Arviat - ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ

Arviat is located on the western shores of Hudson Bay, 200km north of Churchill, Manitoba. It is the second-largest community in Nunavut and the southernmost Hamlet. With a strong arts and crafts industry, the community is also becoming a center of mine training and employment for the Kivalliq Region. The community’s hunting and fishing range includes Arviat, Whale Cove, northern Manitoba, and the boarder with Northwest Territories. Much of the harvest is focused on land and freshwater species, including caribou and Arctic char.

The CRN research team visited the community in March 2018. Team members held participatory mapping workshops with the Hunters and Trappers Association, Hamlet staff, Elders, and other resource users, collecting observations on coastal health and changing coastal conditions. Participants provided all data illustrated on this map.

Coastal issues included: Impacts from contaminated areas; changes in species numbers and distribution patterns; impacts from researchers; and changing water/sea levels. Residents also noted that all water is shallower, especially where past fishing sites are. An island 60 miles east off the coast has also disappeared and walruses no longer beach there.

Community restoration priorities included: the replacement of community bridges, removal of a sunken bombardier, and the rehabilitation of shallow rivers.

To learn more about Arviat (English version), please download our research profile here. If you would like to view the Inuktitut version of our research profile, please download here.

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