Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit in community-based monitoring of ecological changes in Igluligaarjuk (Chesterfield Inlet)

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dc.contributor.authorB K, Suresh
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeErickson, Bruce (Environment and Geography)
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeSinclair, John (Natural Resources Institute)
dc.contributor.supervisorWilson, Nicole
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-05T13:25:17Z
dc.date.available2024-09-05T13:25:17Z
dc.date.issued2024-08-27
dc.date.submitted2024-08-27T20:46:06Zen_US
dc.date.submitted2024-09-05T01:02:37Zen_US
dc.degree.disciplineEnvironment and Geography
dc.degree.levelMaster of Environment (M.Env.)
dc.description.abstractStudies have shown that climate change and other anthropogenic activities like infrastructure developments, shipping, and mining have changed the Arctic ecosystem. Such changes have cumulative impacts on the social and ecological system related to the Inuit. Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and Community-based monitoring (CBM) are crucial in monitoring the changes and their impacts. This research identifies the ecological changes and their impacts on the Chesterfield community. It documents how the community uses Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) indicators to monitor the changes. Next, it discusses the challenges and implications of knowledge integration during CBM. Community-based qualitative research was used as a methodology including interviews with fifteen Inuit hunters, Elders, and knowledge holders, and two workshops. Recommendations from Indigenous research frameworks and tools were incorporated throughout the research. This research finds that the community has observed changes in sea ice, rivers, lakes, land, animals, and marine ecosystems. Climate change, shipping, and mining in Baker Lake are the primary reasons for the changes. These stressors have impacted the social, cultural, economic, and ecological aspects of the community. Some of these impacts (for example, a decrease in the abundance of seals) are tangible whereas others (for example, impact on knowledge) are intangible. Changes in the sea ice and increasing shipping are the main concerns of the community.
dc.description.noteOctober 2024
dc.description.sponsorshipGENOME Canada LSARP (GENICE II: Reimagining Monitored Natural Attenuation as an Oil Spill Response Tool in the Arctic Project) and the Canada Research Chairs program
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/38512
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectKnowledge integration
dc.subjectCumulative impacts
dc.subjectSocial ecological system
dc.titleInuit Qaujimajatuqangit in community-based monitoring of ecological changes in Igluligaarjuk (Chesterfield Inlet)
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobano
oaire.awardNumber430-2021-126
oaire.awardTitleBridging the knowledge-policy gap? Linking Arctic Community-Based Monitoring to environmental governance and decision-making
oaire.awardURIhttps://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/insight_development_grants-subventions_de_developpement_savoir-eng.aspx
project.funder.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13039/501100000155
project.funder.nameSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council
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