Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Boxes
List of Acronyms
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Fikret Berkes and Helen Fast
Section 1: Understanding the Issues: Learning from Experience
Feeding the Family in Times of Change
Heather Myers, Helen Fast, Mina Kislalioglu Berkes and Fikret Berkes
Sustainability and Vulnerability
Shirley Thompson
Ecosystem–based Management and Marine Environmental Quality Indicators in Northern Canada
Donald Cobb, Mina Kislalioglu Berkes and Fikret Berkes
Integrated Management Planning in Canada’s Western Arctic: An Adaptive Consultation Process
Helen Fast, Doug B. Chiperzak, Kelly J. Cott, and G.M. Elliott
Marine Stewardship and Canada’s Oceans Agenda in the Western Arctic: A Role for Youth
Michelle P. Schlag and Helen Fast
Section II: Responding and Adapting to New Challenges
A Place for Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Resource Management
Micheline Manseau, Brenda Parlee, and G. Burton Ayles
Understanding and Communicating about Ecological Change: Denesoline Indicators of Ecosystem Health
Brenda Parlee, Micheline Manseay, and Lustel K’e Dene First Nations
Wildlife Tourism at the Edge of Chaos: Complex Interactions Between Humans and Polar Bears in Churchill, Manitoba
R. Harvey Lemelin
Economic Development Based on Local Resources: Commerical Harvesting of Caribou on Southampton Island
Brock Junkin
Section III: Resilience and Institutions
Cross–scale Institutions and Building Resiliance in the Canadian North
Fikret Berkes, Nigel Bankes, Melissa Marschke, Derek Armitage, and Douglas Clark
Adaptive Co–management of Arctic Char in Nunavut Territory
Allan H. Kristofferson and Fikret Berkes
Unpacking Social Learning in Social–Ecological Systems: Case Studies of Polar Bear and Narwhal Management in Northern Canada
Alan Diduk, Nigel Bankes, Douglas Clark, and Derek Armitage
Exploring the Roles of Law an Hierarchy in Ideas of Resilience: Regulating Resource Harvesting in Nunavut
Moge; Bamles
Return of the Vikings: The Canadian–Danish Dispute over Hans Island – New Challenges for the Control of the Canadian North
Issues, Priorities, and Research Directions of Oceans Management in the Canadian North
Derek Armitage and Douglas Clarke
Conclusion: Integration, Innovation, and Participation
Rob Huebert, Micheline Manseau, and Alan Diduk
List of Authors
Index