- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Climate change and permafrost
- Marine animal studies overview
- COVID-19 impact on air quality
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
Carleton University
2021-2024
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
2023-2024
In the Canadian Arctic, we posit that locally-relevant Indigenous data governance frameworks are necessary in light of a paucity guiding practices and policies for environmental researchers working partnership with communities. To centre decision-making community to support self-determination as affirmed federal commitments, Fisheries Oceans Canada Paulatuk Hunters Trappers Committee (Paulatuk, Inuvialuit Settlement Region) co-developed Statement Shared Understanding Traditional Knowledge...
Abstract When brought together, Indigenous and Western sciences offer holism that can strengthen research monitoring, yet the practices processes of bridging these are not well understood. We sought to elucidate through a systematic realist review coastal marine monitoring studies use methods for gathering scientific knowledges collecting natural data from across Inuit Nunangat (Inuit homelands in Canada; n = 25 case studies). identified three decision points shape projects co‐developed by...
In Canada, the participation of Indigenous communities in research and monitoring is growing response to calls for partnerships heightened interest bridging Western science-based knowledge. Yet, as settler scholars, we have noted inconsistencies articulation operationalization community peer-reviewed literature. We conducted a scoping review coastal marine across Inuit Nunangat. This resulted 72 studies, most which were undertaken Nunavut. Fourteen terms used articulate participation, common...
Public health and safety concerns around the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic have greatly changed human behaviour. Such shifts in behaviours, including travel patterns, consumerism, energy use, are variously impacting biodiversity during human-dominated geological epoch known as Anthropocene. Indeed, dramatic reduction mobility activity has been termed “Anthropause”. highlighted current environmental crisis provided an opportunity to redefine our relationship with nature. Here...
Abstract There is growing interest in co‐developing research projects that more fully address the priorities of Indigenous communities throughout Canadian Arctic and beyond. However, details regarding collaborative methods are often not adequately described literature. Here, we describe a process to remotely co‐create questionnaire compiling knowledge about local aquatic species their habitats with community Kinngait, Nunavut. This project was undertaken response expressed by Aiviq Hunters...
Climate change and development are shaping Arctic ecosystems in unprecedented ways intimately known to Inuit. To describe changes aquatic habitats species near Kinngait, Nunavut, researchers co-created a questionnaire with the Aiviq Hunters Trappers Association community technicians. Inuit knowledge, centered on experiences perceptions of marine, coastal, lacustrine shifts, was gathered from 39 knowledge holders. Responses indicated that across ecosystems, turbidity waves not likely...