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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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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....
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2019-06-01
The Mekong River, flowing 4909 KM through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Cambodia and Vietnam, is one of the greatest river systems in the world. It has great productivity and seasonal variation that provides rich biodiversity for over 60 million people living in the...