Observations of social and environmental change on Kendall Island (Ukiivik), a traditional whaling camp in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Kimberly L. Ovitz, Kathleen G.A. Matari, Shannon O'Hara, Douglas Esagok, Lisa L. Loseto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2024
• Subjects: Beaufort Sea; beluga; climate change; Inuvialuit; Indigenous knowledge; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Arctic; Beluga; Beluga*; Climate change; Human health
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2022-0016; https://doaj.org/article/f3e82a5796144e9fbcb1cbbae63089a5

As climate change intensifies, Inuvialuit in Canada's Western Arctic are facing a rapidly changing environment and associated impacts on human health, safety, and food security. Learning to cope with these changes requires context-based and current information that can inform subsistence activi...