Research project
Research topics
- Human–environment interactions and global ecology
- Inuit food sovereignty and systems in the Arctic
- Adaptations to global changes in Arctic communities
- Impact of mining development on the health of caribou and people
- Comparative studies and intersections between Inuit/caribou and Saami/reindeer
- Adaptation strategies to climate change and the tourism industry in Quebec
- Participatory action research, collaborative studies and social engagement
- Information and communication technology applied to collaborative research
- Role of Indigenous tourism in the reclaiming of identity and culture and the self-determination of Indigenous peoples (thesis)
- Development conditions for ecotourism and sustainable tourism in regional planning
Research projects
Date / place : 2018–2022 / Canada
Funding : French Polar Institute (IPEV)
Position : Senior researcher, Coordinator of the BOAZU project
Description : BOAZU – a Sameby-driven research project investigating the cumulative impacts of environmental and social change on reindeer herding and the future for Saami youth.
Date / place : 2011–2018 / Canada
Funding : French Polar Institute (IPEV)
Position : Project coordinator for the CNRS Institute of Ecology and the Environment (INEE)
Description : TUKTU – Impact of mining on ecosystems, caribou herds and Inuit lifestyles in Baker Lake, Nunavut. Triangular research collaboration to develop alternative scenarios of change and equitable partnership.
Date / place : 2010–2019 / Canada
Funding : CNRS Institute of Ecology and the Environment
Position : Director of the Human–Environment Observatory (INEE-CNRS)
Description : Human–Environment Interactions Observatory (OHMI) in the Arctic – Feasibility study for and implementation of the international OHMI in Qamanit’uaq (Baker Lake), Nunavut.
Date / place : 2007–2010 / Sweden, Canada
Funding : French Polar Institute (IPEV)
Position : Marie Curie fellowship researcher
Description : ECOTRAD – Indigenous ecotourism, environmental and economic change, livelihoods and traditional knowledge: a comparative analysis between the caribou Inuit of Baker Lake in Nunavut and the Saami reindeer herders of Övre Soppero in northern Sweden.
Date / place : 2006–2009 / Canada
Employer : University of Montpellier III with an EU FP6 research grant
Position : Marie Curie fellowship researcher
Description : CBE-BCLM – Community-based Ecotourism, Biodiversity Conservation and Land Management.