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I spent six weeks in the Canadian Arctic at the peak of winter, and in that world of black and white, I learned that life is grey and never simple. It changed how I view and experience the world around me and made me re-evaluate my relationships with nature, animals, food, and my sense of purpose. In this chapter, I reflect on my six-week visit to the Arctic and the impact that community members have had on my life since.
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The Nunamin Illihakvia: learning from the land project is an Inuit governed and administered project funded by Indigenous Services Canada’s Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program.
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Schindler, R. (2021). I Found Something I Wasn’t Looking For. In: Pearce, T. (eds) Research with Arctic Inuit Communities. Springer Polar Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78483-6_5
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