Congratulations to Allan Gordon from U of Guelph on the completion of his Masters of Applied Science Thesis: Tools and Strategies to Address Uncertainties and Complexities of Infrastructure Design in Remote Northern Canadian Communities. Allan worked under the supervision of Dr.Farahbakhsh from U of Guelph and will continue to work on IHACC related projects in the Canadian Arctic in 2014-2015.
IHACC theses on the Observatorio de Cambio Climatico Website
Jahir Anicama and Mya Sherman's Masters Theses were recently put up on the Observatorio de Cambio Climatico Website, which is part of the Peruvian Center for Social Studies (Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales-CEPES). The CEPES is a knowledge sharing platform oriented towards climate change initiatives, particularly in rural Peru. To learn more about CEPES click here
Fifth annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) conference - May 10-12 2014, Washington, DC
Alejandra Bussalleu presented her work at the 5th Annual CUGH, where the theme of the conference was "Universities 2.0: Advancing Global Health in the Post-Millenium Development Goals Era". She presented a her poster Health and Environment : How does Climate Change Affect Our Health? A Case Study from the Peruvian Amazon, along with the poster The Use of Formal and Traditional Health Care in Remote Indigenous Communities: A Comparison of two Shawi Communities in the Peruvian Amazon
IHACC at the 2014 Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting - Brock University
IHACC was present during the 2014 Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, held at Brock University from May 19-24 2014. The five projects funded under the IRIACC initiative presented their work in a session called:
Climate Change and Vulnerability – IDRC/Tri-Council Projects II: Opportunities and Barriers for Indigenous People’s Adaptation to Climate Change – Considering Institutional Arrangements at Different Scales
Special Session Organizers: Mya Sherman, James Ford, Lea Berrang Ford, McGill University Chair: Shuaib Lwasa
Vulnerability and Adaptive Capacity of Community Food Systems in the Peruvian Amazon: A Case Study from Panaillo Mya Sherman, James Ford, McGill University
The Use of Formal Healthcare in Remote Indigenous Communities: A Comparison of Two Indigenous Communities of the Peruvian Amazon Alejandra Bussaleu Cavero, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Analysis of Collaborative Processes for Governance to Climate Change in the Ucayali Region, Peru? Jahir Anicama, Cayetano Heredia Foundation; Guillermo Donoso, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile; Alejandro Llanos, Cayetano Heredia University; Johannes Glückler, Universität Heidelberg
Is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change an effective (or appropriate) institution for supporting indigenous populations’ adaptation to climate change? Michelle Maillet, James Ford, McGill University
Result Dissemination - Peru
Mya Sherman is currently in Peru to share the results from her thesisMyaShernan_Geography_finalthesis. She will be presenting her results to the Shipibo community of Panaillo as well as local institutions in Yarinacocha, Pucallpa and Lima. She will be sharing with various knowledge-users the pamphlets that were created in collaboration with the IHACC team, which can be found here