ArcticNorth Consulting was established by James Ford (PhD) and Tristan Pearce (PhD) to assist communities, businesses, and industry adapt to a changing climate. Dr. James Ford and Tristan Pearce are award winning scientists with extensive experience working with communities, governments, NGOs, and First Nations Groups across Canada and internationally on climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning. Their work has been disseminated in scholarly journals, books, policy reports, and major international publications (e.g. IPCC Fourth Assessment Report). Together with a network of leading scientists, ArcticNorth Consulting brings exceptional expertise and professionalism to every project.
Dr. James Ford (PhD, MA, BA)
PhD University of Guelph
BA, MA University of Oxford
CV (PDF)
Personal web-page
Tristan Pearce (PhD, MA, BA)
PhD University of Guelph
MA University of Guelph
BA University of Northern British Columbia
CV (PDF)
Researchers
Amanda Caron (BA)
BA McGill University
Amanda Caron graduated in 2008 from McGill University with a BA in Geography and has been working for ArcticNorth Consulting since the summer of 2009. She is currently working with two communities in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region on adaptation planning for climate change. She is particularly interested in the potential for traditional knowledge to enrich non-traditional institutions in the North, such as compulsory schooling, environmental management, and political decision-making.
Melanie Irvine (BS)
MSc Candidate, Geography
Memorial University
Melanie began working with ArcticNorth in the summer of 2010. She is working with the communities of Ulukhaktok and Paulatuk in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region on infrastructure-related adaptation planning for climate change. Her main research interests include interactions between the human and physical environments, risk and adaptaiton, environmental change, geomorphology, arctic environments, and climate.
Katelyn Friendship (MA, BS Hons.)
MA, Geography
Trent University
Katelyn joined the ArcticNorth team in the summer of 2009. She has been working with the community of Aklavik in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region on adaptation planning related to climate change. Katelyn is interested in environment and health issues facing communities in the North. Currently living in the Yukon and working as a consultant (www.ravenquest.ca), Katelyn has been working on a variety of projects related to food security, climate cahnge, contaminants, and health across the Candadian North.
Bill Patrick Kudlak
Research Assistant & Community Liaison
Paulatuk, NWT
Bill has assisted with all facets of the Paulatuk Climate Change Adaptation Plan project, from organizing workshops, to note-taking, to reviewing reports, to liaising with local organizations. A long-time Paulatuk resident, Bill considers himself “A proud Inuvialuit, preserving our land and helping our community to better ourselves.”
Collaborators
Frank Duerden
Frank Duerden is Emeritus Professor in the Department Geography at Ryerson University He has long standing interest and practical experience in the field of land and resource issues in northern and rural regions. He has advised a number of First Nations on a wide range of land and resource issues, and worked on land claims and land-use planning in northern Canada on environmental assessment in British Columbia, on Maori resource rights, and on land-use planning in northern Russia. He has written on sustainable development in northern Canada, northern land–use planning, land-claims, and economic development, and applications of geotechnology. Recently he has investigated community impacts of climate change in the Mackenzie Beaufort region, Yukon mining sector, and is currently involved in assessing community vulnerabilities to climate change in the Yukon. His primary interest is in applied research and the translation of concepts and ideas to the world of application.
e-mail: fduerden@gmail.com
phone: 416 698 7710
Former Researchers
Tanya R. Smith B.A. (Hons.)
Tanya worked as a research associate for Arctic North Consulting from 2008 to 2010. She worked on various interdisciplinary projects including “Adaptation planning to climate change in two Inuvialuit communities – Ulukhaktok and Paulatuk”, for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, and investigating the relationship between climate change and the Canadian mining industry for the David Suzuki Foundation. She is now pursuing a Masters degree at the London School of Economics.