Our Next MEETING

574th Meeting

January 14, 2025

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

1. Minutes of the 2024 Annual General Meeting.
2. Report of the Treasurer.
3. Report of the Nominating Committee and Election of Officers.
4. Other business.
5. Adjournment.
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OUR NEXT SPEAKER

Camille Slack

INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY IN THE INUVIALUIT SETTLEMENT REGION: IMPACTS OF THE INUVIK-TUKTOYAKTUK HIGHWAY

    Food security remains a persistent obstacle for Arctic communities, with 76% of Inuit aged fifteen and over in Inuit Nunangat experiencing some level of food insecurity. In response to challenges of geography, environment and sociology, alongside the need to increase access to resources and create opportunities for economic growth, road infrastructure development is increasingly favoured in the North. One example is the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway (ITH). Camille will examine local perspectives on the impacts of the ITH, including key trends connected to food access, harvesting, travel, and community well-being.

    Born in Elora, Ontario, Camille Slack holds  B.A., B.Ed. and M.A. degrees from Queen’s University. She has worked in different capacities with several northern education organizations, including the Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning in Yellowknife and the Students on Ice Foundation in Gatineau, Quebec. Currently, Camille is a Ph.D. student in Geography at the University of Ottawa. Her research studies form the basis of her talk, which follows the Annual General Meeting.

    The meeting will be held in the Beaver Lounge on the ground floor of the Warrant Officers’ and Sergeants’ Mess, 4 Queen Elizabeth Driveway, Ottawa. The Mess sits alongside Lisgar Collegiate, facing the Rideau Canal, and is accessible from the Driveway just south of the Laurier Bridge. Parking is available in front of the Mess and in adjacent lots and is free. The meeting begins at 2000 hrs and the bar will be available from 1930 hrs. As always, guests are welcome.

Members are reminded that membership dues for 2025 are now due.

Next meetings:
Jan 27    Karen Hamre: The Northwest Territories Protected Areas Strategy (virtual meeting on Zoom)

Feb 11    David Pantalony: Scientific instruments in the Arctic from the Ingenium collection

Mar 11   Michelle Gillis: Inuit self-determination in research and marine governance

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Thomas Frisch
Secretary
613 725 2221; tfrisch@sympatico.ca

NEW!

Two Zoom sessions are planned for the 2024-2025 Season. They will be aimed at our out-of-town members but would be open to our entire membership.

At the first of these Zoom meetings, Karen LeGresley Hamre, in Yellowknife, will speak on the NWT Protected Areas Strategy (PAS). Her talk is scheduled for Monday, January 27, 2025, at 7:00 pm Mountain Time (9:00 pm Eastern Time).