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Mittimatalik & Iqaluit Trip Summaries (March & April 2026)

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)…

Arviat Trip Summary (January 2026)

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,…

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.…

Arviat Trip Summary (May – June 2025)

Trip summary by: Rowan Harris, Léna Bureau, and Nicole StafiejArviat, Nunavut (April 27th – June 28th, 2025) All photos by: Anne Bergeron, Léna Bureau, and Rowan Harris Purpose of Visit Rowan Harris (SUN Team MA Student), Léna Bureau (McGill PhD Student), and Nicole Stafiej (McGill MSc Student) traveled to Arviat, Nunavut from May – June…