Date

Webinar Announcement
What Does Community-led Arctic Research and Scholarship Really Look Like? Examples and stories from Nunavut Territory, Canada

10 May 2023
12:30 p.m. AKDT

For more information and to register, go to:
https://dartmouth.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YM3wX8qzTDuQDbRMroGijA#/r…


The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College announce their upcoming panel discussion webinar, titled What Does Community-led Arctic Research and Scholarship Really Look Like? Examples and stories from Nunavut Territory, Canada. This webinar will take place 10 May 2023 at 12:30 p.m. AKDT.

The panel will feature speakers and scholars from Nunavut territory, Canada. The presentations will focus on explaining and sharing Inuit research processes, share a story from an Inuit center for early career health researchers, and provide examples of programs that are derived from Inuit pathways to well-being. Panelists include Gwen Healey Akearok, Ceporah Mearns, and Nancy Mike.

In 2020, Ceporah became the Director of the Nunavut NEIHR (Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research), Nunavut's first center for Inuit scholarship and early career researchers. Ceporah Mearns is originally from Pangnirtung, NU, and calls Iqaluit her home with her husband and two daughters. Ceporah is a trained educator whose work focuses on curriculum development, teaching, and pedagogical practice. She teaches a course on the Makimautiksat Youth Wellness and Empowerment Camp and is nominated for a University of the Arctic Chair in Inuit Pedagogy.

Moriah Sallaffie is originally from Nome and Bethel Alaska. She lives in Iqaluit with her partner and their two daughters. At Qaujigiartiit she is the Research Associate: Youth & Education, where she focuses on programs and research projects that center youth mental health and wellness including.

Nancy Mike is originally from Panniqtuuq, Nunavut. She currently calls Apex-Iqaluit her home and where she lives with her four children. Nancy is trained in Arctic Nursing and practiced as an emergency room nurse before joining Qaujigiartiit as a researcher working on family and community health. She is also an award-winning musician, recognized throughout Canada, and has numerous other creative pursuits including visual and materials arts. She is Qaujigiartiit's institutional lead for the Inunnguiniq Program which was co-developed with Elders to revitalize Inuit child-rearing and learning practices for today's families. Her passion is "to work with other Inuit for the betterment of our well-being holistically, while utilizing our strong Inuit culture and language."

For more information and to register, go to:
https://dartmouth.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YM3wX8qzTDuQDbRMroGijA#/r…

For questions, contact:
Varvara Korkina Williams
Email: varvara.korkina.williams [at] dartmouth.edu