DA_155124-1_NunavikCov.qxd 8/25/05 11:16 AM Page 1 UNIKKAAQATIGIIT: PUTTING THE HUMAN FACE ON CLIMATE CHANGE PERSPECTIVES FROM NUNAVIK COMMUNITIES UNIKKAAQATIGIIT: PUTTING THE HUMAN FACE ON CLIMATE CHANGE PERSPECTIVES FROM NUNAVIK COMMUNITIES* Workshop Team: The Communities of Kangiqsujuaq, Ivujivik and Puvirnituq Nasivvik Centre for Inuit Health and Changing Environments, Public Health Research Unit, CHUL/Université Laval Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Kativik Regional Government – Environment and Parks Departments Funded By: Northern Ecosystem Initiative, Environment Canada Health Canada – Climate Change and Health Office Ministère des Services de Santé et Sociaux du Québec Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami * These workshops are part of a larger project entitled Identifying, Selecting and Monitoring Indicators for Climate Change in Nunavik and Labrador, funded by NEI. Environment Canada. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Finally, we acknowledge those that provided the financial support for this workshop, they First and most importantly, the workshop team include Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Health Canada, would like to thank all of the workshop partici- le Ministère des Services de Santé et Sociaux pants for their involvement and for sharing du Québec and Environment Canada through their knowledge on climate and environmental the Northern Ecosystem Initiative Program, changes. A full list of participants, organized as well as CIHR through a fellowship provided by community, is provided on page 20. to Chris Furgal. Their financial support and interest in this work is greatly appreciated. Acknowledgement also goes to the three communities, Kangiqsujuaq, Ivujivik and Puvirnituq, for participating in the project and for providing space as well as resources for the workshops. We would like to thank the following organizations for their interest and support in the workshop: • Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services; • Nunavik Nutrition and Health Committee; • Kativik Regional Government; •the Town Councils of Kangiqsujuaq, Ivujivik and Puvirnituq. The Parks Office in Kangiqsujuaq, the Municipal Office in Ivujivik and the Municipal Office in Puvirnituq are gratefully acknowledged for their provision of the meeting facilities. Special thanks go to Markusie Qiisiq, Betsy Etidloie, Johnny Qinuajuak, Johnny Uitangak and Sarah Mark-Tardif for all their work in the organization and planning of the workshops and for acting as the interpreters/translators for the discussions. This report should be cited as: The Communities of Ivujivik, Puvirnituq and Kangiqsujuaq, Furgal, C., Nickels, S., Kativik Regional Government – Environment Department. 2005. Unikkaaqatigiit: Putting the Human Face on Climate Change: Perspectives from Nunavik. 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W0Jtc6g5 x?t5b xy0p3X9oxixb s0pE/sc5b3- UNIKKAAQATIGIIT: PUTTING THE HUMAN FACE ON CLIMATE CHANGE | P1 ymo3iq8i4, x7m wkw5 r8åm/q8i4 x7m yK9o- • Travel was reported to have become more s0/sd/q8i4 NlNw/wym9lt4, whm4n3ysDtco3Xb dangerous in all three communities because Wcyst/sc5b3lQ5 whmos3tk5 kNo8i, kNø5 of these weather changes and the difficulties xF4g3ymiq8i, xvNbu, x7m yM3Jxu. in predicting the weather. • Only two communities, Ivujivik and Puvirnituq, are experiencing increased 2.0 SUMMARY heat from the sun. Kangiqsujuaq residents have not reported this phenomenon. During 2002-2003, as part of a project entitled Identifying, Selecting and Monitoring Indicators • As a result of opposite observations on for Climate Change, workshops were carried intensity of heat from the sun, Ivujivik out in three Nunavik communities to collect and Kangiqsujuaq residents are having observations on climate change. These commu- very different difficulties with drying meat. nities included Puvirnituq, Ivujivik and Kang- Ivujivik residents reported that drying times iqsujuaq. Each workshop brought together for meat have sped up and that they have representatives from the communities to discuss, to be careful not to dry meat out. In contrast, through a series of guided discussions, the Kangiqsujuaq residents are finding that drying changes that the people of Nunavik are seeing meat is taking them longer than it used to in their environment, the impacts or effects because of summers being cooler now. these changes are having and how they have already started to adapt or how they can best The community workshop reports show respond or adapt to them in the future. what the people of Nunavik require in order to develop further adaptation measures and As part of a larger project, workshops were to minimize the effects of climate change. similarly held in the Inuvialuit Region, Labrador These include such things as: and Nunavut. A key goal of these workshops • Being more selective of which animals to was to build local capacity to implement and consume as more and more animals with carry out future environmental change work- abnormalities are being found. shops and research in communities in the region. In fact, capacity building was successfully • Exchanging food between communities, accomplished within the Inuvialuit portion of which is an adaptive measure also being this project, as regional representatives there used to compensate for less healthy meat assumed greater responsibility throughout the being available. successive workshops and in the end, were • Increased use of sun block and masks when responsible for leading and facilitating the two out on the land to cope with increased latter community workshops. intensity of the sunrays and heat. By summarizing the main concerns of three • Increasing the number of cabins on the land, Nunavik communities, this report shows that: better utilizing the community freezer for meat and increasing communication •All are experiencing more unpredictable between community members to com- weather with warmer temperatures in pensate for increased unpredictability of winter and cooler summers. weather patterns. •All three communities have reported thinner • Using melted