Publications

Research published in peer-reviewed journals to highlight key results and new understanding. The papers below are the result of research across all the projects in the CINUK Programme. They are sortable by project, year and by lead author, and searchable by title.

• Callum Pearce , Helen Wheeler (2025). “‘Animals we’ve never seen before’: Historical wildlife management and Indigenous relations with beavers in the mainland Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Canada.” History and Anthropology, 1–20. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02757206.2025.2562809

  Associated project: BARIN - socio-ecological resilience

• Jackie Dawson , Alison Cook, Jean E. Holloway, Luke Copland (2022). “Analysis of changing levels of ice strengthening (ice class) among vessels operating in the Canadian Arctic over the past 30 years.” ARCTIC, 75(4), 413-430 doi: https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic75553

  Associated project: IQP-ASR - Arctic shipping risks

• Nicolien van Luijk , Natalie Ann Carter, Jackie Dawson, Colleen Parker, Kayla Grey, Jennifer Provencher & Alison Cook (2022). “Community-Identified risks to hunting, fishing, and gathering (harvesting) activities from increased shipping activity in Inuit Nunangat, Canada..” Regional Environmental Change. 22 (1), 1-15 doi: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-022-01894-3

  Associated project: IQP-ASR - Arctic shipping risks

• Henry Huntington , Julia Olsen, Eduard Zdor, Andrey Zagorskiy, Hyoung Chul Shin, Olga Romanenko, Bjorn Kaltenborn, Jackie Dawson, Jeremy Davies, Erin Abou-Abbsi (2023). “Effects of Arctic commercial shipping on environments and communities: context, governance, priorities.” Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 118, May 2023, 103731 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2023.103731

  Associated project: IQP-ASR - Arctic shipping risks

• Louise Mercer , Deva-Lynn Pokiak, Dustin Whalen, Michael Lim, and Paul James Mann (2024). “Empowering Indigenous-Led Contaminant Monitoring through Collaborative Partnerships and Two-Way Capacity Sharing.” Arctic Science, 23 October 2024 doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2023-0079

  Associated project: Nuna - Changing ground conditions, Community resilience, technological solutions

• Louise Mercer , Dustin Whalen, Deva-Lynn Pokiak, Michael Lim and Paul J Mann (2023). “Ensuring continuity and impact in Arctic monitoring: a solution-orientated model for community-based environmental research.” Louise Mercer et al 2023 Environ. Res.: Ecology 2 045001 doi: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-664X/ad0241

  Associated project: Nuna - Changing ground conditions, Community resilience, technological solutions

• Betty Boyse , Melody S. Clark, Ian M. Carr, Alison J. Cook, Philippe Archambault, Jean E. Holloway, Zhewen Luo, Michael Milton, Mathieu Roy, Jackie Dawson, Victoria L. Peck (2025). “Expanding Monitoring Capacity for Potential Invasive Species in Arctic Canada With Environmental DNA Metabarcoding.” Global Change Biology, Volume 31, Issue 9, September 2025 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70452

  Associated project: IQP-ASR - Arctic shipping risks

• Morgan J. Martin , William D. Halliday, John J. Citta, Lori Quakenbush, Lois Harwood, Ellen V. Lea, Francis Juanes, Jackie Dawson, Adrian Nicoll, and Stephen J. Insley (2023). “Exposure and behavioral responses of tagged bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) to vessels in the Pacific Arctic.” Arctic Science, 27 March 2023, https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2022-0052 doi: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2022-0052

  Associated project: IQP-ASR - Arctic shipping risks

• William Halliday , Nicole Le Baron, John J. Citta, Jackie Dawson, Thomas Doniol-Valcroze, Megan Ferguson, Steven H. Ferguson, Sarah Fortune, Lois A. Harwood, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Ellen V. Lea, Lori Quakenbush, Brent G. Young, David Yurkowski, Stephen J. Insey (2022). “Overlap between bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) and vessel traffic in the North American Arctic and implications for conservation and management.” Biological Conservation, 276, 109820 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109820

  Associated project: IQP-ASR - Arctic shipping risks

• Alison Cook , Jackie Dawson, Stephen E. L. Howell, Jean E. Holloway & Mike Brady (2024). “Sea ice choke points reduce the length of the shipping season in the Northwest Passage.” Communications Earth & Environment volume 5, Article number: 362 (2024) doi: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01477-6

  Associated project: IQP-ASR - Arctic shipping risks