Makivik Magazine Issue 65

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Research Observations
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Twenty-five Years
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By Bill Doidge, Director,
Nunavik Research Centre
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The Caniapiscau River caribou disaster cleanup in 1884 required
the use of a helicopter and a lot of manpower to sling the more than
10,000 drowned animals away.
Research at Makivik Corporation can trace its roots back
to the times of land-claims negotiations during the NQIA days
when maps were used to document land-use. Jusipi Agma
(now head of our Renewable Resource
Development Depar tment), Bill Kemp,
Lorraine Brooke and many others soon
established Makivik’s reputation in
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)
and land-use studies.
The Inuit of nor thern Québec also
wanted to understand the technical terms
used in the environmental studies undertaken
for the hydro-electricty development
project. “Southern” researchers were
hired to work closely with the hunters to
share knowledge and to make sure that
Inuit knowledge was incorporated in any
decision-making concerning development
in Nunavik. Since then, technology has
changed, but this basic premise remains
MAKIVIK RESEARCH
as the cornerstone of the present Nunavik
Research Centre.
The Research Depar tment evolved
in name and grew in capabilities. The
Kuujjuaq Research Centre was first established
in what is now Kuujjuaq’s craft’s workshop, but in 1978
it had been the municipal skidoo repair shop which dated back
to the American airbase days.
Early work entailed mapping,
har vest studies, the
Koksoak Fish Study and establishing
the traditional ecological
knowledge data base. In 1986,
the Kuujjuaq Research Centre
moved to the former HeliQuebec
base of Peter Horseman fame. It
soon outgrew that building and
took up space in the back of
the Halutik Fuels building (the
Shell garage). Bad fumes and
a need for lab space convinced
Makivik’s executives that a new
FILE PHOTO
facility was needed. The old
weather station, T-1, which was
owned by Nayumivik Landholding
Corporation, was purchased and
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