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INTERPRETING SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING, AIRCRAFT AND GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS OF AEROSOL USING A CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODEL
(2020-01-16)
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is the leading environmental risk factor for the global burden of disease. Black carbon (BC) and metal components are primarily responsible for the adverse health effects associated with ...
Human Health Risks Associated With Wastewater Treatment in Arctic Canada
(2020-08-27)
This dissertation provides the first estimates of microbial health risks attributable to wastewater treatment systems in Arctic Canada. A participatory quantitative microbial risk assessment was designed to model a range ...
Phosphorus Removal in Passive Cold Region Waste Stabilization Ponds
(2016-08-23)
A majority of communities in the Canadian territory of Nunavut rely on passive waste stabilization ponds (WSP) for domestic wastewater treatment. Little research has been conducted on the treatment performance of these ...
NU Healing: Empowering the Margin(alized)
(2015)
The correctional system in Nunavut ignores the systemic social dysfunction underlying criminality in the Territory that has been the result of several generations of social and cultural displacement. As a physical manifestation ...
Shifting Ground: Addressing Environmental Instability through a Method of Two-Eyed Seeing in an Arctic Community
(2022-04-12)
Given the necessity of addressing the impacts of climate today, research and practice must engage local ecological, cultural, and technical knowledge to drive meaningful and respectful research. Through field work and ...
PATTERNS OF RUBISCO CONCENTRATIONS IN GLACIERIZED AND NON-GLACIERIZED ENVIRONMENTS ACROSS JONES SOUND, NU
(2022-11-21)
Tidewater glaciers can enhance delivery of nutrients to the surface ocean. The Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA) has a high density of tidewater glaciers, but their influence on the marine environment, particularly ...
ASSESSING THE INFLUENCE OF A WARMING CLIMATE ON THE BIOTA OF ARCTIC FRESHWATER SYSTEMS
(2022-12-19)
Understanding the effects of climate change is particularly important for northern regions, where temperatures have increased by considerably more than that of the global average since the start of the 20th century. As a ...
Modelling Arctic Sea Ice and Ocean Processes in a Changing Climate
(2023-12-13)
Warming four times faster than the rest of the globe, the Arctic region is experiencing rapid changes. At the heart of this amplification of anthropogenic climate change lies a strong coupling between the different components ...
Decolonizing Marine Safety and Shipping in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region: Looking inwards and to Inuvialuit for insights for reconciliation
(2024-04-10)
The governance of shipping in Inuit Nunangat has been evolving in response to a growing interest in polar navigation and a recognition that while such navigation is possible, it comes with unique risks and operating ...