Posts Tagged ‘knowledge’
Unalakleet Indigenous Knowledge Database Released
Arctic PASSION proudly announces the launch of the Unalakleet Climate Events Database, a groundbreaking resource now available on ArcticSeas.org, presenting over two decades of Indigenous-led observations, oral histories, and scientific insights, co-created alongside Unalakleet’s co-researchers with their full consent. It spotlights two keystone species—Pacific salmon and caribou—as living indicators of environmental change, providing a multilayered…
Read MoreA New Database Of British Columbia’s Indigenous Knowledge Of Climate, Ecological, And Cultural Events
Arctic PASSION is launching a new database with Tahltan climate event observations, which helps us to understand ongoing changes in the Arctic region. The event database is a tool to document and share significant cultural and environmental events within Tahltan Territory, an area over 90 thousand square km, an area larger than Hungary. As a…
Read MoreArctic Passion Online Seminar & Dialogue “The Arctic Communities Event Databases”
In this online seminar, Arctic PASSION is introducing its recently launched Arctic Communities Event Databases, a major hub for Indigenous Knowledge and local Knowledge. The databases collect observations, oral histories and knowledge about climatic, ecological and socio-cultural changes in the Arctic. This multifaceted knowledge from hundreds of knowledge holders along the Arctic seas is useful…
Read MoreSharing Circle representation at the 12th International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP) in Whitehorse, Canada
The APECS/Arctic PASSION Sharing Circle participants have become Ambassadors who have developed their own outreach projects to share their newly gained knowledge and experiences with their communities, institutes or other chosen audiences. Sharing Circle participants Fabian Seemann (Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany) and Louise Mercer (University of Northumbria, UK) presented the outcomes from the Sharing Circle…
Read MoreWhat we learned from the Arctic PASSION Sharing Circle
Arctic PASSION coordinated a webinar for those interested in the concept of a Sharing Circle for the co-creation of knowledge, gathering youth participants of Arctic PASSION’s own Sharing Circle which happened in October 2023 to share what they learned from the experience and answer any questions that webinar participants might have. For more information on…
Read MorePerspectives from the Sharing Circle
The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and the Arctic PASSION project organized a Sharing Circle for early career professionals and Arctic youth. The weeklong Sharing Circle took place in Sevettijärvi and Inari, Northern Finland on the lands of the Sami in October 2023. Here are some reflections by participants on what they learned…
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