OVERVIEW
The purpose of this workshop was to communicate and gather input from Cambridge Bay community members, industry and Government employees on suitable building designs for the North. The event also introduced SAIT team members to the community and provided a walk-through virtual tour of designs implemented in the Green Building Technology research lab. This workshop was designed to refine ideas generated during earlier workshops through better understanding past and ongoing local energy efficiency projects.
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PARTICIPANTS
MLA: Jeannie Hakongak Ehaloak,
Municipality: Marla Limousin, Valter Botelho-Resendes, Angela Gerbrandt
Aurora Energy Solutions: Tom Rutherdale
​PI/KHS: Brendan Griebel, Pamela Gross, Sophie Pantin
CHARS: Chris Chisholm, Jason Etuangat, Bryan
SAIT: Melanie Ross, Hayley Puppato, Tom Jackman
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DISCUSSION TOPICS
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Local drinking water, grey water, and sewage systems
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Importance of considering high efficiency appliances as a significant way of addressing many current housing issues dealing with water consumption and sewage output.
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Creating drainage/septic systems to facilitate cultural practices surrounding food and materials preparation (animal hide skinning, waste product removal, etc.).
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Passive solar and waste heat recovery
ARCHAEOLOGY
IQALUKTUUQ
From 1999 to 2010, PI/KHS collaborated with the University of Toronto on a project combining traditional knowledge and archaeology at Iqaluktuuq, near Cambridge Bay.
This area is home to approximately 3000 years of Arctic occupation, including the largest known concentration of Dorset longhouses. Inuit and and their ancestors travelled to this area to exploit its seasonal fish run of Arctic char.
QINGAUQ
In 2018, PI/KHS began a five-year collaboration with the University of Toronto to investigate the cultural history and archaeology of the Bathurst Inlet region.
We are documenting the enduring and evolving Inuit relationship to the Bathurst Inlet landscape through excavations, community monitoring, drone mapping, language and toponymy, and oral history work.
This project has involved multiple Elders from Cambridge Bay who grew up in this region, adding a strong element of personal experience and first-hand story telling to the interpretation of the area's rich evidence of historical occupation.
ORAL HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Over the years, we have paired archaeology with oral heritage to gain a deeper understanding of the past through Inuinnait perspectives. Working with Elders to interpret sites and artifacts, we have been able to record oral traditions about Inuinnait life both prior to, and post, significant contact with non-Inuit culture.
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This section provides multiple project interviews and transcripts relating to first hand accounts and memories of occupying the land.
