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The Dialogue on Northern Research took place in Whitehorse, Yukon on March 25-27 and was sponsored by six federal government departments and agencies: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Science and Engineering Research Canada (also known by its legal name, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council as well as the acronym NSERC), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) and Health Canada (HC).
The Dialogue had three objectives:
To meet these objectives, the planning committee, which consisted of some 27 individuals representing a wide variety of organizations with an interest in northern research, with the assistance of the Institute On Governance, designed the Dialogue as depicted below.
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Setting the context |
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Looking Back |
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Assessing the Present: Strengths, Gaps & Barriers |
| Brainstorming: Improving the current system | |
| Moving Forward: Action Plans |
Over a hundred people participated in the Dialogue with Yukon College acting as the formal host. Elder Stanley James of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation provided opening and closing prayers over the two-and-a-half day period.
Adding to the intellectual stimulation of the event were some dozen speakers, who spoke on various aspects of northern research:
The following is a list of proposals developed by participants to improve northern research. They are grouped under five headings:
In their concluding comments, the representatives from the three granting councils (NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR) thanked participants for their enthusiasm and hard work and summarized the principal messages that they had heard from the dialogue. They noted that the event had helped improve collaboration among their agencies and that this would continue. In particular, participants could look forward to specific announcements on future collaborative initiatives. Further, they committed to continuing the dialogue and developing a mechanism for doing so. Finally, they indicated that a plan was being developed for supporting the International Polar Year.
Executive Summary
Introduction
Opening dinner: setting the context
Day one: Friday March 26
A. Looking Back: Key Events in Northern Research
B. Panel Discussion: Progress and Trends
C. The Present: What Should We Retain and Build On?
D. The Present: Key Challenges - Gaps and Barriers in Northern Research
Day two: saturday March 27
A. Brainstorming: Tackling the Key Challenges
B. Moving Forward: Priorities for Action
C. Concluding Comments
Appendix a: planning committee
Appendix b: list of dialogue participants
The Dialogue on Northern Research took place in Whitehorse, Yukon on March 25-27 and was sponsored by six federal government departments and agencies: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Science and Engineering Research Canada (also known by its legal name, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council as well as the acronym NSERC), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) and Health Canada (HC).
The Dialogue had three objectives:
To meet these objectives, the planning committee, which consisted of some 27 individuals representing a wide variety of organizations with an interest in northern research (see Appendix A for a list of committee members), with the assistance of the Institute On Governance, designed the Dialogue as depicted below.
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Opening Dinner |
Setting the context |
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Day One |
Looking Back |
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Day Two |
Assessing the Present: Strengths, Gaps & Barriers |
| Brainstorming: Improving the current system | |
| Moving Forward: Action Plans |
Over a hundred people participated in the Dialogue (see Appendix B for a list of participants). Mikhela Jason provided the logistical support for the event. John Graham and Bruno Bonneville from the Institute On Governance acted as facilitators and Yukon College was the formal host.
Adding to the intellectual stimulation of the event were some dozen speakers, who spoke on various aspects of northern research. Their important contributions are also summarized in this report.
The remainder of this summary is organized chronologically, following the principal elements of the agenda.
Thursday, March 25
Elder Stanley James from the Carcross/Tagish First Nation said the opening prayer.
Following dinner, Sally Webber, President of Yukon College and host of the Dialogue event, welcomed participants to Whitehorse and thanked the members of the planning committee for their hard work in organizing this initiative.
Representatives of the three federal granting agencies - Isabelle Blain from NSERC, Daryl Rock from SSHRC and Dr. Jeff Reading from CIHR - then reviewed the mandates of their organizations, described some of their principal research initiatives in the North and noted some of the challenges they saw in conducting northern research. A common theme among all three speakers was the need to search for ways to increase collaboration across disciplines and between the councils in order to better serve the needs of northerners.
Among the recent initiatives undertaken by the granting councils of direct relevance to northern research are the following:
Sally Webber then introduced Ed Schultz, Grand Chief of the Council of Yukon First Nations. He began by setting the context for research within the culture of the North. Among other things he noted that First Nations peoples now have a better understanding of what researchers do and what benefits they as First Nations can derive from research. He also complemented researchers on their growing sensitivity to the needs and perspectives of First Nations. From his vantage point, this aspect of northern research has improved significantly.
He then proceeded to outline a major concern among his people - the growing and harmful effects of climate change. He emphasized the multiple impacts on the health, social and physical environment of the North, including:
While the North has known dramatic climate changes in the past, what makes the current situation so worrisome is the speed at which this is now occurring.
He concluded by encouraging all involved in northern research to continue attempts to move across "silos" in a way that might be instructive to governments across Canada.
Sally Webber concluded the evening by giving the keynote address, which focused on two ideas to be addressed by this Dialogue event: research by northerners and enhanced research with the North. Her objective was to provide some provocative ideas for participants to discuss over the next two days.
She introduced the concept of an "ecotone," a place of transition between two distinct eco-systems such as between a forest and tundra or a shoreline. "Ecotones" are on the "edge," a place for potential competition and are rich in diversity. This concept serves as a useful metaphor for better understanding northern research: that is, there is a need to understand both systems (the North and the South) so the "edge" where they meet can be better managed.
The resident northern research "system" has a number of important characteristics:
The "southern" system differs in many of these characteristics. For example, its principal audience tends to be scientific peers and has more international orientation.
Ms. Webber then presented six ideas for participants to ponder during the upcoming sessions:
She concluded her remarks by wishing participants success in their deliberations.
Elder Stanley James then closed the evening with a prayer.
Elder Stanley James from the Carcross/Tagish First Nation said the opening prayer.
The Day One agenda featured four principal sessions:
In addition, Dr. Peter Harrison, Senior Research Fellow-Oceans, National Research Council, was the luncheon speaker. Dr. Martin Fortier, Executive Director, ArcticNet was the keynote speaker at dinner.
Summaries of the four sessions and the two speakers follow.
The facilitators asked participants seated in round tables of eight to identify some of the positive and negative events that have had a significant impact on northern research. Participants came up with the following:
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The facilitators concluded this session by pointing out a significant trend, certainly since the 1980s, that positive events have become more prominent and numerous than negative ones.
Three panel members gave opening remarks on the progress and trends of northern research and then answered questions.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the needs and aspirations of Inuit and was formed in 1971 by Inuit to act as their national voice. It represents close to 50,000 Inuit/Inuvialuit living in 53 communities in Canada's North. ITK was a catalyst for Inuit land claims, the establishment of the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, and inclusion of Inuit into Canada's Constitution. Since then, ITK has broadened its aims and objectives in response to the changing social, economic, environmental and political challenges facing Inuit.
Following this overview of the ITK, Mr. Cheechoo asked this very broad and simple question: "What is the purpose of research and who is it for?"
ITK has been involved in research activities and has utilized research information as a supportive tool to do its work on behalf of Inuit, whether it concerns environmental, wildlife species, nutritional, health, social, cultural, demographic, economic or legal-constitutional issues. To cite one example, ITK and Inuit regional organizations partnered with Laval University and Statistics Canada and jointly developed and undertook the Inuit communities' portion of the 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. On another level, ITK, with Inuit land Claim Organizations and academic research partners have been holding climate change workshops in northern communities since 1999. Inuit have reported extraordinary changes in the environment as a result of climate change, such as melting permafrost resulting in damaged homes; longer ice-free seasons; changes in the migration patterns of birds and caribou; new species of birds, fish, and insects; and a general warming trend.
This project has helped obtain valuable information from a previously unknown and valuable perspective - that of the Inuit. The research has helped to answer larger scientific questions. But this small project has helped in another way - it has helped build capacity at the regional and community levels. Further, the research has helped national and regional Inuit organizations gain credibility in the eyes of academia and governments, leading to improved Inuit involvement in climate change research. Clearly research in the North has many benefits and purposes.
ITK certainly envisions research to be useful for many things that can and do benefit Inuit, including benefits in the areas of policy development; capacity development; education and training for youth; community development; strengthening community awareness and knowledge of science; resource/wildlife protection and management; better overall awareness of Inuit issues (on a national and global scale); and cultural protection and enhancement. Inuit support scientific research. Communities see a need for it. However, Inuit want it done in a way that appropriately involves them, their particular perspectives and their needs for research. Inuit see a need to be meaningfully and legitimately involved in the entire research process from the initial stages that define research priorities and the development of initiatives right through to the stages of communicating results. There is a need for longer-term projects, for using Inuktitut, and for capacity building.
Research is about people and for people; research is about policy, capacity and environment; it is about partnership, learning and adapting; and about respecting and helping one another. It is about the future of life in Canada's North.
Mr. Cheechoo concluded his remarks by repeating his opening question, "What is the purpose of research and who is it for?" He left participants to consider this in a northern context and answer it for themselves.
The Assistant Deputy Ministers (ADM) Committee on Northern Science and Technology, currently co-chaired by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), is pursuing a focused and practical agenda to promote better use of opportunities for cooperation both within and outside of the federal government.
The 2003-2005 period will focus on three main activities. The first objective is to update the Northern Science and Technology Federal Framework and Research Plan. This document will respond to national and international needs for organized information and will help the federal government maximize the return on federal investment in science and technology. This project, which is near completion, highlights the major issues faced by the North, and describes federal programs that address them. Those programs, which are characterized by horizontal sharing of resources and collaborative activities, are highlighted as are future major opportunities for collaboration, such as ArcticNet. The second objective, establishing a forum to bring together researchers with various areas of expertise in the North, is being met by the current Dialogue on Northern Research. The third objective is to determine the options for a coordinated approach to federal involvement in the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007/2008. The goals are to weigh options for planning, coordination and funding by the federal government.
Lastly, INAC is committed to establishing a more strategic approach to northern science and technology to identify gaps and priorities, and has proposed funding a dedicated secretariat committed to co-ordinating federal involvement in IPY. Such a secretariat would need support from a number of departments and agencies to be successful.
The Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies is a national level organization of 32 institutes of higher education whose purpose is to provide institutional means to bridge gaps between northern and southern researchers, teachers, and institutions.
Northern studies have changed in Canada. The promotion and encouragement of the next generation of northern scholars is crucial. The North is no longer simply a living lab for southern researchers, but should be viewed as someone's home and backyard, where ethics must be respected. New ethical standards are required, and the ACUNS ethical guidelines are useful in this regard. A more collaborative approach will help to decolonize the research process, and to define northern relevant research such as climate, health, needs of northerners, social policy issues, pollution, and non-renewable resource exploitation. Currently, federal government departments need to improve their capacity to integrate research. It must also respect and respond to the needs of northerners by strengthening and expanding national and local structures for northern research, and by supporting culturally safe research strategies.
In recent years, Canada's North has become part of the emerging concept of the circumpolar world, where people of the North are no longer looking south, but east and west to other circumpolar northern communities. It is important that national and international granting agencies accept this circumpolar view, and that they establish creative thinking and ways to foster the involvement of young northern people so that they can benefit from education and the experience of northern research.
Keynote speaker: Peter Harrison, Senior Research Fellow - Oceans, National Research Council of Canada
After congratulating the organizers on this unique event involving the granting agencies, government departments, researchers and community members, Mr. Harrison elaborated on a number of challenges including the following:
Following this discussion of challenges, Mr. Harrison offered the following suggestion to the granting agencies. He noted that many speakers at this dialogue session pointed out the need to build northern capacity. Building on these remarks he wondered if a national centre of excellence could be established in the North, supported in part by southern partners. This could be a great initiative as one of Canada's contributions to the International Polar Year and could help put the North "on the radar screen."
He closed by noting that the more people in the south have a feel for the North, the better off the North will be in pursuing its objectives.
The facilitators asked participants to discuss the following question in small groups: What aspects of northern research are positive and worth building on? After writing the groups' answers to this question on flip charts, the facilitators then asked participants, using dots, to indicate which of these aspects were the most important (the dot count for each item is in brackets). The six aspects deemed the most important by participants appear in bold.
The facilitators asked participants in their small groups to consider the following question: What essential northern research is not being conducted and what are the principal barriers for doing effective northern research? Following their deliberations, groups came up with the following points. Again, utilizing a dot exercise, participants assessed the relative importance of each. The top 12 appear in bold.
Elder Stanley James closed Day One with a prayer
Dr. Fortier began his address following dinner on Day One by setting the Arctic context. Among many changes affecting the Arctic, the most significant might be climate change. He presented evidence of this trend through a number of circumpolar temperature and ice cover maps and then put forward one model that predicted an open Arctic Sea, in summer, by 2050.
Potential impacts of Arctic climate change are many and include:
Having set the Arctic context, Dr. Fortier described the organizational set-up of the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE). Presidents from the three granting agencies and the Deputy Minister of Industry for Canada form an overall steering committee supported by a small secretariat. This steering committee has approved and funded the establishment of 21 NCEs, each with its own board of directors (each NCE is an incorporated body).
ArcticNet is one of these 21 NCEs. It now has 95 network investigators from 21 universities with a broad mandate relating to training; provision of stable research platforms; consolidating international participation (50 international researchers from 11 countries); involving northern communities and institutes, and contributing to the development and dissemination of knowledge.
ArcticNet has funding for seven years with possible renewal for a second seven-year period. The funding at its disposal is directed principally at supporting research networks as opposed to funding research. It has a Scientific Director, an Executive Director and a five-person administrative centre. The overall governance of ArcticNet is the responsibility of a board of directors, which includes representatives of ICC, ITK and regional Inuit organizations.
Dr. Fortier stressed the amount of time needed to develop a viable proposal for a new NCE - ArcticNet traces its establishment to activities that started in the late 1980s.
Four research themes provide the current focus for ArcticNet:
In addition there are a number of "integrating" topics crossing themes, such as the opening of the Northwest Passage.
Two priorities for ArcticNet are to increase the participation of the social sciences in its work and increase the involvement of local communities. (Dr. Fortier gave several examples of the latter that occurred this past year.)
He concluded his remarks by making a number of suggestions:
More information on ArcticNet can be found at ArcticNet or martin.fortier@arcticnet.ulaval.ca.
Elder Stanley James opened the day's proceedings with a prayer.
The Day Two agenda featured three principal sessions:
In addition, there were two keynote addresses. The Honourable Larry Bagnell, MP, Yukon, began the day by addressing participants. Dr. Peter Johnson, Chairperson, Canadian Polar Commission, gave an overview of international activities following lunch.
Summaries of the three sessions and the presentations of the two speakers follow.
According to Mr. Bagnell, the Dialogue on Northern Research is a great step towards enhancing opportunities for interdisciplinary research that meets the needs of northerners, and which transcends research, political, and cultural boundaries. Ideally, northern research should be carried out "in the North, for the North, and by the North."
The collaborative efforts of all three granting agencies at this dialogue address a critical need for a more integrated approach to the support of northern research. Holding the dialogue in Whitehorse highlights the newfound commitment to involving northerners in northern research and recognizing the value of traditional knowledge. The progress made at this dialogue will help move science infrastructure, northern strategy and policy forward.
Major recent federal investment in northern research to address climate change through projects such as ArcticNet and the Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study are to be commended. These investments in northern research are courageous, particularly at a time when many other issues form stronger political platforms. Hopefully, Canada's involvement in the International Polar Year will establish Canada as a world leader in northern research, while also benefiting local communities.
Mr. Bagnell has received feedback from the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut indicating that northern research will be an important part of economic development in the North. Major industrial projects, such as the construction of northern pipelines, will require extensive development of northern research infrastructure and expertise, and will generate tremendous opportunities for northern communities.
Canada has announced a five-year plan to enhance sovereignty and to re-establish our presence in the North. This includes major investments to map the polar continental shelf and to extend our 200-mile sovereignty over northern waterways for the economic and environmental protection of our waters. In addition to increased patrols by Canadian military and the Rangers, military surveillance of Arctic airspace and waterways will be established by 2008. Later this year, Project Narwhal will see a major presence of the Canadian army, navy and air force in the Eastern Arctic. However, because the Canadian military is small, a large presence of federal departments, territorial governments, First Nation and Inuit governments, and scientists will be needed to show that the North is an important part of our nation. Investment in northern research demonstrates the value of the North to Canadians, and will contribute to our declaration of sovereignty.
When challenged by the Parliamentary Industry Committee to address the need for research in the North, for the North, and by the North, the granting councils demonstrated their sensitivity to these issues, and are looking for creative approaches to allocating research funding. This dialogue is a useful first step towards achieving these goals.
Speaking in a personal capacity, Mr.Bagnell stated that the granting councils should become truly national, by funding scientists who live and work in the North year-round. The flexibility and creativity to make Yukon College a full university may help address the need for infrastructure and capacity building, and direct research dollars to the North under the current granting system. The establishment of a separate agency to meet the needs of northern research funding is a less favourable option, since it fails to capitalize on the world-renowned expertise of Canada's current granting agencies. A better strategy may be to increase northern-allocated funding to the current granting agencies, and for the agencies to undertake creative changes to the funding process to better integrate northern researchers, residents, and communities.
Mr. Bagnell concluded his remarks by issuing the following challenge: within the next 24 months, we should have more research in the North done by people living in the North.
The facilitators took the results of the gaps and barriers exercise from Day One and produced a list of issues that grouped like or related subjects under three broad headings: policy gaps, research gaps and research barriers. This list is presented below (in brackets are the numbers of the issues (from 1 to 32) identified in the gaps and barriers exercise of Day One - see above).
Participants went to designated tables to brainstorm on the issues that they wished to discuss. This resulted in several adjustments. First, two topics were dropped: cold climate engineering and the lack of a Yukon research agenda. Second, another topic was added: the need for more research on sustainable renewable resource use. The reports of each of the brainstorming groups appear below.
| Describe the Nature of the Challenge: To remedy the lack of a national integrated northern research policy |
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Brainstorm on ideas for meeting this challenge
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| Describe the Nature of the Challenge Acknowledge, foster equality of and recognize parallel ways of knowing |
Brainstorm on ideas for meeting this challenge
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| Describe the Nature of the Challenge How do we focus on healthy northern communities? (focus on the positive, not the negative) |
Brainstorm on ideas for meeting this challenge
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| Describe the Nature of the Challenge We need integrated approaches (e.g. natural and social sciences, local and traditional knowledge) We must have information to understand change (e.g. monitoring on local and regional scale) We must learn how to cope with change (e.g. adaptation, building resiliency, need to focus on solutions and options) |
Brainstorm on ideas for meeting this challenge
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| Describe the Nature of the Challenge Developing a sustainable, diversified economy a) Diversification; b) Measuring; c) Choices; d) Rapid change; e) Gap between traditional management & new economic needs |
Brainstorm on ideas for meeting this challenge
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| Describe the Nature of the Challenge Northern capacity and youth involvement |
Brainstorm on ideas for meeting this challenge
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Describe the Nature of the Challenge Assess and redesign northern research infrastructure to meet current and emerging realities
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Meeting the challenge
Challenge (II) infrastructure
Ideas for meeting the challenge:
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| Describe the Nature of the Challenge The Conservation Over-ride when considering sustainable renewable resources use (harvest as well as non-harvest values). Note strong connections to resource economy challenge as well as to the TK challenge throughout. |
Brainstorm on ideas for meeting this challenge
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| Describe the Nature of the Challenge Define community: People being researched or communities of interest you are trying to address, others?
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Brainstorm on ideas for meeting this challenge
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International Activities and Canadian Participation: Dr. Peter G. Johnson, Chairperson, Canadian Polar Commission
Dr. Johnson, the luncheon speaker on Saturday, presented four programs and forums to illustrate Canada's role in international Arctic scholarship.
Canada is at serious risk of not being able to play a significant role in scholarship planning for the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007- 2008. The Canadian Polar Commission has taken the early initiatives for Canadian participation at the national and international levels. The major problem has been the lack of a central source of planning funds in Canada. Funding will likely be fragmented with federal contribution for federal planning and scholarship and the granting councils contribution for university and college initiatives, but obtaining funds for community participation in planning will be difficult. To date, efforts to obtain planning support have been frustrating but the University of Alberta has placed an offer on the table for support of a secretariat and it is hoped that the councils and the government will provide matching funds.
The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) is sponsoring an International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP II) to be held in the fall of 2005 in Denmark. Themes include:
The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), a science review of the state of climate and adaptation research in the Arctic, is currently in its final drafting stages. ACIA II is proposed to continue the project, focusing on areas identified as not being adequately addressed in ACIA I. Research efforts will be directed to regional and economic impacts, assessing vulnerabilities, improving observations, long term monitoring, modeling and impacts on society.
The Northern Research Forum (NRF), an international dialogue between policy makers, academia, politicians and business, will take place in September 2004 in Yellowknife, NWT. The overall premise for the dialogue is "The Resilient North" and themes will include perspectives of northern leaders, governance, community economics and tourism, project day (addressing a number of issues in smaller focus groups) and a traveling northern film festival.
The facilitators asked participants, who had returned to their original groups, to review the material produced by the brainstorming sessions in the morning and develop action steps, both long term and over the coming year. Following the Dialogue, the facilitators grouped the responses under the five themes, for both short term and longer term steps:
Representatives from the three granting agencies gave their impressions of what the meeting had accomplished. Isabelle Blain of NSERC began by complimenting participants on their level of commitment and enthusiasm and by noting that a new "ecotone" had been created, one that will benefit from the best features of the contrasting northern and southern research "systems."
She went over some of the principal themes that emerged over the two-and-a-half day period: the need for capacity building (institutional and people); the importance of knowledge communication (TK and scientific with communication in both directions); the need for ongoing community involvement; the usefulness of having a national strategy for northern research; and the growing need for interdisciplinary research.
She also noted how this event had helped improve collaboration amongst the three agencies. Indeed, there is a kernel of an integrated research strategy being developed.
In terms of specific outcomes from NSERC, a report of the Dialogue proceedings will go to all participants; NSERC is committed to keep the dialogue going; and there is also a plan being developed for supporting IPY.
Daryl Rock from SSHRC thanked participants for their hard work and noted that funders have few opportunities to engage at the content level. He was particularly grateful to have been out of Ottawa for a few days and to be in the North talking about northern issues.
He reviewed the three objectives of the meeting and judged that they had all been met. In particular, he committed his agency to continuing the dialogue and developing a mechanism to do so. He concluded by noting that the three SSHRC programs oriented around partnerships will not be under utilized, in part because of the outcomes of this meeting. Further, like Ms. Blain, he was excited by the idea of enhanced tri-council collaboration around fostering interdisciplinary research.
Finally Mr. Rock thanked the other sponsors of the event: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Health Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Dr. Jeff Reading from CIHR thanked the staff who had been involved in organizing this event. Noting that there had been some concerns about the risk involved in putting on such an event, he expressed his delight that the Dialogue had been such a success. Further, he was confident that concrete outcomes would result and that this event had been a model for partnerships.
In terms of next steps, he echoed his two colleagues, Mr. Rock and Ms. Blain, in committing to carrying on the dialogue.
The Tri-agency Working Group thanked various people and organizations for their contributions to the Dialogue's success. Particular acknowledgements were made to the student helpers: Katherine Gofton, Melissa Guyot, David Hardie, Kelly McGill and Shannon O'Hara. Sally Webber was also recognized for being such a gracious host.
The host of the Dialogue on Northern Research, Sally Webber, closed the session by thanking the members of the three councils, Elder Stanley James and all of the Aboriginal participants who attended. As this dialogue draws to a "temporary pause," she thanked participants for embracing "new relationships in the ecotone."
Elder Stanley James said a closing prayer.
Frances Abele, Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies
Andrew Applejohn, Government of Northwest Territories
Earle Baddaloo, Nunavut Government
Jean-Marie Beaulieu, Canadian Polar Commission
Marty Bergmann, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Dave Bowen, Science and Engineering Research Canada
Ray Case, Government of Northwest Territories
Jacques Critchley, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Ron DiLabio, Natural Resources Canada
Whit Fraser, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Mikhela Jason, Science and Engineering Research Canada
Paula Kirton, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Jennifer Koptie, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Keith Maguire, Council of Yukon First Nations
Norman Marcotte, Science and Engineering Research Canada
Joan Masterton, Environment Canada
Ann McMillan, Environment Canada
Carey Ogilvie, Environment Canada
Chris Paci, Dene Nation
Daryl Rock, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Dave Roddick, Arctic Athabascan Council
Clint Sawicki, Northern Research Institute, Yukon College
Oksana Schimnowski, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Ginette Thomas, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Danielle Trépanier, Northern Secretariat, Health Canada
Jill Watkins, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs
Sally Webber, Yukon College
Laura Arbour
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Genetics
University of British Columbia
Phone: (604) 875-2827
Fax: (604) 875-2376
Email: larbour@cw.bc.ca
Dr. Earle Baddaloo
Executive Director
Nunavut Research Institute
Phone: (867) 979-7279
Fax: (867) 979-7109
#Email: ebaddaloo@nac.nu.ca
The Honourable Larry Bagnell
MP, Yukon
House of Commons
Phone: (613) 995-0945
Fax: (613) 995-0945
Email: Bagnell.L@parl.gc.ca
Dr. Robert C. Bailey
Secretary-Treasurer
Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS)
Phone: (519) 661-4022
Cell: (519) 476-3964
Fax: (519) 661-4022
Email: drbob@uwo.ca
Dr. Benoit Beauchamp
Geological Survey of Canada (Calgary)
Natural Resources Canada
Phone: (403) 292-7190
Fax: (403) 292-5377
Email: Benoit.Beauchamp@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca; bbeaucha@nrcan.gc.ca
Jean-Marie Beaulieu
Science Manager
Canadian Polar Commission
Phone: (613) 947-9108
Fax: (613) 943-8607
Email: beaulieuj@polarcom.gc.ca
Andrée Béland
Manager, Earth Observation Programs
Canadian Space Agency
Phone: (450) 961-9372
Email: Andree.Beland@space.gc.ca
Josée Belisle
Innovation and Network Advisor - Yukon, Industrial Research Assistance Program
National Research Council
Phone: (867) 393-6828
Cell: (867) 333-1984
Fax: (867) 668-3511
Email: Josee.Belisle@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Robert K. Bell
Chair
The Fisheries Joint Management Committee
Phone: (306) 425-3136
Fax: (306) 425-2878
Email: robert.bell@rkbell.ca
John Bennett
Manager, Communications and Information
Canadian Polar Commission
Phone: (613) 947-9108
Email: bennettj@polarcom.gc.ca
Mr. Martin Bergmann
Director, National Centre for Arctic Aquatic Research Excellence
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Phone: (204) 983-3776
Fax:(204) 984-2401
Email: BergmannM@DFO-MPO.GC.CA
Nick Bernard
Chargé de recherche
Université Laval
Phone: (418) 656-2131, # 8924
Fax: (418) 656-3023
Email: nick.bernard@ciera.ulaval.ca
Steven Bigras
Executive Director
Canadian Polar Commission
Phone: (613) 943-8606
Fax: (613) 943-8607
Email: bigrass@polarcom.gc.ca
Richard Binder
Vice-President, Board of Directors
Canadian Polar Commission
Phone: (613) 943-8605
Email: binderr@polarcom.gc.ca
Isabelle Blain
Vice-President, Research Grants and Scholarships Directorate
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Phone: (613) 995-5833
Fax: (613) 261-5606
Email: isabelle.blain@nserc.ca
Bruno Bonneville
Institute on Governance
Phone: (613) 562-0092
Cell: (819) 664-5353
Fax: (613) 562-0097
Email: BBonneville@iog.ca
Dave Bowen
Life and Earth Sciences Division
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Phone: (613) 371-0864
Email: dave.bowen@nserc.ca
Mark Buell
Policy Analyst, Ajunnginiq Centre
National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)
Phone: (613) 760-3508
Cell: (613) 796-3969
Fax: (613) 237-1810
Email: mbuell@naho.ca
Larry Carpenter
Chair
Wildlife Management Advisory Council
Phone: (867) 777-2828 ext. 229
Fax: (867) 777-2610
Email: wmacnwt@jointsec.nt.ca; wmac-c@jointsec.nt.ca
Dr. Ray Case
Manager, Technical Support, Wildlife and Fisheries Division, Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development
Government of the Northwest Territories
Phone: (867) 920-8067
Fax: (867) 873-0293
Email: Ray_Case@gov.nt.ca
Laurie Chan
Associate Professor and NSERC Northern Research Chair, Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE)
McGill University
Phone: (514) 398-7765
Fax: (514) 398-1020
Email: laurie.chan@mcgill.ca
John Cheechoo
Policy Advisor, Environment Department
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Phone: (613) 238-8181
Fax: (613) 233-2116
Email: cheechoo@itk.ca
Ian R. Church
Manager, Environmental Assessment Unit, DAP Director, Executive
Council Office
Government of Yukon
Phone: (867) 456-3860
Cell: (867) 333-4693
Fax: (867) 667-3216
Email: ian.church@gov.yk.ca
Laura Commanda
Assistant Director
CIHR - Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health
Phone: (613) 946-6495
Fax: (613) 941-1040
Email: lcommanda@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
Doris Cook
Project Manager, Aboriginal Ethics Policy Development
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Phone: (613) 575-2219
Cell: (613) 858-1587
Fax: (613) 941-1040
Email: dcook@cihr.gc.ca
Mayor Shanon Cooper
Director
Association of Yukon Communities
Phone: (867) 668-4388; (867) 996-2317
E-mail: ayc@ayc.yk.ca; mayo@yt.sympatico.ca
Jacques Critchley
Program Officer, Strategic Programs and Joint Initiatives
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Phone: (613) 992-5145
Email: jacques.critchley@sshrc.ca
Kim Crockatt
Executive Director
Nunavut Literacy Council
Phone: (867) 983-2678
Cell: (613) 294-6438
Fax: (867) 983-2614
Email: kimcr@polarnet.ca
Dr. Alain Cuerrier
Ethnobotaniste
Jardin botanique de Montréal / Institut de recherche en biologie végétale
Phone: (514) 872-3182
Fax: (514) 872-9406
Email: alain_cuerrier@ville.montreal.qc.ca
Robert Davidson
Director, Programs and Operations
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Phone: (613) 996-3109
Cell: (819) 790-9065
Fax: (613) 943-0923
Email: Robert.Davidson@Innovation.ca
Roger De Abreu, Ph.D.
Science Project Manager, Canadian Ice Service, Meteorological Service
of Canada
Environment Canada
Phone: (613) 995-5125
Fax: (613) 996-4218
Email: roger.deabreu@ec.gc.ca
Lindsay Dehart
Planning & Research Analyst, Health and Social Services
Government of Yukon
Phone: (867) 667-3705
Fax: (867) 667-3096
Email: Lindsay.Dehart@gov.yk.ca
Terry A. Dick
Professor, Department of Zoology
University of Manitoba
Phone: (204) 474-9896
Fax: (204) 474-7588
Email: tadick@cc.umanitoba.ca; tadick@ms.umanitoba.ca
Mr. Bill Doidge
Director, Nunavik Research Centre
Makivik Corporation
Phone: (819) 964-2951 ext 231
Email: b_doidge@makivik.org
Dr. Nancy Doubleday
Associate Chair, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies
Carleton University
Phone: (613) 520-2600 x 8370
Fax: (613) 520-4301
Email: nancy_doubleday@carleton.ca
Marianne Douglas
Associate Professor, Department of Geology
University of Toronto
Phone: (416) 978-3709
Fax: (416) 978-3938
Email: msvd@geology.utoronto.ca
Lori Duncan
Director, Health
CYFN
Email: LDuncan@cyfn.net
Claire Eamer
Yukon Coordinator, C-CIARN North
Northern Climate ExChange, Northern Research Institute
Phone: (867) 668-8862
Fax: (867) 668-8734
Email: ceamer@yukoncollege.yk.ca
Norman Alexander Easton
Lecturer in Anthropology and Northern Studies
Yukon College
Phone: (867) 668-8770
Fax: (867) 668-8805
Email: neaston@yukoncollege.yk.ca
Dr. Lynn Echevarria
Women's Studies, Department of Arts and Sciences
Yukon College
Phone: (867) 668-8866
Fax: (867) 668-8805
Email: lechevar@yukoncollege.yk.ca
Dr. Grace Egeland
Canada Research Chair, CINE
McGill University
Phone: (514) 398-8642
Fax: (514) 398-7739
Email: egeland@macdonald.mcgill.ca
John England
Professor & NSERC Northern Chair, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
University of Alberta
Phone: (780) 492-5673
Fax: (780) 492-2030
Email: john.england@ualberta.ca
Dr. Christopher Fletcher
Professor, Department of Anthropology
University of Alberta
Phone: (780) 492-0133
Fax: (780) 492-5273
Email: christopher.fletcher@ualberta.ca
Dr. Martin Fortier
Executive Director
ArcticNet (Network of Centres of Excellence)
Phone: (418) 656-5233
Fax: (418) 656-2339
Email: martin.fortier@giroq.ulaval.ca
Christopher Furgal
Co-Director, Nasivvik Centre for Inuit Health and Changing Environments, CHUL Research Centre
Université Laval
Phone: (418) 650-5115, ext. 5260
Cell: (418) 576-2775
Fax: (418) 654-3132
Email: christopher.furgal@crchul.ulaval.ca
Nancy Gibson
Science Director
Canadian Circumpolar Institute
Phone: (780) 492-3883
Fax: (780) 492-1153
Email: nancy.gibson@ualberta.ca
Katherine Gofton
Research Officer
CIHR - Institute for Aboriginal People's Health
Phone: (416) 978-0962
Fax: (416) 946-8055
Email: k.gofton@utoronto.ca
Amanda Graham
Yukon College
Phone: 867-668-8773
Email: agraham@yukoncollege.yk.ca
John Graham
Director
Institute on Governance
Phone: (613) 562-0092 x. 231
Fax: (613) 562-0097
Email: jgraham@IOG.CA
Melissa Guyot
Student, Human Nutrition
McGill University
Phone: (514) 258-7711
Email: melissa_guyot@hotmail.com
Elizabeth Hanson
A/Regional Director General, Yukon Region
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Phone: (867) 667-3300
Email: hansone@inac.gc.ca
David Hardie
Graduate Student, Department of Biology
Dalhousie University
Phone: (902) 494-6279
Fax: (902) 494-3736
Email: dhardie@dal.ca
Dr. Peter Harrison
Senior Research Fellow-Oceans
National Research Council Canada
Phone: (613) 990-6982
Fax: (613) 952-4569
Email: peter.harrison@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Kelly Hayes
Executive Director
Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board
Phone: (867) 667-5935
Fax: (867) 393- 6947
Email: khayes@yknet.ca
Jerry Heal
Senior Planner, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources
Government of Yukon
Email: Jerry.Heal@gov.yk.ca
Aileen Horler
Wildlife Management Advisory Council (North Slope)
Phone: (867) 633-5476
Fax: (867) 633-6900
Email: wmacns@web.ca
Meg Horn
Senior Planner, Department of Economic Development
Government of Yukon
Email: Meg.Horn@gov.yk.ca
Jan Horton
Coordinator, Primary Health Care Transition Fund, Health and Social Services
Government of Yukon
Phone: (867) 667-5695
Email: Jan.Horton@gov.yk.ca
Jeff Hunston
Manager, Heritage Resources Unit, Cultural Service Branch, Tourism & Culture
Government of Yukon
Email: Jeff.Hunston@gov.yk.ca
Elder Stanley James
Carcross/Tagish First Nation
Phone: (867) 821-4371
Mikhela Jason
Event Planner - Dialogue on Northern Research
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Phone: (613) 995-2593
Fax: (613) 590-9952
Email: mikhela@rogers.com
Karla Jessen Williamson
Executive Director, Arctic Institute of North America
University of Calgary
Phone: (403) 220-7516
Fax: (403) 282-4609
Email: wkjessen@ucalgary.ca
Dr. Peter G. Johnson
Chairperson
Canadian Polar Commission
Phone: (613) 562 5800 ext 1061
Fax: (613) 562 5145
Email: peterj@uottawa.ca
Dr. Margaret Johnston
Director, School of Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism
Lakehead University
Phone: (807) 343-8377
Fax: (807) 346-7836
Email: margaret.johnston@lakeheadu.ca; mejohnst@lakeheadu.ca
Sarah Kalhok
Manager, Special Projects
Aurora Research Institute
Phone: (867) 777 4628
Fax: (867) 777 4264
Email: Sarah_Kalhok@gov.nt.ca
Paula Kirton
Partnership Specialist, Public Sector, Partnerships
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Phone: (613) 941-0199
Email: PKirton@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
Celina Kopak
Language and Culture program student
Nunavut Arctic College
Phone: (867) 979-7293
Fax: (867) 979-7201
Email: ckopak@nac.nu.ca
Jennifer Koptie
Project Officer, Rural and Northern Health Research
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Phone: (613) 858-9918
Email: JKoptie@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
Jean-Marc Lamothe
Advisor, Office of the Director General, Institute for Research in Construction
National Research Council
Phone: (613) 993-9757
Fax: (613) 941-0822
Email: jean-marc.lamothe@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Dr. Donald S. Lemmen
Acting Executive Director, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Directorate, Earth Sciences Sector
Natural Resources Canada
Phone: (613) 992-5861
Fax: (613) 992-0190
Email: dlemmen@NRCan.gc.ca
David Macneil
Director, Network Relations
CANARIE
Phone: (613) 944-5602, (506) 451-6965
Fax: (506) 451-6976
Email: david.macneil @ canarie.ca
Keith Maguire
Circumpolar Relations
CYFN
Phone: (867) 393-9200
Email: kmaguire@cyfn.net
Norman Marcotte
Director, Life and Earth Sciences Division
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Phone: (613) 947-2075
Email: Norman.Marcotte@nserc.ca
Dr. Jim McDonald
Vice-President
Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS)
Phone: (250) 960-6688
Fax: (250) 960-5545
Email: mcdonald@unbc.ca
Kelly McGill
Student
Yukon College
Phone: (867) 393-3562
Fax: (867) 668-8805
Email: nri@yukoncollege.yk.ca; niyatlin@hotmail.com
Dr. Shelagh Montgomery
Cumulative Effects Programme Director
Canadian Arctic Resources Committee
Phone: (867) 873-4715
Fax: (867) 920-2685
Email: smontgomery@theedge.ca
Dave Mossop
Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring Project
Yukon College
Phone: (867) 668-8736
Fax: (867) 669-8805
Email: dmossop@yukoncollege.yk.ca
Yves Mougeot
Director, Research and Dissemination Grants Programs
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Phone: (613) 992-3145
Fax: (613) 992-1787
Email: YVES.MOUGEOT@SSHRC.CA
Dr. Heather M. Myers
Associate Professor, International Studies; Northern Coordinator
University of Northern British Columbia
Phone: (250) 960-6481
Fax: (250) 960-5545
Email: myers@unbc.ca
Dr. David C. Natcher
Department of Anthropology and Director, Liberal Studies Program
University of Alaska Anchorage
Phone: (907) 786-6452
Fax: (907) 786-6850
Email: afdcn@uaa.alaska.edu
David Neufeld
Yukon & Western Arctic Historian
Parks Canada - Western Canada Service Centre
Phone: (867) 667-3913
Fax: (867) 393-6701
Email: Dave.Neufeld@pc.gc.ca
Dr. Fiona O'Donoghue
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education
University of Prince Edward Island
Phone: (902) 566-0351 / (902) 672-3487
Fax: (902) 566-0416
Email: fodonoghue@upei.ca
Aynslie Ogden
Northern Climate ExChange
Yukon College
Phone: (867) 668-8735
Fax: (867) 668-8734
Email: aogden@yukoncollege.yk.ca
Mr. Carey Ogilvie
National Coordinator, Northern Ecosystem - Northern Corporate Affairs
Environment Canada
Phone: (867) 669-4737
Fax: (867) 873-8185
Email: carey.ogilvie@ec.gc.ca
Dr. Chris Paci
Manager/Advisor
Dene Nation/Arctic Athabasacan Council-Canada
Phone: (867) 873-4081
Cell: (867) 444-3949
Fax: (867) 920-2254
Email: cpaci@denenation.com
Mark Raizenne
Project Director for the CIHR Environmental Impacts on Health Initiative
Health Canada
Email: mraizenne@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
Dr. Jeff Reading
Scientific Director
CIHR - Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health
Phone: (416) 946-5634
Cell: (416) 409-9375
Fax: (416) 946-8055
Email: jreading@uvic.ca; tb.jacobs@utoronto.ca
Daryl Rock
Director, Strategic Programs and Joint Initiatives Division
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Phone: (613) 992-3027
Email: Daryl.Rock@sshrc.ca
David Roddick
Senior Advisor
Arctic Athabaskan Council
Phone: (867) 393-9237
Fax: (867) 668-6577
Email: droddick@cyfn.net; dave_roddick@hotmail.com
Clint Sawicki
Coordinator
Northern Research Institute
Phone: (867) 668-8772
Fax: (867) 668-8805
Email: csawicki@yukoncollege.yk.ca
Ed Schultz
Grand Chief
Arctic Athabaskan Council
Email: eschultz@cyfn.net
Dr. David J. Scott
Manager, Northern Resources Development Program, Geological Survey of Canada (GSC)
Natural Resources Canada
Phone: (613) 992-3218
Fax: (613) 995-7322
Email: David_J.Scott@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca; djscott@NRCan.gc.ca
Lauren Small
Manager, International Relations/Earth Observation and Environmental Affairs
Canadian Space Agency
Phone: (450) 926-4329, ext. 68
Fax: (450) 926-4362
Email: lauren.small@space.gc.ca
Laura Spicer
Environmental Specialist, Funding Services
Indian and Northern Affairs
Phone: (867) 667-3326
Fax: (867) 667-3387
Email: spicerl@ainc-inac.gc.ca
Professor Adrian Tanner
Honorary Research Professor, Department of Anthropology
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Phone: (709) 737-8868
Fax: (709) 737-8686
Email: atanner@mun.ca
Dr. Frank James Tester
Associate Professor, School of Social Work and Family Studies
University of British Columbia
Phone: (604) 738-1013
Fax: (604) 822-8656
Email: ftester@interchange.ubc.ca
Ginette Thomas
Project Director, Rural and Northern Health Research Initiative, Cross-Cutting Initiatives
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Phone: (613) 954-0616
Fax: (613) 715-3071
Email: GThomas@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
Jon Thorleifson
Directorate of Science and Technology Maritime 5
Defence R&D Canada
Phone: (613) 995-5753
Fax: (613) 990-1205
Email: jon.thorleifson@drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Danielle Trépanier
Research Analyst, Northern Secretariat
Health Canada
Phone: (613) 952-8614
Fax: (613) 954-9935
Email: danielle_trepanier@hc-sc.gc.ca
Don Trudeau
First Nation Elder
Selkirk First Nation
Phone: (867) 537-3331
Fax: (867) 537-3902
Email: dtrudeau@northwestel.net
Jay Van Oostdam
Epidemiological Advisor, Safe Environments Program, Management of Toxic Substances Division
Health Canada
Phone: (613) 941-3570
Fax: (613) 941-9238
Email: Jay_Van_Oostdam@hc-sc.gc.ca
Jody Butler Walker
Principal
Yukon Public Health / J.B. Walker & Associates Consulting
Phone: (867) 393-3036
Fax: (867) 668-5543
Email: walkerrj@internorth.com
Dr. Jill Watkins
Environmental Scientist, Northern Science and Contaminants Research Directorate
Indian and Northern Affairs
Phone: (819) 997-0663
Fax: (819) 953-9066
Email: watkinsj@ainc-inac.gc.ca
Sally Webber
President
Yukon College
Phone: (867) 668-8704
Fax: (867) 668-8896
Email: swebber@yukoncollege.yk.ca
Dr. Brent B. Wolfe
Assistant Professor and NSERC Northern Research Chair, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
Wilfrid Laurier University
Phone: (519) 884.0710 x 3470
Fax: (519) 725.1342
Email: bwolfe@wlu.ca
Kue Young
Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences and CIHR Senior Investigator
University of Toronto
Phone: (416) 978-6459
Cell: (416) 436-9876
Fax: (416) 978-8299
Email: kue.young@utoronto.ca
JoAnne Zamparo
Associate Professor, Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research
Lakehead University
Phone: (807) 343-8972
Fax: (807) 346-7727
Email: joanne.zamparo@lakeheadu.ca; jzamparo@lakeheadu.ca
Richard Zieba
Senior Economist, Investment and Economic Analysis Division, Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development
Government of the Northwest Territories
Phone: (867) 920-3185
Fax: (867) 873-0101
Email: Richard_Zieba@gov.nt.ca
