Research Project to Explore Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Indigenous Communities

Thanks to a $430,200 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Professor Nicolas Brunet will be co-leading a new study with Aqqiumavvik Society (Arviat, NU) and ECCC exploring where plastic pollution is found and how it affects the community’s well-being, food systems, and ecosystems. This will help develop an Inuit-led plan to reduce the impacts of plastic pollution that other Arctic communities can benefit from. Two SEDRD graduate students, Hannah Walker (MSc RPD) and Sofia Ruggiero (RST PhD), will be undertaking community-based research as part of this project.

For more information, please see the May 12, 2026, news release on the Government of Canada - Environment and Climate Change website.