Arctic Corridors and Northern Voices: Governing marine transportation in the Canadian Arctic (Inuvik, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories community report)

• Main Authors: Carter, Natalie Ann, Dawson, Jackie, Parker, Colleen, Cary, Julia, Gordon, Holly, Kochanowicz, Zuzanna, Weber, Melissa
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2018
• Subjects: Low impact shipping corridors; Inuit perspectives; Marine transportation governance; Culturally significant marine areas; Arctic shipping impact; Arctic; Canada; Inuvik; Northwest Territories; inuit; Inuvialuit
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor38038; https://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/38038

Ship traffic in the Canadian Arctic nearly tripled between 1990 and 2015. The Government of Canada is developing a network of low-impact marine transportation corridors in the Arctic that encourages marine transportation traffic to use routes that pose less risk and minimize the impact on communitie...