Inuvialuit Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) in a Changing Climate in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories

• Main Authors: Pearce, Tristan, Waugh, Devin
• Other Authors: Bradshaw, Ben, Ostertag, Sonja
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Data Catalogue 2017
• Subjects: Beluga; Climate change; Inuit Knowledge; Northwest Territories; Traditional Knowledge; Tuktoyaktuk; Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula; Whales; Whaling; Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada; environment; Canada; Inuvik; Ulukhaktok; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; inuit; Inuvialuit
• Online Access: https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/PDCSearchDOI.jsp?doi_id=12743

The research was conducted with community members in Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, following established community based research methods. A pre-research consultation was conducted through a community visit and participation in the Inuvik Beluga Summit in February 2016. Data were collected with a local Inuvialu...