{Facilitation of International Action Related to the Long-range Transport of Contaminants into the Arctic; Gatineau, QC; Project leaders: Sarah Kalhok Bourque
Project team: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada, ECCC
NCP Priority: Program Coordination and Indigenous Partnerships - Coordination and Administration
Outline: The NCP and its partners engage in international activities aimed at regulating contaminants that are subject to long-range transport. The NCP?s primary contribution has been the provision of scientific expertise on contaminants in Canada?s North and communication about the impacts they are having on Northerners and wildlife. NCP data and information are put into a circumpolar context and used to inform policy decisions taken by the influential Arctic Council.
Year(s): 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015; http://www.science.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/h_97919.html#2,Dene Nation Participation in the Northern Contaminants Program; Yellowknife, NT; Project leaders: Trevor Teed
Project team: Dene Nation
NCP Priority: Program Coordination and Indigenous Partnerships - Indigenous Partners
Outline: Dene Nation engages with the NCP through national and international tasks and initiatves, and plans to build capacity and knowledge about contaminants within Denendeh. This will include the development of a workshop involving the Dene Nation Health, Elders and Environment committees as well as Denendeh youth and the staff of the Dene Nation National Office. The work proposed will explain the NCP and its projects and their importance within Denendeh, determine which projects Dene would like to see funded, and the role of Dene Nation. It will also address food security as related to contaminant issues by working alongside the Dene Nation Health Department.
Year(s): 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015; http://www.science.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/h_97919.html#4,Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) National Coordination; Ottawa, ON; Project leaders: Eric Loring
Project team: Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Inuit Qaujisarvingat: Inuit Knowledge Centre (IKC), Inuit Circumpolar Canada; Nunavut Environment Contaminants Committee; NWT Regional Contaminants Committee, Nunatsiavut Government Research Advisory Committee, Nunavik Nutrition and Health Committee
NCP Priority: Program Coordination and Indigenous Partnerships - Indigenous Partners
Outline: The involvement of ITK helps ensure that Inuit voices from the community and regions are heard and incorporated into NCP and other related Arctic research programs. ITK will help advocate and communicate Inuit needs and interest into NCP research and ensure that research communication generated from the program is done with an Inuit lens and with Inuit involvement.
Year(s): 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015; http://www.science.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/h_97919.html#5,Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Canada?s Activities Under the Northern Contaminants Program (NCP); Ottawa, ON; Project leaders: Eva Kruemmel
Project team: Inuit Circumpolar Council
NCP Priority: Program Coordination and Indigenous Partnerships - Indigenous Partners
Outline: The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) is an Indigenous organization representing circumpolar Inuit, and Canadian Inuit internationally. Inuit have been directly and indirectly impacted by long-range transported contaminants, which accumulate in the Arctic and have led to very high concentrations in some Inuit populations. ICC Canada?s objective is to ensure that scientific (contaminant) research in the Arctic is addressing Inuit needs and is done with proper Inuit support and involvement.
Year(s): 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015; http://www.science.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/h_97919.html#6,Coordination and Administration of the Northern Contaminants Program; Gatineau, QC; Project leaders: Sarah Kalhok Bourque
Project team: See project description
NCP Priority: Program Coordination and Indigenous Partnerships - Coordination and Administration
Outline: The NCP engages Northerners and scientists in research, monitoring, and related assessment, communications, and policy initiatives. The NCP Secretariat provides the administrative, financial, and logistical support and coordination required to deliver the NCP. This includes developing and implementing strategic and operational plans for the NCP under the direction of the NCP Management Committee, and managing the funding and reporting requirements for funding recipients.
Year(s): 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015; http://www.science.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/h_97919.html#1,Council of Yukon First Nations Participation in the Northern Contaminants Program; Whitehorse, YT; Project leaders: James MacDonald
Project team: Yukon Contaminants Committee, Yukon Government, CIRNAC, Ta?an Kwäch?än Council, Gamberg Consulting
NCP Priority: Program Coordination and Indigenous Partnerships - Indigenous Partners
Outline: The Council of Yukon First Nations engages in the NCP through participation in NCP Management Committee and Subcommittee meetings, YCC meetings, related national or international tasks and initiatives, NCP proposal reviews, project leaders and community consultations, outreach activities related to the NCP component of the CYFN website, and providing timely input and feedback in the development of, and, or revisions to key NCP documents.
Year(s): 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015; http://www.science.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/h_97919.html#3}