This March, a group of students from Aklavik’s Moose Kerr School attended a science camp on the land to study the impacts of climate change on the health of their community. Through traditional and classroom knowledge, the young researchers have come to a more profound understanding of how the process of change is happening and how their community can slow and adapt to climate change.
Building on their research experience from the Aklavik Dietary Choices Project, the students have also sharpened their research skills as they work towards their final project — a short documentary on how climate change is affecting Aklavik and other aboriginal communities.
Listen to the CBC Northwind interview with Denise Kurszewski, our Director of Research Development about the camp:
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The Climate as a Health Determinant in Aklavik Project is being implemented through a partnership between Moose Kerr School, the Aklavik Health Committee, and Arctic Health Research Network NT.
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