The Inuit Knowledge Project’s community working groups identified the need to document extensive Inuit knowledge of sea ice in the regions around the three parks. This includes assessing travel hazards and defining locally meaningful indicators that can be used as part of both long-term monitoring programs and Inuit youth education projects. The research will also enable the working groups to provide ecological integrity recommendations for parks managers.
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᐅᔪᑉ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᖏᑕ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓯᒪᒻᒪᑕ ᑎᑎᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᓪᓚᑦᑖᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᓯᑯᑉ ᐱᓪᓗᒍ ᑖᒃᑯᓇᓂ ᒥᕐᖑᐃᓯᕐᕕᓂ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔨᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕐᓗᓂ ᓇᓕᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑎᓪᓚᑦᑖᖑᒐᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᕋᔭᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑮᓐᓄᒃ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᐊᑦᑎᓂᖏᑕ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓕᐊᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᓗᑎᑦ. ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖃᕋᔭᕆᕗᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᔨᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᕙᑎᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᐅᖁᓇᒍ ᐊᑐᓕᖁᔭᓕᐅᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᒥᕐᖑᐃᓯᕐᕕᑉ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖏᓐᓂ.
Work to date has involved interviews in key communities, including Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay, Qikiqtarjuaq and Repulse Bay as well as workshops on the sea ice with local elders. Key results include documentation of a variety of ice conditions, identification of indicators of sea ice changes, and the creation of educational experiences for youth. Follow-up activities will include a special focus on creating information and further educational opportunities for local youth.
ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᒍ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ, ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒻᒥ, ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒻᒥ, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ, ᓇᐅᔮᓂᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᖃᑎᒋᔭᐅᕙᑦᑐᑎᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᓯᑯᒥ. ᓴᖅᑭᖅᑐᒥᓂᐅᓪᓗᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔨᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᓐᓂᖏᑦ ᓯᑯᑉ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᖏᑕ, ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑏᑦ ᓱᖅᑯᐃᕈᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᓕᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᓯᑯᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᓯᒪᓕᕐᓂᖏᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑎᑦ. ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖃᓕᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕋᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᓴᖅᑮᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᐅᒐᔭᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᖅᑕᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᕋᔭᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᓗᑎᑦ.
Further research projects include two recently completed graduate theses, the first examining the complementarities between traditional and scientific knowledge of arctic fox, red fox and snow geese in the Pond Inlet area and the second looking at the transmission of Inuit knowledge to the youth of Pond Inlet. Results from a project documenting Pond Inlet Elder Kuniliusie Nutarak’s knowledge of polar bears will be available in the spring of 2008.
ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᐅᒐᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᕋᑖᖅᓯᒪᔫᒃ ᓯᓚᑦᓴᑐᕐᕕᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓕᐊᖏᓐᓂ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓗᓂ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓗᑎᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᑉ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓪᓗᓇᕐᔨᕐᖓᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᑎᕆᒐᓂᐊᕐᓂᒃ, ᑎᕆᒐᓂᐊᖅᐸᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᖑᐃᑦ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒻᒥ. ᓴᖅᑭᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᑕ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒻᒥ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᑉ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᑰᓂᓕᐅᓯ ᓄᑕᕋᑉ ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᒐᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᐱᕐᖔᕐᒥ 2008-ᒥ.
Details of each of these projects can be found in the Inuit Knowledge Project’s on-line database (located on this web-site), including research proposals, interim reports, final reports, consent forms, research licences, interview transcripts and specific information about all the raw materials associated with these projects including photos, drawings, maps, GIS map files, audio and video files.
ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕐᓂ ᓇᓂᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᖏᑕ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖓᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᑐᖅᑯᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ (ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᒻᒥ ᐱᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᑦ), ᐱᖃᓯᐅᑎᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᒪᔭᐅᔪᒥᓃᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᕌᑦ, ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᑲᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ, ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥᒃ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ, ᐊᖏᕈᑏᑦ ᓈᑎᕆᐊᓖᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᓐᓇᐅᑏᑦ ᓚᐃᓴᓐᓰᑦ, ᐊᐱᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᔾᔪᑎᒥᓃᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᑏᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂ ᑎᑎᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕐᓂᒃ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔨᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ, ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᐅᔭᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ, ᓄᓇᙳᐊᑦ, ᖁᒻᒧᐊᑦᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᙳᐊᑦ, ᓂᐱᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᒃᓴᓕᐊᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ.
Projects are listed below in association with the park areas where they were carried out:
ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦ ᐊᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᑎᑎᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᒥᕐᖑᐃᓯᕐᕕᒻᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᒥᕐᖑᓯᐃᕐᕕᐅᔪᓂ ᓱᑯᑦᑎᐊᓂ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᓯᒪᒻᒪᖔᑕ.
Auyuittuq National Park
- Cooperative management of Auyuittuq National Park: Moving towards greater emphasis and
recognition of Indigenous aspirations for the management of their lands. C. Jacobson, Sunshine Coast University, Australia; H. Ross, The University of Queensland, Australia; M. Manseau, University of Manitoba / Parks Canada.
- Youth participation in the management of Auyuittuq National Park. A. Brown, M. Manseau, University of Manitoba (supervisor).
- Sea Ice Use and its Relationship to Nunavut National Parks (Micheline Manseau / A. Kendrick / G. Laidler; University of Manitoba / Parks Canada
- Inuit Perspectives on Safety Measures In and Around Auyuittuq National Park (K. Johansson / M. Manseau; University of Manitoba / Parks Canada)
Sirmilik National Park
- Sea Ice Use and its Relationship to Nunavut National Parks (M. Manseau / A. Kendrick / G. Laidler; University of Manitoba/ Parks Canada
- Inuit Knowledge of Fox and Geese and Changes in the Environment (C. Gagnon / D. Berteaux, University of Rimouski)
- Learning Inuit Knowledge in Pond Inlet (E. Bonny/ F. Berkes, University of Manitoba)
- Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit of Polar Bears in the Pond Inlet Area: Working with Elder Cornelius Nutarak. (A. Kendrick / Micheline Manseau, University of Manitoba / Parks Canada)
Ukkusiksalik National Park
- An introduction to Ukkusiksalik National Park – results of the Inuit Knowledge Working Group projects. G. Mouland and M. Manseau, Parks Canada