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StraightUpNorth is a site designed to share our team efforts and progress in community-engaged research for northern sustainability.
We are an interdisciplinary research group working to address northern community priorities, dedicated to learning from Indigenous knowledge and supporting Indigenous self-determination in research. Our cross-cultural research team is guided by northern community partners and protocols throughout all stages of a project. Our research aims to enhance societal and ecological well-being in ways that advance our understandings of human-environment interactions, benefit community partners, and contribute to policy and decision-making.
Trip summary by: Faith RahmanMittimatalik, Nunavut (March 13 – 27, 2026) & Iqaluit, Nunavut (April 27 – May 6, 2026) All photos by: Faith Rahman (For more information on Faith’s research project, see her one-page summary of proposed ideas below.) Purpose of Visit This past spring, Faith Rahman (SUNTeam member & 2nd Year PhD Candidate)…
Trip summary by: Natalie CarterArviat, Nunavut (January 14 – 22, 2026) All photos by: Natalie Carter Purpose of Visit Natalie Carter (SUN Team Community Engagement Lead) traveled to Arviat, Nunavut in January 2026 to continue collaborative work with Aqqiumavvik Society as part of our CIHR-funded Goose monitoring to restore Inuit food sovereignty project. The focus of the visit was our ongoing,…
We are excited to release posters that provide an overview of community monitoring and environmental services commonly used in Nunavut! One of the recommendations that came out of our project Understanding Inuit community uses and needs for weather, water, ice and climate information and services was to: “develop a list of useable/reliable sites and apps…
We are excited to release posters that provide an overview of community monitoring and environmental services commonly used in Nunavut! One of the recommendations that came out of our project Understanding Inuit community uses and needs for weather,… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Alison Perrin on completing your PhD this summer, and all your tremendous work with the Nunavut Research Institute, Government of Yukon, and researchers across the three northern Territories and all five regions of Inuit Nunangat!… Read More
We are excited to release the Igloolik Sea Ice Glossary! 2004ᒥᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᒌᑕ ᓗᐱᓯᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᑎᐅ ᐃᑯᒻᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᒃᓯᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᒐᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᕋᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕᓗ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᒡᓗᖕᒥ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᒎᓰᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 18ᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᕆᔭᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᒪᔪᐊᐃᓐᓅᖕᒪᑦ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᕆᔭᐅᓂᑰᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᓄᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᓄᓪᓗ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑕᐃᒎᓰᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᕌᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᖏᓐᓄᑦ,… Read More
We are excited to share the great work Breanna Bishop did to undertake a scoping review of environmental indicators used by Inuit across Inuit Nunaat. Her work made important contributions to our ArcticNet-funded collaborative survey project to learn… Read More
We are excited to share this new paper reflecting on our research process in facilitating the ArcticNet-funded collaborative survey project to learn about Inuit Uses and Needs for Weather, Water, Ice, and Climate Information and Services! Applying the… Read More
Trip summary by: Natalie Carter, Rowan HarrisArviat, Nunavut (July 28 – August 28, 2024) All photos by: Natalie Carter, Rowan Harris Purpose of Visit Natalie Carter (SUN Team Community Engagement Lead) travelled to Arviat, Nunavut between July 28 and… Read More
Congratulations to Faith Rahman on completing your MA and all your tremendous work with the Nunavut Research Institute and the Nunavut Climate Change Secretariat! Faith’s research contributes to the Making Research Work for Nunavummiut project. Her dissertation is… Read More
Regena Sinclair developed summaries of the research she did in her MA in support of Sanikiluaq Qikiqtait Steering Committee priorities and in partnership with the Arctic Eider Society on: Sanikiluarmiut harvest data for Qikiqtait Protected Area development: Exploring… Read More
Trip summary by: Emily Wong Arviat, Nunavut (May 19 – June 12, 2024) All photos by: Emily Wong Purpose of Visit Emily Wong (Carleton University MSc Biology student) travelled to Arviat, Nunavut on May 20, 2024 to work… Read More
Trip summary by: Regena Sinclair, Rowan HarrisArviat, Nunavut (April 6 – 30, 2024) All photos below by: Rowan Harris, Regena Sinclair, Gita Ljubicic Purpose of Visit Gita Ljubicic (SUN Team Lead), Regena Sinclair (SUN Team PhD student) and… Read More
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