Community Resilience & Security

The Working Together: Towards Relevant Environmental Monitoring & Research in the NWT document was developed by the Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program (CIMP) and the Aurora Research Institute (ARI) as a guide to help the NWT research and monitoring community improve the significance and success of their programs by working more effectively with community partners. 

In Alaska, Inuit recognized the lack of decision-making power and management authority to be the greatest threat to Inuit food security. One of the key recommendations of the 2015 report was to learn what is occurring within other Inuit regions, leading to a comparative analysis of co-management practices across Inuit Nunaat (homeland).

In 2020, the Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska (ICC Alaska) published the Food Sovereignty and Self Governance: Inuit Role in Managing Arctic Marine Resources report. The report examines Inuit management and co-management practices and approaches to distill lessons that can apply across geographic boundaries. 

This 2022 Bering Strait Community Needs Assessment describes and analyzes strengths, challenges, and needs among communities in the Kawerak Service Area. In this summary, top regional strengths, challenges, and needs are presented for consideration in planning and decision-making.

L2G: Local 2 Global - Youth Digital Stories and Community Exchange - Mental Wellness, Life Promotion, Community Empowerment.

We partnered with the Western Arctic Youth Collective (WAYC), and contracted them to imagine, plan, and deliver events, as well as document their learnings, share recommendations, and create a guide for other youth groups to take on similar events. We also established an Advisory Committee to support the work.

The Indigenous Knowledge, values, concepts, and information shared in this report were brought forward during the Youth, Elders, Active Hunters and Gatherers (YEAH) workshop held in Bethel, Alaska, on February 25 and 26, 2019. The workshop brought together Inuit from across Inuit homelands of Alaska and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in Canada.