Municipality of Sanikiluaq Community-based Monitoring Network and System

The community of Sanikiluaq in Nunavut, Canada has long been involved in collecting local and traditional knowledge of the environment and environmental change. In 1997, much of this work was published in the seminal book Voices from the Bay. ELOKA will help the community augment the material presented in Voices from the Bay in order to update it and link it to other research.

The Municipality of Sanikiluaq's Community-based Monitoring Network and System is a regional network that will manage and catalog a combination of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), community-based monitoring data, and other western scientific data sets that are relevant to the Hudson Bay region. The Municipality of Sanikiluaq will manage and catalog data sets locally and assist communities and sub-regional groups to manage their own data sets, while providing mechanisms to share data between groups and with national and international organizations. Individual monitoring programs designed to monitor changes in the Hudson Bay region will be incorporated into the system to facilitate data sharing and standardization.


Leads   Lucassie Arragutainaq, Miriam Fleming

Organizations
  • Municipality of Sanikiluaq
  • Nunavuummi Tasiujarjuamiuguqatigiit Katutjiqatigiingit (NTK): Nunavut Hudson Bay Inter-Agency Working Group
Country   Canada
Geographic
Coverage
  Belcher Islands and Hudson Bay
Communities   Inuit
Related
Organizations
  • Government of Nunavut
  • Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated
  • Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA)
Participants at an ELOKA meeting in Sanikiluaq
 

Participants at an ELOKA meeting in Sanikiluaq. From left to right, first row: Peter Kattuk, MLA; Lucassie Arragutainaq, Environmental Committee, Mun. of Sanikiluaq; Miriam Fleming, NTK Coordinator; second row: Johnny Kudluarok, Hunter; Chris McNeave, ELOKA; Louisa Meeko, Environmental Committee, Mun. of Sanikiluaq. (Photo courtesy of Chris McNeave)

 

Culture & Community

Pulaarvik                 Kablu Friendship CentreRankin Inlet is an Inuit hamlet situated along the west coast of Hudson Bay. Read more about Rankin Inlet at the Pulaarvik Kablu Friendship Centre Web site.

 

Related Resources

Qikiqtani 		          Inuit Association (QIA) The Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) aims to represent the interests of Inuit of the Baffin Region, Belcher Islands, and the High Arctic. Visit their Web site for community profiles of these regions, and to learn about current QIA programs and projects.