Supported by Rolex as part of its Perpetual Planet Initiative and anchored by National Geographic Explorers, the field research involves expeditions to all five ocean basins — the Arctic, Pacific, Southern, Atlantic and Indian — that will integrate cutting-edge science and local ecological knowledge to examine the causes and impacts of marine systems change while developing bold and innovative solutions in collaboration with coastal communities.

Dr. Kristina Brown, a National Geographic Explorer, is working in the Sherman Basin, which is located in the Kitikmeot Sea in the southern Canadian Arctic. This region and Dr. Brown’s research are important in understanding the marine food security of the local Inuit.

Dr. Brown has been conducting oceanographic studies on board the Arctic Research Foundation’s R/V Martin Bergmann and is collaborating closely with the community of Gjoa Haven in an effort to support sustaining marine food security in the face of a rapidly changing and warming Arctic Ocean.

The objectives and outcomes of the Perpetual Planet Ocean Expeditions aim to deepen our understanding of this essential ecosystem while generating solutions in support of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

To learn more about this project, use this link: https://news.nationalgeographic.org/national-geographic-society-and-rolex-announce-ambitious-exploration-encompassing-all-five-regions-of-the-global-ocean/

To learn more about Perpetual Planet Expeditions, use this link: http://natgeo.org/perpetualplanetexpeditions

• Global TV News: Why we can see tornado warnings when tornadoes are not actually reported or on the ground, https://globalnews.ca/news/11298982/tornado-alert-pings-winnipeg-phones-despite-no-warning-for-the-area/ (July 22, 2025)
• CJOB Jim Toth program: tornado prediction and Winnipeg warning. https://globalnews.ca/national/program/the-jim-toth-show/ (July 22, 2025)
• CBC online article about hailstorms and hail research: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/project-icechip-hail-storms-damage-1.7588453 (July 20, 2025)
• CTV Winnipeg local news, 20th anniversary of Storm Chasing Course:
  https://www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/video/2025/07/18/u-of-m-storm-chasing-learning-experience/ (July 17, 2025)

The course focuses on the science behind severe weather, including storm analysis, diagnosis, prognosis, and nowcasting (short-term forecasting). Students begin by examining surface and upper-air data to understand the conditions that can lead to storm development. From there, they apply forecasting tools such as computer models and radar systems to predict potential storm activity.

A digital map displays various information on weather tracking.

“In the classroom, students learn the main atmospheric ingredients that lead to tornadic storms, the tools and methods used to predict them as well as nowcasting techniques to increase their chances of seeing tornadic storms,” says Dr. Hanesiak. “Exercises in class mimic the analysis necessary to make predictions and to selecting the best target areas for storm chasing opportunities. The 8-9 day field trip puts students’ newly found skills to the test. This includes working in small groups/teams for morning weather analysis followed by student weather briefings that explain where and why they selected their main tornadic storm target area(s) for the day. Instructors provide feedback and their own analysis for comparison. The rest of the day is spent driving to the initial target area then using nowcasting techniques to refine the threat area(s), with the hope of witnessing storms and possible tornadoes.”

As the course has spanned over 20 years, the technology used has drastically changed. Back in 2005, access to the internet and technology was bleak, leading to many stops at restaurants and libraries that offered free Wi-Fi. When asked about the most significant changes in available technology, Dr. Hanesiak shared the following, observing a more noticeable shift within the last 10 years:

“…The three biggest leaps forward for storm chasers over the last 10 years is (1) many websites that provide excellent weather data, (2) real-time continuous cell and weather data in vehicles as you drive, and (3) weather apps available for cell phones and tablets/iPads. Another big leap for our course was being able to have large monitors in each van that were connected to our laptops/iPads so students could see real-time weather information as we drove to a target area – this vastly improved our teaching ability.”

A group of students are preparing for the field by looking at various maps and data.

This year’s trip was the longest ever, spanning over 7400km in 8 days. The class saw 4 tornadoes and several good storms throughout the trip, experiencing different and intense warnings, such as sirens and phone alarms. When speaking about the encounter students had with such fascinating formations, Dr. Hanesiak added the following:

 “Safety is always top priority. If tornadoes are present, we like to stay within a few kilometers if possible, however, there have been times where the road network got us closer than we would have liked! Nonetheless, we always manage to stay safe. Students usually come away saying this is the best course they have ever taken. This is due to the practical skills they learn that can be applied for the rest of their life, whether they choose a weather related career or not.”

Use the following link to read more about the 20^th anniversary trip.

Check out this interview from CTV News with Dr. Hanesiak and student Jaydon Svensson discussing the latest trip: U of M storm chasing learning experience – CTVNews

To enroll in the course, students must have at least taken GEOG 2300, but preferably GEOG 3310 as well (GEOG 4300 also helps), or other related courses from other universities if applying from outside UM. To apply, contact Dr. John Hanesiak (John.Hanesiak@umanitoba.ca). 

For the past 15 years, Dr. Stephane McLachlan from the UM Department of Environment and Geography has led efforts in relationship-building and networking with Indigenous communities necessary to establish the program across Manitoba.

Grade 7 and 8 students at Arthur A. Leach school created this tile mosaic with artist Ursula Neufeld depicting water teachings by Elder Lucy Ducharme during a 3-part PromoScience workshop. (photo by Ashley Wolfe)

“Indigenous youth are substantially underrepresented in the natural sciences and engineering, accounting for less than 3% of postsecondary students in related fields today,” says McLachlan.

“Through the Kiskinhamakiwin program, we’re trying to proactively address the longstanding systemic barriers and create a more inclusive educational landscape by integrating both Indigenous Knowledge with STEM fields.”

An expanding partnership of communities and educators

With this renewed funding, the program will extend its network of partner communities and educators beyond its initial scope. The cross-cultural mentorship-model will be extended into an urban context through new partnerships with schools across the province and three school divisions, Frontier, Pembina Trails and Seven Oaks. Partnering postsecondary institutions also include UM and University College of the North.

“Urban and rural/northern classes will be “twinned” to facilitate shared learning and cultural exchanges,” says McLachlan. “Guided by the concept of “braided” or “two-eyed seeing”, which values both environmental sciences and Indigenous Knowledge, we strive to provide Indigenous youth with sustained learning and personal growth opportunities and contribute to reconciliation.”

Beading is Math. Ashley Wolfe shares lessons passed down by Metis Knowledge Keeper Carole Frechette about pattern making, bead estimates, and geometry. (photo by Gail Ledoux)

The initiative will also benefit from collaboration with the Wa Ni Ska Tan community research alliance and annual regional youth camps in partnership with community organizations including the Misipawistik Youth and Elders Whichtotan Camp and Debwendon. Camp activities will be complemented by group visits to nearby universities and additional online resources will be generated for use in classrooms across the province and beyond.

Ashley Wolfe is a Land-Based Educator and Community Coordinator in the Environmental Conservation Lab and is the current Cultural Coordinator for the Indigenous Student Center. Wolfe has the traditional name White Thunderbird Woman, her maternal line is of Cree and German descent from the Selkirk St. Peter’s Region and her father’s line descends from Ireland.

“It’s an honour working with youth and Elders to raising awareness about the importance of water through an Indigenous Knowledges perspective,” says Wolfe. “Through the Environmental Conservation Lab, I work with communities to make water testing and environmental monitoring accessible. With PromoScience, we started school divisions last year in hopes of bringing land-based education to schools.”

Uniting Indigenous and western science education

Early year Kiskinhamakiwin classes will focus on arts- and land-based activities, which will be shared virtually. Middle school classes will characterize nearby vegetation and wildlife in field studies of plants, birds and small mammals.

Suncatchers are left to freeze overnight at Ecole Crane. (photo by Ashley Wolfe)

Senior year classes will further quantify how and why the environment has been changing which will be presented in twinned classes and summarized as technical reports that can be shared online.

Annual funding from UM further augments student engagement with campus visits, support with transportation and stipends for student mentors. The ever-expanding member network now includes more than 30 host communities across Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario, along with schools and tribal councils based in Winnipeg and Thompson.

“This meaningful investment underscores UM’s strategic research commitment to advancing research with, by and for Indigenous Peoples in meaningful ways and providing solutions for society,” says Dr. Mario Pinto, Vice-President (Research and International). “I congratulate Dr. McLachlan and the expanded network of community and educational partners for their commitment to building a brighter future for rural and northern youth across Manitoba.”

With a strong foundation and ongoing federal support, Kiskinhamakiwin is set to continue its mission of uniting Indigenous and western science education, paving the way for a more inclusive and diverse future in STEM fields and postsecondary education as a whole.

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The landscape as seen from Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania.

Although it became famous as “Olduvai Gorge,” the name is a misnomer: it is correctly referred to as “Oldupai Gorge,” named for a spiky flowering plant that grows commonly in the region. In the early 1900s, German geologist Hans Reck discovered the fossils of 17,000-year-old human ancestors in Oldupai Gorge. Teams led by famous archeologists Louis and Mary Leakey spent decades working here, uncovering stone tools and hominin fossils (members of our own taxonomic tribe) dating back about two million years.

Oldupai Gorge continues to yield important findings about hominin evolution. University of Manitoba Earth Sciences professor Paul Durkin contributes to this work as part of the Stone Tools, Diet, and Sociality at the Dawn of Humanity (SDS) project.

I had lunch with Paul in Fall of 2022 to chat about mutual interests; I’d started as a professor in the Department of Environment and Geography during the Covid-19 pandemic, and hadn’t yet had the chance to hear much about Paul’s work.

Paul is a sedimentologist, and he told me about the projects he’s been leading on sedimentary and river systems in Canada, using a variety of techniques including mapping with Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems. He also mentioned his work in Tanzania, which piqued my interest. I was in the midst of planning a safari to Kenya and Tanzania with seven other members of my family – our itinerary was set, and I was eager to hear what he could tell me about the travel experience. As we chatted, we realized that my family would be passing within a couple kilometers of the SDS field site, at a time Paul was planning to be in the field. He very generously invited us to visit the field site and learn more about his work.

Visiting Oldupai Gorge

Tanzanian safaris consist mostly of dirt roads, and the route to Oldupai Gorge is no exception. We traveled south out of Serengeti and watched the landscape get drier, until we turned off the main road to drive out onto a dusty plateau. At the end of the public road, past scrubby trees and the occasional giraffe, is a recently renovated museum at the edge of a beautiful gorge. We spent a little while learning about the important fossils displayed there, including the famous 1.75 million-year-old skull of Paranthropous boisei discovered by Mary Leakey in 1959.

The skull of Paranthropus boisei in the Olduvai Gorge Museum.

From there, we met Paul and a couple other field-team members, who had driven up from their field site in a truck to meet us at the gate. We drove off the public roads and onto the tracks that lead into the gorge itself. Steep terrain of sometimes bare rock and sometimes sand made for challenging driving that our safari vehicles were, fortunately, well-equipped to handle. About half an hour down the road we could see a cloud of dust and a group of workers.

The Excavation Site

Members of the SDS team are systematically excavating several sites at different levels – corresponding to different sediment ages – on the edge of the gorge. The team is working to better understand the environments that early hominins experienced and how those hominins adapted to their environment using stone tools.

Excavations at the edge of the gorge.

Paul’s role is to analyze the sediments in which the fossils are found. Fossils are preserved at Oldupai Gorge because this is an area where sediments were collecting at the time that early hominins lived here. The layers of soft sediment and rock in the gorge include deposits from a large lake that came and went with streams on its edges, along with volcanic layers.

Paul and a team of graduate students he works with spend lots of time mapping the various geologic units in the region. Then, they take samples and detailed measurements of the various types and size of sediments, which help them reconstruct the environment where early hominins lived. In 2021, their team discovered the oldest record of Hominin occupation and documented the earliest tools they were using.

Although Oldupai Gorge has yielded many important hominin fossils and is one of the richest sites ever discovered, hominin fossils are still extremely rare. The team doesn’t expect to discover any themselves. However, their excavation sites are still filled with fossils. Paul casually pointed out several bones from an ancient Bovidae just sticking out of the edge of the cliff.

The variety of fossils helps the team learn more about the environment in ancient Oldupai Gorge. More importantly, the team has uncovered many stone tools that reveal the adaptability of ancient human relatives to their changing environment.

A transect that Paul and PhD student Stephen Magohe (UCalgary) excavated and analyzed, measuring sediment types and sizes in each layer.

Paul pointing out a fossilized Bovidae bone in the cliff.

The SDS Camp

After spending some time telling us about the geology and the work at the excavation site, Paul took us to their camp, which we had passed on our way down the gorge.

Scientists, students, technicians, cooks, and other members of the team camp in tents during the season. Some come for a few weeks at a time, while others might be there for a few months. Along with sleeping tents, the team has a kitchen tent, and tents for storage, science, and a solar charging setup. While the landscape may seem a bit inhospitable, the team was more than welcoming, and a cold drink in the shade was very pleasant.

SDS is a multi-disciplinary and multi-national project, including partners from Canada, Tanzania, and other institutes in North America, Africa, and Europe. Their important work is shedding light on the heritage of all of humanity. It is a complex logistical endeavour that requires the dedicated efforts of many groups of people, and it was a privilege for us to get to visit and see the work in action.

Oldupai plants in the foreground with some of the team’s tents in the background.

SDS is aiming to expand their scope and capabilities with a New Frontiers in Research Fund Transformation Grant application for funding a multi-national interdisciplinary project called ‘Dawn: Tracing the Nature of Early Human Life’.

“I congratulate these researchers on their success in expanding the scope and impacts of their research programs,” said Dr. Mario Pinto, Vice-President (Research and International). “Through this funding, UM will continue to attract and support outstanding researchers equipped with the cutting-edge tools and facilities they need to tackle society’s most pressing challenges.”

JELF is a funding initiative by CFI that supports universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research institutions across Canada. The program provides infrastructure funding to enhance the research capacity of institutions by assisting in acquiring state-of-the-art equipment and facilities necessary for world-leading research and innovation.

The UM recipients include:

Dr. Karen Alley

Dr. Karen Alley, assistant professor, Centre for Earth Observation Science, Environment and Geography: Imaging Inaccessible Ice: Glacier Monitoring at the Ice-Ocean Interface

Funding: $158,883

Predicting sea-level rise is difficult due to risks in observing ice crevasses and calving events where glaciers meet ocean waters. Alley seeks to use new automated vehicles and sonar imaging to close this gap. The project will train students and provide open data to support global climate science research.

Dr. Miguel Uyaguari-Diaz

Dr. Miguel Uyaguari-Diaz, assistant professor / Indigenous scholar, Microbiology: Promoting equitable access to safe water in First Nations and urban communities by assessing water safety and security

Funding: $114,578

Uyaguari seeks to identify pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in water facilities and aquatic environments surrounding First Nation communities of Manitoba. This infrastructure will provide new experimental tools enabling comparison with urban counterparts. Uyaguari’s long-term goal is to develop diagnostic tools to identify health risks and facilitate rapid pollution prevention.

Dr. Xiaopeng Gao

Dr. Xiaopeng Gao, assistant professor, Soil Science: Optimizing Soil Fertility Management for Better Grain Nutritional Quality

Funding: $160,000

Intensification of high-yield crops has resulted in depletion of micronutrients in cereal crops. Gao seeks to use this newly funded infrastructure to simulate climate change scenarios and provide multi-disciplinary training for highly qualified personnel. This research supports improved production of value-added grain products, bringing economic benefits to producers across Canada.

Dr. Cristina M. Rosell

Dr. Cristina M. Rosell, professor and department head, Food and Human Nutritional Sciences: Platform maximizing the value of co-products from plant-protein processing

Funding: $157,258

The production of high-purity protein concentrates also creates wasted nonprotein co-products. The Rosell lab seeks sustainably transform these co-products into a new generation of healthy cereal-based foods. This research will help to alleviate environmental and economic impacts and improve the circular economy of the plant protein industry in Canada.

Dr. Paul Marcogliese

Dr. Robert Beattie

Dr. Paul Marcogliese and Dr. Robert Beattie, assistant professors, Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Max Rady College of Medicine: Functional Integration of Neurogenetics in Development & Disease.

Funding: $345,000

More effective treatments are needed for nervous system disorders affecting movement. The Marcogliese and Beattie labs have found synergies with fly and mouse models to explore new diagnostic and treatment measures. To translate their findings, this funding provides high-resolution imaging tools that will directly benefit patients in Canada and beyond.

Dr. Asher Mendelson

Dr. Asher Mendelson, assistant professor, Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine: Microvascular Physiology, Exercise, and Muscle Research Facility for Studying Critical Illness

Funding: $156,670

Patients that survive ICU admission often have weakness in their muscles, which may be related to inadequate oxygen delivery by small blood vessels. To prevent long-term disability and improve our ability to monitor the microcirculation, Mendelson seeks to establish a new exercise research facility dedicated to recovery after critical illness.

For more information on the CFI-JELF fund, please visit Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).

Paul Durkin, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences – Award of Excellence for Undergraduate Teaching

Dean Stephan Pflugmacher Lima (left) pictured with Teaching Award recipient Paul Durkin (right).

Paul Durkin is a hard-working and patient educator within the Riddell Faculty’s Department of Earth Sciences. He is passionate about a field-based approach to learning through the use of innovative and analytical technologies.

Dr. Durkin’s research aims to extract vital information from the sedimentary record to resolve and understand the temporal and spatial context of the significant discoveries and time periods throughout Earth’s history. 

Dr. Durkin is also the lead investigator for the Rivers to Rocks research group. They tackle projects spanning across the globe. This includes research from the “badlands” of Dinosaur Provincial Park, where they study the evolution of Late Cretaceous rivers in context to dinosaur discoveries. Rivers to Rocks also analyzes the impact of extreme flooding on the Assiniboine River in southwestern Manitoba, and the paleoenvironmental reconstructions of habitats in rift-basin sediments of Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania.

“I like to be challenged, so [Paul Durkin’s] teaching strategy keeps me motivated and almost always, I would come out of our discussion with much more knowledge.” -Katrina, Honours Student

Congratulations, Paul! The Riddell Faculty is honoured to have your drive and expertise as a part of our team.

Karen Alley, Assistant Professor, Department of Environment & Geography – Award of Excellence for Graduate Teaching

Dean Stephan Pflugmacher Lima (left) pictured with Teaching Award recipient Karen Alley (right).

Karen Alley is an enthusiastic and thoughtful educator within the Riddell Faculty’s Department of Environment & Geography. In her research, she is passionate about understanding how the world’s glaciers and ice sheets are contributing to sea-level rise in a warming climate.

Dr. Alley is fascinated by the ice-ocean interactions that control the stabilization of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets. This includes many small ice caps and glaciers. Her work has focused on the nature of melting beneath the floating ice shelves surrounding the Antarctic continent, which alters the rate of ice delivery to the ocean.

Currently, Dr. Alley’s interests have expanded to include other processes from different ice-stream boundaries. Most of her work is carried out through satellite remote sensing techniques and through the collection of field data.

“Dr. Alley was one of the best instructors I’ve ever had. She is very clearly dedicated to teaching and puts a lot of time into preparing. She is passionate about the subject and more than happy to share her own experiences with different cryospheric features, whether it be Thwaites glacier or just rock rings that she found near town in Resolute.” -David Babb, Research Associate

Congratulations, Karen! It is a privilege for the Riddell Faculty to learn from you.

CRCs are world leaders in their field funded by the Government of Canada in the areas of natural sciences and engineering, health sciences, and social sciences and humanities. “These symposia were a wonderful opportunity for researchers to get to know each other’s specialties, and to spark new collaborations with students and the wider community,” says Mario Pinto, Vice-President (Research and International). “I thank all the CRCs for their groundbreaking contributions to address the issues faced by society today.”

This thought-provoking look at current UM research is available to view online, each featuring a brief presentation from the gathered CRCs followed by a question-and-answer period with the audience.

CRC Symposium 1, February 2, 2023 – Fort Garry Campus

Featuring presentations from: Heather Armstrong, Chair in Integrative Bioscience; Guozhen Zhu, Chair in Mechanical and Functional Design of Nanostructured Materials; Trust Beta, Chair in Grain-Based Functional Foods; Eric Collins, Chair in Arctic Marine Microbial Ecosystem Services; Britt Drögemöller, Chair in Pharmacogenomics & Precision Medicine; Ned Budisa, Chair in Chemical Synthetic Biology and Xenobiology; Lori Wilkinson, Chair in Migration Futures; Jason Kindrachuk, Chair in Epidemiology and Global Public Health; Sabine Mai, Chair in Genomic Instability and Nuclear Architecture in Cancer; Jörg Stetefeld, Chair in Structural Biology and Biophysics; Carl Ho, Chair in Efficient Utilization of Electric Power; and Nandika Bandara, Chair in Food Proteins.

CRC Symposium 2, February 27, 2023 – Bannatyne Campus

Featuring presentations from: Tracie Afifi, Chair in Childhood Adversity and Resilience; Robert Lorway, Chair in Global Intervention Politics and Social Transformation; Janilyn Arsenio, Chair in Systems Biology of Chronic Inflammation; Puyan Mojabi, Chair in Electromagnetic Inversion for Characterization and Design; Annette Desmarais, Chair in Human Rights, Social Justice and Food Sovereignty; Zulma Rueda, Chair in Program Sciences & Global Public Health; and Kathryn Sibley, Chair in Integrated Knowledge Translation in Rehabilitation Sciences.

CRC Symposium 3, March 28, 2023 – Fort Garry Campus

Featuring presentations from: Ties Boerma, Chair in Population and Global Health; Kiera Ladner, Chair in Miyo we’citowin, Indigenous Governance & Digital Sovereignties; Rotimi Aluko, Chair in Bioactive Peptides; Zahra Moussavi, Chair in Biomedical Engineering; Terry Klassen, Chair in Clinical Trials; and Galen Wright, Chair in Neurogenomics.

CRC Symposium 4, April 24, 2023 – Bannatyne Campus

Featuring presentations from: Lisa Lix, Chair in Methods for Electronic Health Data Quality; John Ataguba, Chair in Health Economics; Nicole Wilson, Chair in Arctic Environmental Change and Governance; Lorrie Kirshenbaum, Chair in Molecular Cardiology; Meghan Azad, Chair in Developmental Origins of Chronic Disease; and Kristine Cowley, Chair in Function and Health after Spinal Cord Injury.

CRC Symposium 5, May 16, 2023 – Fort Garry Campus

Featuring presentations from: Kristina Brown, Chair in Arctic Marine Biogeochemistry; Nicole Rosen, Chair in Language Interactions; Robert Mizzi, Chair in Queer, Community & Diversity Education; Samar Safi-Harb, Chair in Extreme Astrophysics; and Susan Logue, Chair in Cell Stress and Inflammation.

CRC Symposium 6, June 19, 2023 – Bannatyne Campus

Featuring presentations from: Andrew Halayko, Chair in Chronic Lung Disease Pathobiology and Treatment; Colin Gilmore, Chair in Applied Electromagnetic Inversion; James Blanchard, Chair in Epidemiology and Global Public Health; Marcelo Urquia, Chair in Applied Population Health; and Souradet Shaw, Chair in Program Science & Global Public Health.

Figure 1. The cover image for “I Will Live for Both of Us” features Joan Scottie, an Inuk Elder, sitting outside on a rock against crashing waves.

Throughout the book, Joan shares the history and stories behind her community’s decade-long fight against uranium mining. Traditional Inuit laws surrounding resource management, the land, and animals are brought to the forefront while other conversations draw from Inuit experiences in residential schools, the politics of gold mining in Nunavut, and the nuclear industry altogether.

I Will Live for Both of Us provides a reflection on political and environmental history. “The authors bring detailed insights into the context of neoliberal resource extraction and ongoing processes of colonial dispossession, making the book of great interest for Inuit, Canadian, and international audiences, alike,” says Rebecca Hall in her review of the book for Canadian Journal of Development Studies. “The text, dynamic and accessible without forsaking depth, will certainly lend itself to research, classroom and popular reading. And its focus on historical and contemporary Inuit resistance will provide inspiration—and, indeed, a suite of tactics—for community organizers.”

Rebecca Hall’s complete review of I Will Live for Both of Us can be found here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02255189.2022.2142935

Citation and authors

Scottie, J., Bernauer, W., Hicks, J. (2022) I Will Live for Both of Us: A History of Colonialism, Uranium Mining, and Inuit Resistance. University of Manitoba Press. Paper, ISBN: 978-0-88755-265-6

Joan Scottie was born at a traditional Inuit camp in what is known today as Nunavut. She resides as an Inuk Elder living among the community of Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake). She has been a leading voice for Inuit opposition to uranium mining since the 1980s.

Warren Bernauer is a postdoctoral fellow at the Natural Resources Institute and the Department of Environment and Geography with the University of Manitoba’s Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources.

Jack Hicks is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine, at the University of Saskatchewan. He has worked for Inuit organizations for more than 30 years.

I Will Live for Both of Us has been published through the University of Manitoba Press and is featured in the series: Contemporary Studies on the North. It can be found here: https://uofmpress.ca/books/detail/i-will-live-for-both-of-us