Community collaboration and climate change research in the Canadian Arctic

Polar Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-27

  Pearce, Tristan D ^a   Ford, James D ^b   Laidler, Gita J ^c   Smit, Barry ^a   Duerden, Frank ^d   Allarut, Mishak ^e   Andrachuk, Mark ^a   Baryluk, Steven ^f   Dialla, Andrew ^g   Elee, Pootoogoo ^g   Goose, Annie ^g   Ikummaq, Theo ^g   Joamie, Eric ^g   Kataoyak, Fred ^g   Loring, Eric ^h   Meakin, Stephanie ⁱ   Nickels, Scott ^h   Shappa, Kip ^e   Shirley, Jamal ^j   Wandel, Johanna ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Hamlet of Arctic Bay   (Canada)

^f Inuvialuit Game Council   (Canada)

^g Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami ^*  (Canada)

^h Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami   (Canada)

ⁱ Canada Office   (Canada)

^j Nunavut Research Institute   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Adaptation; Canadian Arctic; Climate change; Community researcher collaboration; Inuit; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; POLICY MAKING; VULNERABILITY;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 63049095679     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2008.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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