Presentation Title: Climate Services in Canada's North:  Are we doing enough?
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Abstract :

Climate change is a preeminent threat to the cultural, economic and social vitality of Canada’s northern communities. Many of these regions lack appropriate infrastructure and climate services, and continue to cope with the burdens introduced by the ongoing legacies of settler colonialism. Anticipating and preparing for the risks of contemporary and future climate change requires integrated multidisciplinary research that incorporates Indigenous Knowledge but the success of future climate adaptation is contingent on core baseline information that is often lacking across much of the North. Many of Canada’s most at risk communities lack sufficient climate and weather monitoring infrastructure creating an ever increasing likelihood that unanticipated future environmental changes will lead to maladaptation and negative outcomes on communities. Building on over a decade of research in Canada’s North, Dr. Way offers commentary on the real world challenges for researchers and communities introduced by inadequate climate and weather monitoring infrastructure across the North. Providing insights and perspectives ranging from working with Arctic climate datasets to installing remote weather stations in Labrador Inuit communities, this talk will explore the gaps and potential opportunities for observing and preparing for changes in northern Canada’s climate.

Dr. Robert Way is a Kallunângajuk (Nunatsiavut) from central Labrador. He is currently an Assistant Professor and leads the Northern Environmental Geoscience Laboratory in the Department of Geography and Planning at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Way’s research programs focus on understanding and predicting the impacts of climate change on northern communities and ecosystems with a particular focus on northern Labrador. As an Indigenous northerner, Dr. Way’s experiences and relationships with community have profoundly shaped the 10+ years he has been working on issues related to climate change in Labrador.