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Arctic songbirds help Iqaluit youth learn conservation skills close to home

Grad student teachingGraduate student Angelina Kemp delivering place-based environmental science materials to Iqaluimmiut youth. (Courtesy of Patricia Rokitnicki/University of Windsor)

By Sara Elliott

In Iqaluit, Nunavut, University of Windsor researchers are helping young people turn the birds around their homes into a gateway to Arctic science, conservation training and community-based wildlife monitoring.

The team received a $172,200 three-year grant for the project through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) PromoScience program.