that brings together high school students, educators, researchers, and Tłı̨chǫ knowledge holders to learn about tundra ecosystems, Indigenous culture, environmental stewardship, and northern science. Through hands-on field experiences, cultural activities, and inquiry-based learning at the Tundra Ecosystem Research Station, participants develop knowledge of Arctic landscapes, wildlife, resource management, and traditional knowledge. The program strengthens cross-cultural understanding, builds northern capacity in science and environmental education, and inspires future careers in natural sciences, environmental studies, and related fields.

This project will expand wildlife and environmental monitoring programs into a remote area of the Mackenzie Mountains in the Northwest Territories to improve understanding of caribou populations, water quality, bird biodiversity, lichen habitat, and fish habitat.

Through a community-led monitoring program using motion-activated cameras, the Teechik Guardians are collecting data on the movements of caribou, moose, wolves, bears, and other species to better understand how these corridors influence predator-prey interactions and wildlife behaviour.

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.