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Northern communities across the circumpolar Arctic face water challenges that are particularly difficult to both manage and mitigate in the face of ongoing environmental change. This chapter draws from the history of freshwater security across northern Canada. Vulnerability is contextualized, the ethical considerations of Inuit as environmental stewards are outlined, and directions for planning and development of freshwater resources in a warming future are proposed.
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The 1939 Supreme Court of Canada decision ruled Inuit would be considered “Indians,” and as a result were subject to the Indian Act, which deemed them to be wards of the Crown. This was then strengthened and enforced by the Family Allowance Act of 1944, requiring the Canadian government to formally claim responsibility for Inuit (Tester and Kulchyski 1994).
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Medeiros, A.S., Niemeyer, A. (2021). Water Security Challenges in the Canadian Arctic. In: Stefanovic, I.L., Adeel, Z. (eds) Ethical Water Stewardship . Water Security in a New World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49540-4_7
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