Congratulations to Knut Kitching who received the Caribou Research and Management Award from the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board (BQCMB). About the award: "Since 1988, the BQCMB has helped post-secondary students learn more about the management and conservation of barren-ground caribou and their habitat through its Caribou Research and Management Award, sponsored by the Board’s Caribou Management Scholarship Fund. The annual award, administered by the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS), currently carries a value of up to $1,500 and is open to anyone studying barren-ground caribou or their range in Canada. Preference is given to applicants from a caribou-range community and to those examining the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Herds."
Kaitlyn Finner: Update from the field
Master’s student Kaitlyn Finner has spent the past week in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut meeting with community members to learn about their views of the household food inventories completed throughout summer and fall 2013. During August, September and November, 22 households participated in eight weeks of data collection. During the two, month-long periods, community members were asked to document all market and wild foods that passed through their homes. Kaitlyn and community research assistant Inez Shiwak are now meeting with residents to hear their reflections on the food inventory forms and process.
This research is being conducted in partnership with the Indigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change (IHACC), and Inuit Traditional Knowledge for Adapting to the Health Effects of Climate Change (IK-ADAPT) projects and is run by the Rigolet Inuit Community Government.
IHACC profiled in Le Devoir
IHACC's work was recently profiled in Le Devoir http://www.ledevoir.com/environnement/actualites-sur-l-environnement/396481/a-toutes-les-latitudes-chercher-a-s-adapter
Updates from Peru: A Snapshot of the Field Work
IHACC Peru recently completed field work with Shawi communities in the Alto Amazonas Province. To learn more about IHACC activities in November and December 2013 click on the following three field reports: Water and Sanitation - November 2013
New Approaches to Education - November 2013
A Medicinal Plant Garden - December 2013
IHACC graduates its first PhD
Congratulations to Sherilee Harper on successfully defending her PhD on acute gastrointestinal illness and links to climate change in the Arctic. Sheri's PhD is the first to come out of IHACC, and she will continue working on the project as faculty at the University of Guelph, also joining the project management committee.