Knowledge Mobilization Funding 2020
In 2020, through a competitive process, funding was made available to University of Alberta research projects to assist with knowledge mobilization. This funding was made available through the Conference Board of Canada.
Items in this Collection
- 11Local and Traditional Knowledge
- 9Watershed Governance
- 7Tracking Change
- 2Amazon
- 2Drinking Water
- 2Fishing Livelihoods
- 17Research Impact Canada
- 17Research Impact Canada/Knowledge Mobilization Funding 2020
- 13Tracking Change
- 11Tracking Change/Newsletters/Media
- 2Tracking Change/Reports (Tracking Change)
- 1Images of Research Competition
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2017-01-01
Parlee, Brenda, Maloney, Elaine
Tracking Change is a six year, SSHRC funded, interdisciplinary research project co-led by Indigenous communities and researcher partners across the Mackenzie, Mekong and Amazon basins. The project foregrounds local and Indigenous knowledge about the impacts of climate change and development on...
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Understanding Socio-Ecological Changes in Inuvialuit Fishing Livelihoods and Implications for Food Security: The Role of Local and Traditional Knowledge
Download2017-11-01
The Mackenzie Delta is an ecologically-rich freshwater environment in Canada’s Northwest Territories. It is vulnerable to multiple stressors such as climate change, resource development activities (oil and natural gas) and upstream-downstream linkages related to extraction activities in the...
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The Importance of Traditional Knowledge for Maintaining Fishing Livelihoods During Times of Change in the Sahtú Region
Download2017-11-01
Few studies have focused on the climate related knowledge and experiences of First Nations including the Sahtú Gotin’e of the Mackenzie River Basin. This project will help address this gap while at the same time investigating how the livelihoods of Sahtú Got’ine fishers are impacted or adapting...
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2017-12-01
Tracking Change… is a new research initiative funded by the Social Sciences Humanities Research Council of Canada and led by the University of Alberta, the Traditional Knowledge Steering Committee of the Mackenzie River Basin Board, the Government of the Northwest Territories and many other...
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2018-10-01
In February 2017 the Tracking Change project hosted a Global Knowledge Symposium at Ubon Ratchthani University in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. The Symposium was an opportunity to bring together those participating in the project from the Mackenzie, Amazon and Mekong River Basins, allowing for...
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2018-09-01
From May 16 – 18, 2018 the University of Alberta (Edmonton) hosted a poster competition and Indigenous Knowledge Fair for high school students from across western and northern Canada. The Tracking Change project recognizes that many peoples in the Mackenzie River Basin, specifically Indigenous...
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2018-01-01
Many First Nations across Canada face challenges in ensuring the drinking water they have from the land and in their communities is safe to drink. In northern Alberta, there are many factors that can impact the level of water quality due to the extensive extractive industries, such as oil and gas...
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2018-01-01
Many First Nations across Canada face challenges in ensuring the drinking water they have from the land and in their communities is safe to drink. In the Northwest Territories, communities and the government are working together in a variety of ways to ensure drinking water is safe and drinking...
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2019-02-01
From November 28th to December 7th, 2018, the winners from the third semi-annual Tracking Change Youth Knowledge Fair were invited to participate in side events at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland and present at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France! The trip was an...
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Culturally Driven Freshwater and Fish Monitoring: Opportunities for Social Learning in the Dehcho Region
Download2019-05-01
This research project, focused on identifying social learning opportunities in the Dehcho region of the Northwest Territories, is being undertaken in collaboration with Kátł’odeeche First Nation (KFN). This South Slavey Dene community has occupied their traditional lands for thousands of years....