Case title
Hivunikhavut - Our Future: Positive scenarios in the rapidly changing Canadian Arctic
In this community-based project, we co-developed positive scenarios that would braid different ways of knowing, foster agency, and explore a vast, plausible, range of futures in the changing Arctic.
This community-collaborative project (2015-2019) used participatory scenarios to explore these focal questions:
(1) How will future changes between now and 2050 affect the marine ecosystem and community well-being in the Kitikmeot Marine Region of Nunavut?
(2) How can the marine region be managed to bring about positive futures and build resilience?
This project fostered knowledge interweaving, co-learning, and agency among those involved. Participants could explore their visions of positive futures, inspired by Arctic “seeds,” and rooted in values and assets that Elders and community members want to carry into the future. It contributed to identifying ideas and actions that could support long-term community and regional goals.
The scenarios were made in:
2018
The scenarios look out to:
2050
Project facts
Canada
Kitimeot Region, Nunavut
2018
Submitted by:
Marianne Falardeau
Project leader
January 31, 2023
How to cite this page:
Marianne Falardeau
Hivunikhavut - Our Future: Positive scenarios in the rapidly changing Canadian Arctic
1/31/2023
Resources
Falardeau M, Raudsepp-Hearne C, Bennett EM (2019) A novel approach for co-producing positive scenarios that explore agency: Case study from the Canadian Arctic. Sustainability Science, 14: 205-220.
Falardeau M, Raudsepp-Hearne C, Bennett EM (2019) Hivunikhavut – Our Future. Scenario report, McGill University eScholarship institutional digital repository. 36 p.
Marianne Falardeau (2019, April 8). Hivunikhavut—Our Future. Film. 11 mins
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Marianne Falardeau
Marianne Falardeau