The second in a series of workshops examining global change in the Arctic from a variety of perspectives. Topics include traditional knowledge and climate change, the implications of global change for northern vegetation and wildlife, its impacts on northern agricultural and hydro development, and research and policy development. Introduction by Josef Svoboda and Doris Nabert. Papers by Minnie Aodla Freeman; Peter Ernerk; Elaine Wheaton and Virginina Wittrock; Bhawan Singh and Pierre-David Trudel; Glen MacDonald, Chris Larsen, Julian Szeicz, and Kursti Dale; Josef Svoboda; Elisabeth Beaubien; Linda Mearns; Dennis Gignac and Dale Vitt; Ross Wein and Simon Landhäuser; Richard Ring; Hugh Boyd and Antony Diamond; Anne Gunn; Ian Stirling and Andrew Derocher; Tom Smith; Gary Mathison and Robert Christopherson; Ellen Bielawski and Barney Masuzumi; Stewart Cohen and Jamie Smith;

Rick Riewe's research interests include human interactions with climate change in the Hudson Bay Region; impacts of northern development upon circumpolar peoples; wildlife ecology; boreal ecology; northern wildlife management; northern native harvesting and utilization of wildlife; northern land claims; environmental impact assessment; and the ecology of prairie grasslandsl; wildlife products utilized by Circumpolar Aboriginal peoples; the roles of aboriginal women in the domestic economy; and the ethnology of Circumpolar Peoples. He received a Ph.D. in Zoology from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and the University of Manitoba.

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Dr. Oakes is Professor in the Department of Environment and Geology at the University of Manitoba. She studies the relationships between people, belief systems, and the environment. She is also interested in the meaning and importance of traditional activities, and works to document the traditional knowledge of First Nations elders.

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