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Status: COMPLETED SCREENING

  • NIRB File No:

    19YN018

  • Application No.:

    125455

  • Project Type:

    Marine Based Activities

  • Project Name:

    Sea-ice monitoring to support resilient transportation infrastructure, community economic development and youth training in Gjoa Haven and Taloyoak, Nunavut

Completed Screening

Applicant
  • Hamlet of Gjoa Haven
  • Connie Baines
  • P.O. Box 200
  • Gjoa Haven, Nunavut X0B 1J0 Canada
  • edogjoa@qiniq.com
Primary Contact
Regulatory Authorities

This project represents collaboration between Gjoa Haven and Taloyoak and the social enterprise SmartICE to bring sea-ice monitoring services and training to their communities over a period of three ice seasons between 2019 and 2022. Our communities are clearly feeling the impacts of climate change, particularly on the formation and break-up of landfast sea-ice. Travel safety, access to country foods, and the ability to participate in economic, cultural and family activities are particularly affected, with significant repercussions for physical and mental well-being. Providing sea-ice monitoring services to the communities will help mitigate travel risk and support climate change adaptation actions. Sea-ice monitoring services and training will be introduced to Gjoa Haven and Taloyoak through the following sequence of steps: 1. Respectful engagement of the community, including youth and Elders, 2. Creation of a community sea-ice user group to manage local SmartICE operations, consisting of representation from key community organizations and sea-ice users, 3. Procurement and deployment of stationary and mobile sea-ice sensors, 4. Hiring and training of SmartICE operators, 5. Establishment of operational space and community data sharing portal, 6. Training youth to work with Elders to document Inuit Quajimajatuqangit of local sea-ice conditions and use, 7. Co-development with Economic Development Officers of a sustainability plan for community-operated SmartICE services. The monitoring and communication of sea-ice conditions along community travel routes in Gjoa Haven and Taloyoak, using both Inuit knowledge and sensor data, will provide improved understanding of how ice travel routes are being impacted by climate change and how the community can modify ice travel to reduce their risk. They also provide greater opportunities to maintain and develop community-based economic and recreational activities that rely on safe and predictable sea ice around and between the two communities.

Assessment Phase / Activity
  • Received Project Licences, Permits and Authorizations from AA 2019-07-29
  • Application screening completed 2019-07-12
  • NOI Issued 2019-07-10
  • SDR Issued 2019-07-10
  • Board voting 2019-07-10
  • Board voting 2019-07-10
  • Extention to Screening Deadline requested 2019-06-07
  • Technical advisor assigned 2019-06-07
  • Technical advisor assigned 2019-06-07
  • Board voting 2019-06-07
  • Received Comment submissions from Parties: Notice re comments received 2019-05-14
  • Commenting period 2019-05-13
  • Application screening started 2019-04-26
Region
  • Kitikmeot
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