From felt tip to technology: the challenges of representing traditional knowledge in a GIS platform to create a knowledge surface

• Main Author: Robertson, Julie B. (Author)
• Other Authors: Ryerson University (Degree granting institution)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Caribou populations > Nunavut > Maps; Traditional ecological knowledge > Arctic regions; Geographic information systems > Nunavut; Fuzzy logic; King William Island (Nunavut); Arctic; Gjoa Haven; King William Island; Nunavut; William Island; inuit
• Online Access: https://digital.library.ryerson.ca/islandora/object/RULA%3A6441

Traditional knowledge (TK) has been the keystone to survival in the Arctic for thousands of years. Caribou are integral to the society, health and culture of the Inuit, the Indigenous peoples of the Arctic. There is a lack of research regarding caribou on King William Island (KWI), Nunavut. Through...