Nunatsiavut, meaning “Our Beautiful Land”, is a coastal region in northeastern Canada spanning almost 5 degrees of latitude. Inuit Nunangat, the homeland of the Inuit in Canada, covers 70% of Canada's coast, of which 20,000 km comprise Nunatsiavut.
Nunatsiavut is part of the Inuit Settlement Area, which includes Labrador Inuit Lands and the Torngat Mountains National Park, and consists of 72,520km2 of land and 45,690km2 of the adjacent ocean area referred to as “The Zone”.
This research is co-led and implemented by and for Nunatsiavummiut (the people of Nunatsiavut) in order to examine and adapt to ongoing climate and habitat change. Five communities and 2790 people call Nunatsiavut their home, read about each community by clicking on the icons on the map! Learn more about the history of Nunatsiavut here.
The Zone (the blue area on the map) is the primary area of focus in this project, providing a platform for the innovative development of partnerships between Indigenous communities and scientists to examine rapidly-changing coastal systems. Understanding and predicting change within these locally, regionally and globally significant ecosystems requires the co-development of research objectives and approaches. In this project, we focus on the coastal and inner shelf environments across seasons and along a latitudinal gradient in coastal Labrador during both ice-covered and ice-free months of the year, in coastal oceanography and ecosystems from the terrestrial-marine interface out onto the continental shelf.
Guidelines to ensure Inuit coordinated actions that enhance the efficacy, impact, and usefulness of Inuit Nunangat research for Inuit.
Imappivut is a plan to manage and protect Labrador Inuit interests in the coastal and marine areas of Labrador.
Biophysical and ecological overview of a study area within the Labrador Inuit settlement area zone.
Dalhousie University operates in the unceded territories of the Mi’kmaw, Wolastoqey, and Peskotomuhkati Peoples. These sovereign nations hold inherent rights as the original peoples of these lands, and we each carry collective obligations under the Peace and Friendship Treaties. Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 recognizes and affirms Aboriginal and Treaty rights in Canada.
We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.
