TY - JOUR
T1 - Ensuring continuity and impact in Arctic monitoring
T2 - a solution-orientated model for community-based environmental research
AU - Mercer, Louise
AU - Whalen, Dustin
AU - Pokiak, Deva-Lynn
AU - Lim, Michael
AU - Mann, Paul J
N1 - Funding information: We thank and acknowledge the Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk which includes Mayor Erwin Elias and the Council, the TCCRP in particular Kendyce Cockney and the Tuktoyaktuk Community Corporation for their support with and engagement in this research. Special thanks to James and Maureen Pokiak who opened up their home for us in the summer of 2022. We gratefully acknowledge the support and funding from Natural Resources Canada, Polar Knowledge Canada, and CIRNAC. Funding and support from the Program of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)—funded ONE Planet Doctoral Training Partnership (NE/S007512/1) and the Nuna Project (NE/X005658/1) has been crucial to the success of this research
PY - 2023/11/2
Y1 - 2023/11/2
N2 - Community-based monitoring (CBM) is increasingly cited as a means of collecting valuable baseline data that can contribute to our understanding of environmental change whilst supporting Indigenous governance and self-determination in research. However, current environmental CBM models have specific limitations that impact program effectiveness and the progression of research stages beyond data collection. Here, we highlight key aspects that limit the progression of Arctic CBM programs which include funding constraints, organisational structures, and operational processes. Exemplars from collaborative environmental research conducted in the acutely climate change impacted Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk, Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR), Canada, are used to identify co-developed solutions to address these challenges. These learnings from experience-based collaborations feed into a new solution-orientated model of environmental community-based research (CBR) that emphasises continuity between and community ownership in all research stages to enable a more complete research workflow. Clear recommendations are provided to develop a more coherent approach to achieving this model, which can be adapted to guide the development of successful environmental CBR programs in different research and place-based contexts
AB - Community-based monitoring (CBM) is increasingly cited as a means of collecting valuable baseline data that can contribute to our understanding of environmental change whilst supporting Indigenous governance and self-determination in research. However, current environmental CBM models have specific limitations that impact program effectiveness and the progression of research stages beyond data collection. Here, we highlight key aspects that limit the progression of Arctic CBM programs which include funding constraints, organisational structures, and operational processes. Exemplars from collaborative environmental research conducted in the acutely climate change impacted Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk, Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR), Canada, are used to identify co-developed solutions to address these challenges. These learnings from experience-based collaborations feed into a new solution-orientated model of environmental community-based research (CBR) that emphasises continuity between and community ownership in all research stages to enable a more complete research workflow. Clear recommendations are provided to develop a more coherent approach to achieving this model, which can be adapted to guide the development of successful environmental CBR programs in different research and place-based contexts
KW - Arctic
KW - Inuit Nunangat
KW - ommunity-based research
KW - environmental monitoring
KW - Indigenous Knowledge
U2 - 10.1088/2752-664X/ad0241
DO - 10.1088/2752-664X/ad0241
M3 - Article
SN - 2752-664X
VL - 2
JO - Environmental Research: Ecology
JF - Environmental Research: Ecology
IS - 4
M1 - 045001
ER -