Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Hilap Aulaaniit Qanuq Atayut (The World and its Connections)
Agreement Number:
PKA-2122-0038
Agreement Value:
$403,230.00
Agreement Date:
Sep 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024
Description:
Hilap Aulaaniit Qanuq Atayut (The World and its Connections) is an Inuit-driven approach to environmental knowledge production that combines the resources, expertise, and passion of four Inuinnaqtun speaking communities—Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk, Gjoa Haven and Uluhaktok—to build and apply an environmental lexicon for the Inuinnaqtun language. This project will coalesce Inuinnaqtun’s remaining linguistic experts to document detailed Inuinnait knowledge of the natural world, while addressing the reality that Inuinnaqtun—the foundation of Inuinnait culture—has fewer than 600 fluent speakers remaining. Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq/Kitikmeot Heritage Society (PIKHS) will draw on an existing partnership of Inuinnait linguists and researchers to plan, coordinate, execute and evaluate a culturally-embedded approach to Inuinnaqtun environmental knowledge documentation.
Organization:
Polar Knowledge Canada
Location:
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, CA X0B 0C0
Reference Number:
171-2021-2022-Q2-P0038
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
Kitikmeot Heritage Society
Program:
Polar Knowledge Application Program
Program Purpose:
This Program aims to lead the mobilization of polar science and technology into action. CHARS will "analyse and disseminate polar knowledge from its Science and Technology Program, as well as that from current federal, territorial and other stakeholders, and investments to inform management, programming and policies; promote Artic science and technology nationally and internationally; and build capacity through training, outreach, and learning opportunities. This will ensure polar knowledge is relevant to stakeholders and builds a science culture in Canada.