Two regions in northern Canada will lead research to understand local non-economic losses from climate change as part of an international circumpolar project.
The Canadian research will focus on country food in the Arctic and Subarctic such as marine mammals, caribou, polar bears, fish, birds, berries and eggs and the strengths and knowledge of the people who rely on those food sources.
"Our environment is changing drastically. We have to adapt to it," says Igah Sanguya, principal investigator and co-lead for the research in the Qikiqtani region of Nunavut. Sanguya worked for decades as a community health representative in Clyde River and is an adjunct professor in the University of Alberta's School of Public Health.
