Systematic review of climate change research in Nunavut, Nunavik, and Nunatsiavut
Current funding: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Researchers involved at McGill: James Ford, KC Bolton (project lead), Jaclyn Paterson
This project reviews the academic and non-academic literature regarding the human dimensions of climate change in Nunavut, Nunavik, and Nunatsiavut. The survey of academic literature is based upon a systematic review methodology, and the survey of grey literature focuses on adaptation planning-specific projects in the three regions. Collaborators include Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) and the Nunavut Research Institute (NRI).
The "pre-release" electronic report is now available, and it complements What we know, don’t know, and need to know about climate change vulnerability in the ISR (Pearce et al.,2009). The final printed version of the report is due out in May.
Download the "pre-release" version of the report:
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Mapping the Human Dimensions of Climate Change in the Canadian Arctic – IPY presentation
Dr James Ford talked about our recent collaboration with ITK, a systematic review of climate change adaptation in the eastern Arctic, at the IPY 2012 conference in Montreal.
You can download the report from ITK’s website, and also explore a google map of the publications citied within it.
From left: Carrie Grable, ITK; Dr. Scot Nickels, ITK; Jim Henderson, McGill; KC Bolton; Martin Lougheed, ITK
Representatives from Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) visited McGill this week to take part in a skill-sharing session on systematic reviews organized by team member KC Bolton and librarian Jim Henderson. ITK, the national Inuit advocacy organization based in Ottawa, has recently initiated Inuit Qaujisarvingat: The Inuit Knowledge Centre with the goal of advancing Inuit knowledge for sustainable Arctic science and policy. The Vulnerability and Adaptation Research Group is working on a number of projects with them, including a project sponsored by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada to characterize the state of knowledge regarding climate change adaptation in the Canadian Arctic.