Introduction to Ecosystems and Environmental Processes: Applications is offered through the Namminiqsurniq Professional Project Administrator Program (NPPA) in partnership with Royal Roads University for Nunavut Inuit learners hired through Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada’s Nunavut Regional Office in Iqaluit as part of a six-month full-time learning program supporting Devolution-related employment. This course provides learners with applied ecological and environmental monitoring skills grounded in both Inuit knowledge and Western science.Learners will explore terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems surrounding Iqaluit through land-based learning, scientific measurement, and Inuit knowledge indicators. The course examines Inuit self-determination in research and monitoring through Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami’s National Inuit Strategy on Research and explores how Inuit-led and community-driven approaches can support the management of Nunavut’s lands, waters, wildlife, and natural resources.A significant portion of the course is field-based and includes hands-on training in ecological monitoring techniques such as water quality assessment (separate from the scope of the current proposal), vegetation sampling, snow and ice measurements, wildlife observation and harvest monitoring, and oceanographic data collection. Some field activities are planned within Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park and Katannilik Territorial Park, with two one-week field courses scheduled for September 2026 and March 2027, weather permitting.