The Living North
The Living North
Wildlife Management Advisory Council (North Slope)
Wildlife management is an essential part of preserving Northern cultures and environments. In this podcast series researchers, harvesters, scientists and park rangers paint the picture of the complexities, opportunities, and challenges associated with their lives and their work in the arctic.
Kayla Arey: Inuvialuit Scientist on the Yukon North Slope
As an early-career scientist, Kayla has spent multiple summers working with researchers on all kinds of exciting projects, like caribou habitat use and muskox ecology. But, she also grew up in this landscape with her family. Join us as she shares her unique perspective on the Yukon North Slope.
May 6, 2020
27 min
The North Slope's Muskox Framework
In this episode, developing a management framework for muskox on Yukon's North Slope.
Sep 11, 2017
13 min
Making a wildlife management Conservation Plan
A podcast discussing the ways that the Wildlife Management Conservation Plan includes Traditional Knowledge to enhance important land use documents.
Sep 9, 2017
19 min
Traditional Knowledge Online
Online information is key for sharing information in today's world. Jen Parrot is one of the people using technologies like online mapping to document traditional knowledge. Parrot is the Spatial Project Coordinator for the Invialuit Regional Corporation. At the 2015 North Slope Conference, she talked about best practices for using online tools to document traditional knowledge. Here's her presentation.
Nov 6, 2016
29 min
Law and Traditional Knowledge
As a lawyer with West Coast Environmental Law's Aboriginal and Natural Resources law team, Hannah Askew works on issues that affect land, resources, and wildlife management. Askew is a lawyer, but she also holds a Masters' degrees in history and in anthropology.
Aug 29, 2016
27 min
Youth and Traditional Knowledge
Evelyn Storr speaks about how youth contribute to the work of transmitting traditional knowledge
Aug 29, 2016
15 min
The harvester and the scientist
James Pokiak is a harvester from Tuktoyaktuk, and Brenda Parlee teaches and researches at the University of Alberta. These two have worked together closely to bring together traditional knowledge (TK) and western scientific method of understanding the environment when it comes to wildlife management across the North.
Aug 29, 2016
21 min
A life's work: Bob Delury on The North Slope
Bob Delury was the chief negotiator for the Inuvialuit Final Agreement, the document that laid the legal foundation for Inuvialuit rights, preservation of Inuvialuit culture and use of arctic ecosystems. In this podcast, he discusses his work, the North Slope, and the importance of preserving this very special place.
Feb 9, 2016
13 min
Inuvialuit and Nanuq
For too long, Inuvialuit Traditional Knowledge has not been included in scientific research about polar bears in the North. Traditional knowledge holders across the Inuvialuit Settlement  Region took part in changing that with a groundbreaking report. In this episode of The Living North, traditional knowledge holders and scientists talk about what the report brings to understanding Northern polar bear populations. Photo: Flickr/Creative Commons Rubyblossom
Jan 6, 2016
20 min
Getting to best: traditional knowledge + science
This episode, we're talking TK: traditional knowledge, that is. Peter Armitage is an Anthropologist based in St. John's, Newfoundland. He has worked with the Innu Nation in Labrador for more than 30 years. In this lecture he shares his thoughts on how to bring together science and traditional knowledge for the benefit of all.
Mar 30, 2015
23 min
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