Congratulations to Sam Walker, who recently received funding from the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program (CCPN) for her research project: Managing Climate Risks to Living Heritage at Talluruti (Morin Point), Nunavut.
The project starts at Morin Point on Devon Island (Tallurutit) in the high arctic islands, which represents some of the earliest ancestral inuit ( Thule) winter settlements in the eastern Arctic—which are now threatened by erosion and permafrost thaw—and pairs drone‑based mapping, infrared thermal imaging, and aerial GPR with hands‑on training for community members from Arctic Bay and Pond Inlet. The goal is to salvage excavate eroding and at risk features while building a community‑led monitoring workflow for monitoring erosion and permafrost stability that can be reused at Talluruti and beyond, and keep both the early Inuit heritage and nearby relocation‑era sites protected by stakeholders in the ways they see fit.
Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program (CCPN) is a Crown Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) initiative that provides project funding and guidance to build Northern adaptation capacity and to implement adaptation measures increasing the climate resilience of existing community infrastructure, in support of self-determined priorities.
CCPN funds climate change adaptation projects in Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik, Nunatsiavut, NunatuKavut and Eeyou Istchee. The program works with Indigenous and Northern communities, territorial and regional governments and other stakeholders to identify priorities for climate change adaptation in the North.
