Oceans North

In Labrador, Oceans North has partnered with the Nunatsiavut government to study a unique population of freshwater seals in the Torngat Mountain National Park. Oceans North has backed the efforts of the Nunavik community of Aupaluk to use traditional knowledge to document marine wildlife use of Ungava Bay in anticipation of increased industrial development; In the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Oceans North worked with the Inuvialuit Game Council on a three-year pilot program for community-based monitoring. Nationally, Oceans North has supported the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami's Nulliajut project to gather Inuit views of the Northwest Passage. Internationally, Oceans North worked with the Inuit Circumpolar Council in both Canada and Greenland to establish an Inuit-led commission that made recommendations on how best to protect Pikialaorsuaq, or the North Water polynya. A boy fishes near Paulatuuq (Paulatuk), Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories. Credit: Oceans North Oceans North