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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.
Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Wilson on completing your PhD and all your tremendous work with Andrew Arreak, Sikumiut, and SmartICE in Mittimatalik! Katherine and Andrew were leading the project on sea ice safety in Mittimatalik. Her dissertation is titled “The Sikumiut Model: A cross-cultural decolonizing research approach for sea ice travel safety in Mittimatalik, Nunavut”… Read More
Congratulations to Alison Perrin on her award-winning Arctic Frontiers 2022 poster! Alison’s poster on Understanding research policy and practice through the lived experiences of northern researchers won the APECS Early Career Science award. Alison’s PhD research also contributes to the broader Northern Research Policy and Practice project.
Presentation Videos and Resources from the virtual Weather & Society Workshop focused on Inuit Nunangat have now been updated and are available at: https://straightupnorth.ca/march2022-presentations/ Over 3 afternoons (March 8-10, 2022), this gathering brought together close to 120 community members, northern/Inuit organizations, researchers, and service providers. The goal was to learn from diverse experiences, and develop… Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Wilson on completing your PhD and all your tremendous work with Andrew Arreak, Sikumiut, and SmartICE in Mittimatalik! Katherine and Andrew were leading the project on sea ice safety in Mittimatalik. Her dissertation is titled “The Sikumiut Model: A cross-cultural decolonizing research approach for sea ice travel safety in Mittimatalik, Nunavut”… Read More
Congratulations to Alison Perrin on her award-winning Arctic Frontiers 2022 poster! Alison’s poster on Understanding research policy and practice through the lived experiences of northern researchers won the APECS Early Career Science award. Alison’s PhD research also contributes to the broader Northern Research Policy and Practice project.
Presentation Videos and Resources from the virtual Weather & Society Workshop focused on Inuit Nunangat have now been updated and are available at: https://straightupnorth.ca/march2022-presentations/ Over 3 afternoons (March 8-10, 2022), this gathering brought together close to 120 community members, northern/Inuit organizations, researchers, and service providers. The goal was to learn from diverse experiences, and develop… Read More
For three afternoons, March 8 – 10, 2022, a diverse group of northern/Inuit organizations, community members, researchers, students, government workers, and service providers came together for a virtual Weather and Society workshop focused on Inuit Nunangat (Inuit homelands in Canada). The goal of this workshop was to learn from diverse experiences, develop new connections, and… Read More
In Winter 2022 MA Student Kraig Matthews started his research on Decolonizing Ontario’s provincial parks: Building relationships and aligning with First Nations conservation initiatives in the Mnidoo Gamii region (Georgian Bay). This project aims to contribute towards modernizing government protected areas (provincial parks and conservation reserves) by learning about how they can better engage local… Read More
In Winter 2022 MA Student Regena Sinclair started her research on Mapping Sanikiluarmiut Knowledge for Qikiqtait Protected Area Development. This project is a partnership with the Arctic Eider Society, with the goal of investigating how environmental monitoring done by Sanikiluarmiut (people of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut) can be used to support the conservation priorities of the Qikiqtait Protected Area. Regena will be… Read More
We are excited to share the great work Katherine Wilson, Andrew Arreak, and Jamesie Itulu are doing in Mittimatalik with the Sikumiut Committee to document and mobilize Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) for safe community sea ice travel! “When We’re on the Ice, All We Have is Our Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit”: Mobilizing Inuit Knowledge as a Sea Ice… Read More
Welcome to Dr. Natalie Carter, who joins the StraightUpNorth (SUN Team) as a full time Research Associate and Community Engagement Lead! Natalie brings tremendous experience and connections across Inuit Nunangat from her past six years of working with the Environment, Society, and Policy Group at the University of Ottawa. With the ESPG she was the… Read More
We are excited to finally be able to share this paper from our work on caribou and community well-being in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut! Learning from the land (Nunami iliharniq): Reflecting on relational accountability in land-based learning and cross-cultural research in Uqšuqtuuq (Gjoa Haven, Nunavut) (article in Arctic Science, online) “In this paper, we reflect on the… Read More
Congratulations to Alison Perrin on her award-winning ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting 2021 poster! Alison’s poster on Bridging research policies with the lived experiences of northern researchers won first place for the Graduate Poster Award in Social and Health Sciences. Alison’s PhD research also contributes to the broader Northern Research Policy and Practice project.
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