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Release of Community Monitoring and Environmental Forecasting Product Posters

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…

Congratulations Alison!

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! Alison’s research contributes to the Examining Research Policy and Practice project, as well as Nunavut Research Trends.…

Montpellier Trip Summary (May 2025)

Trip summary by: Natalie Carter, Alexis Beltrano, Faith Rahman, and Maddy LutesClapiers and Montpellier, France (May 9 – 18, 2025) All photos by: Natalie Carter, Alexis Beltrano, Faith Rahman, Gita Ljubicic, Nova Ljubicic Purpose of Visit In May 2025, SUN Team members Alexis Beltrano, Faith Rahman, Maddy Lutes, and Natalie Carter, journeyed to Clapiers, France…

Release of the Igloolik Sea Ice Glossary

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, ᐱᓂᐊᖅᑕᖃᕐᓂᕋᓂᑰᓯᒪᒐᒥ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᔭᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᑕᕐᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᒋᓯᒪᔭᒥᖕᓂᒃ. ᓴᖅᑭᑎᓐᓇᓱᔅᓲᔭᖅᑕᓪᓛᓗᒋᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᐅᐱᖅᑲᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. Gita Ljubicic has worked with Theo Ikummaq since 2004…

New Paper – Inuit uses of weather, water, ice, and climate indicators to assess travel safety in Arctic Canada, Alaska, and Greenland

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 about Inuit Uses and Needs for Weather, Water, Ice, and Climate Information and Services! Inuit uses of…