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Conference Presentations

2010

Ford, J. (2010). Can we adapt to climate change in the Canadian Arctic? AAG annual meeting, Washington DC, April 2010.

Ford, J. (2010). Climate change adaptation in developed nations. AAG annual meeting, Washington DC, April 2010.

Ford, J. (2010). Climate change and Inuit vulnerability: policy responses. State of the Arctic conference, Miami, March 2010.

Lardeau, M., Healey, G., Ford, J. (2010). Climate change and food security among users of community food programs in Iqaluit, NU. AAG annual meeting, Washington DC, April 2010.

McDowell, G. and Ford, J. (2010). The Iqaluit land use-monitoring project. AAG annual meeting, Washington DC, April 2010.

2009

Ford, J. et al. (2009). The vulnerability of Aboriginal health systems to climate change. ArcticNet plenary presentation. 9th December 2009.

Ford, J. (2009). Climate Policy in the Canadian Arctic. Invited presentation and panelist for Canada Research Chair’s “Connect with the North,” Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Ottawa, May 2009

Beaumier, M., and Ford, J. (2009). Food (in)security and climate change in Igloolik Nunavut. IHDP meeting, Bonn, April 2009.

Beaumier, M., and Ford, J. (2009). Food security of Inuit women in the context of a rapidly changing climate: participatory research with the community of Igloolik, Nunavut. Canadian Association of Geographers annual meeting, May 2009.

Gough, W.; Laidler, G., and Ford, J. (2009). The Changing weather of Igloolik, Nunavut. Canadian Association of Geographers annual meeting, May 2009

Racicot-Matta C, Okalik L, Kilabuk J, Pangnirtung Health Promotion Steering Committee, Shoapik M,

Ford J, Egeland GM. (2009). Radio drama: a pilot project for teaching health and nutrition in Inuit communities. National Aboriginal Health Organization conference, 2009.

2008

Ford, J. (2008). Food security in a rapidly changing Arctic. Oral presentation at Arctic Change 2008, December 2008

Ford, J, (2008). Climate change policy in the Arctic. Oral presentation at Arctic Change 2008, December 2008

Ford, J. (2008). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Arctic: Reflections on research in Igloolik, Nunavut. Association of American Geographers Annual meeting, April 19th 2008.

Ford, J. (2008). “Where’s the ice gone”? Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in an Inuit community. Presentation at the “Living with climate change: are there limits to adaptation” conference, Royal Geographic Society, February 7th – 8th, 2008.

Goldhar, C. Ford, J., and Berrang Ford, L. (2008). Food security in western Greenland: A case study from Qeqertarsuaq. Presentation at ICASS VI, Nuuk, August 2008.

Prno, J., Ford, J. et al. (2008). Climate change and the Canadian mining sector. Presentation at the Arctic logistics conference, Calgary, June 2008.

2007

Ford, J. and Pearce, T. (2007). Integration in the CAVIAR framework: A Canadian example. Presentation at the International Polar Year CAIVAR project meeting, Oslo, October 2007.

Ford, J., et al. (2007). Sea ice change and community vulnerability in Arctic Canada. Association of American Geographer Annual Meeting, San Francisco, April 16th – 20th 2007.

Duerden, F., Ford, J., and Pearce. T. (2007). Climate change vulnerability research: from assessment to action. ArcticNet annual conference, Collingwood, December 2007.

2006

Ford, J. (2006). Reducing climate change vulnerability in Nunavut. Invited presentation at Adaptation Action in Arctic Communities workshop. Iqaluit, Dec 6th – 8th 2006. (Talk featured on CBC “The National”).

Ford, J. (2006). Linking the physical and social sciences in coastal change research. Presentation at the Arctic Coastal Dynamics Workshop, Groningen, October 23rd 2006.

Ford, J. (2006). Hunters on thin ice: Inuit, climate change, and human health. Presentation to the Human Health Assessment Group of AMAP. Reykjavik, May 2006.

Ford, J. (2006). Adapting to climate change in the Canadian Arctic. Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, March 7th2006, Chicago.

Ford, J., and Wandel, J. (2006). Responding to climate change in Nunavut: Policy recommendations. Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, Ottawa, March 2006.

Pearce, T., Smit, B, and Ford, J. (2006). Climate change vulnerability in NWT. ArcticNet annual conference, Victoria, December 2006.

2005

Ford, J. (2005). Hunters in a changing world: Inuit perspectives on vulnerability to climate change. Invited plenary presentation at the ArcticNet annual conference, Banff, December 2005.

Ford, J. (2005). The implications of climate change for indigenous communities in the Arctic: What we can learn from past and present response. Rapid Landscape Change and Human Response in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Conference, Whitehorse, June 15th-17th 2005.

Ford, J., et al. (2005). Adapting to climate change in the Canadian Arctic: Two case studies from Nunavut. The Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, University of Western Ontario, London, 1st June – 4th June.

Ford, J. (2005). Vulnerability of Arctic communities to risks associated with climate change: Two case studies from Nunavut. Adapting to Climate Change in Canada 2005: Understanding Risks and Building Capacity, May 4 – 7th 2005, Montréal.

Ford, J. (2005). Climate change, natural hazards, and vulnerability: A case study of Arctic Bay, Nunavut. Association of American Geographers, Denver, April 2005.

2004

Ford, J., et al. (2004). Human implications of climate change in the Canadian Arctic: A case study of Arctic Bay, Nunavut. Northern Research Forum, Yellowknife, September 15th – 18th 2004.

Ford, J. (2004). Inuit adaptive strategies and environmental conditions. Nunavut Research Institute, July 26th 2004.

Smit, B., Wandel, J., and Ford, J. (2004). Indigenous Perspectives on Environmental Change in the Canadian Arctic: Community-based Vulnerability Assessment. ACIA Scientific Symposium on Climate Change in the Arctic, Reykjavik, November 2004.

Smit, B., Ford, J., et al. (2004). Arctic communities and environmental change: a participatory research approach. AINA Inuit Studies Conference 2004, Calgary, August 2004.

2003

Ford, J., and Smit, B. (2003).Vulnerability of communities in the Canadian Arctic to risks associated with climate change: A framework for assessment. Human Dimensions of Arctic Change (HARC) conference, Seattle, October 25th 2003.

Ford, J., and Smit, B. (2003). Vulnerability of communities in the Canadian Arctic to natural hazards in light of climate change. The Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. May 29th 2003.

Research Displays

Ford, J. (2008). Helping Canadians respond to climate change. Display on my work at McGill’s “Applause 2008,” February 20th 2008.

Posters

Ford, J,. et al (2009). Real-time Monitoring of Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation of Inuit Hunters: The Iqaluit Land-Use Mapping Project. ArcticNet, 2009

Ford, J. (2008). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Inuit food system. Poster presentation at McGill’s GEC3 day (Poster received an honorable mention)

Ford, J.  and Beaumier, M. (2008). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Inuit food system. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Arctic Division meeting, Fairbanks, September 2008.

Ford, J., et al. (2007).  Food insecurity in Igloolik, Nunavut: The role of climate. Poster presentation at the ArcticNet Annual meeting, Collingwood, December 2007.

Ford, J., et al. (2007). Food insecurity in Igloolik, Nunavut: An exploratory study. Poster presentation at the ArcticNet Annual meeting, Collingwood, December 2007.

Ford, J., et al. (2006). Climate change, infrastructure risks, and vulnerability and of Arctic coastal communities: a case study from Arctic Bay. ArcticNet annual conference, Victoria, December 2006.

Ford, J. (2005). Coping with climate change in Arctic Canada. ArcticNet annual conference, Banff, December 2005.

Ford. J. (2005). Coping with climate change in Arctic Canada: A photo display. United Nations Conference of the Parties, Montreal, November 2005.

Ford, J. (2005). Doing climate change vulnerability research in the Arctic. United Nations Conference of the Parties, Montreal, November 2005.

Ford, J. (2004). Human implications of climate change in the Canadian Arctic: A case study of Arctic Bay, Nunavut. ArcticNet Annual Meeting, Quebec City, December 2004.

Ford, J., et al. (2003). Vulnerability of communities in the Canadian Arctic to natural hazards in light of climate change. ARCUS annual meeting, Washington DC, April 2003.

Ford, J., and Smit, B. (2003).A framework to assess the vulnerability of communities in the Canadian Arctic to risks associated with climate change.  Human Dimensions of Arctic Change (HARC) conference, Seattle, October 2003.

Ford, J., and Smit, B. (2003). Analyzing the implications of climate change risks for human communities: a vulnerability based approach. SEARCH Open Science Meeting, Seattle, October 2003.

Pearce, T., Ford, J. et al (2009). What we know about climate change vulnerability in the ISR. ArcticNet 2009.

Beaumier, M., Lardeau, M., Ford, J. (2009). Climate change and food security among Inuit females in Igloolik. ArcticNet, 2009

Laidler, G., Ford, J. et al. (2006). Assessing current vulnerability to sea ice change: an example from Igloolik, Nunavut.

Pearce, T., Ford, J., et al. (2005). Working with communities in the Arctic. ArcticNet annual conference, Banff, December 2005. ArcticNet annual conference, Victoria, December 2006.