Nunavut Search and Rescue (NSAR) Project: Supporting Inuit Health and Well-Being, Food Security, Economic Development, and Community Resilience

在努纳武特，以社区为基础的搜索和救援委员会、地面搜索和救援小组、加拿大海岸警卫队辅助单位、民航搜索和救援协会成员、因努伊特人海军陆战队员、因努伊特人护卫队和加拿大游骑兵队承担着一项非常具有挑战性的任务：在资源很少、外部援助很少的严峻作业环境中，提供一年365天、一天24小时的反应能力。因努伊特搜救人员面临着严峻的挑战，他们要求制定更强有力的预防方法，开展技能和能力建设，加强与外部机构的合作和沟通，并对搜救的物质和人力基础设施要求进行彻底调查。他们还强调需要确保因努伊特人Qaujimajatuqangit / Qaujimaningit（IQ）是努纳武特搜索和救援系统和基础设施的基础。在迅速变化的北极环境中，搜索和救援能力和基础设施只会变得更加重要，努纳武特社区响应者确定的挑战、关切和能力建设领域需要得到有效和全面的解决。有效的SAR系统：1）是帮助社区科普北极气候变化的重要适应工具; 2）构成支持因纽特人健康和福祉所需的关键基础设施; 3）是安全收获活动的必要基础，以解决粮食不安全问题。强有力的搜救能力也是该地区经济发展的先决条件，也是加强社区复原力的必要条件。NSAR项目包含因努伊特Qaujimajatuqangit / Qaujimaningit（IQ）的核心法律、原则和做法，采用全面的研究战略，旨在通过能力和技能建设加强努纳武特的全社会搜救系统，并为当前和未来的规划、准备和基础设施发展建立一个决策支持模型，以IQ为基础，反映因纽特人的价值观。具体而言，我们将：a）创造新的知识，了解努纳武特地区搜救人员所拥有的核心优势、他们面临的挑战以及搜救准备、预防和应对的最佳做法。B）制定创新的解决方案、人力和物质基础设施发展建议、新的政策以及基于社区的新方法，以增强这些优势并应对这些挑战。c）确保IQ和因努伊特人土地安全知识是搜救系统的基础。为了实现这些目标，NSAR项目的多学科研究团队将建立在植根于核心智商价值观和法律的四大支柱之上。第一个是Piliriqatigiingniq和Aajiiqatigiinniq，它们将利用区域圆桌会议加强搜救关系，就如何改善努纳武特的搜救工作建立共识。第二个项目支柱是Pilimmaksarniq，将涉及发展组织、管理和执行基于社区的搜救行动的实用知识和技能。第三个支柱，即搜救系统和搜救系统模型，将建立一个全面的模型，以促进未来搜救的持续规划和准备工作。最后，第四个支柱Qanuqtuurniq将支持搜救行动的持续创新和改进。NSAR项目将加强关系，促进知识创造，发展技能，确定所需的基础设施，并实现支持因努伊特人作为北极搜救第一反应者所需的创新规划和准备。

In Nunavut, community-based Search and Rescue (SAR) Committees, Ground SAR teams, Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary units, Civil Air SAR Association members, Inuit Marine Monitors, Inuit Guardians, and the Canadian Rangers undertake a very challenging task: providing 24/7 response capabilities, 365 days a year in an austere operating environment, with few resources, and little external assistance. Inuit SAR responders face serious challenges and have requested the development of more robust prevention methods, skill and capacity building, better cooperation and communication with external agencies, and thorough investigation of physical and human SAR infrastructure requirements. They have also emphasized the need to ensure Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit / Qaujimaningit (IQ) is at the foundation of Nunavut's SAR systems and infrastructure. In the rapidly changing Arctic environment, SAR capabilities and infrastructure will only become more essential and the challenges, concerns, and areas for capacity building identified by community responders in Nunavut need to be effectively and comprehensively addressed. An effective SAR system: 1) is a vital adaptation tool to help communities cope with Arctic climate change; 2) constitutes critical infrastructure required to support Inuit health and well-being; 3) is a necessary foundation for safe harvesting activities to address food insecurity. Strong SAR capabilities are also a prerequisite to economic development in the region and are required to bolster community resilience.The NSAR project embraces the core laws, principles, and practices of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit / Qaujimaningit (IQ) to employ a comprehensive research strategy aimed at strengthening Nunavut's whole-of-society SAR system through capacity and skill building, and by creating a decision support model for current and future planning, preparation, and infrastructure development grounded in IQ and reflecting Inuit values. Specifically, we will:a) Create new knowledge about the core strengths possessed by SAR responders in Nunavut, the challenges they face, and on best practices for SAR preparedness, prevention, and response.b) Develop innovative solutions, suggestions for human and physical infrastructure development, and new policy as well as novel community-based approaches that build off and enhance these strengths and address these challenges.c) Ensure that IQ and Inuit land safety knowledge are the foundation of the SAR system. To achieve these aims, the NSAR project's multidisciplinary research team will build on four pillars rooted in core IQ values and laws. The first is Piliriqatigiingniq and Aajiiqatigiinniq, which will use regional roundtables to strengthen SAR relationships to build consensus on how to improve SAR in Nunavut. The second project pillar is Pilimmaksarniq, which will involve developing practical knowledge and skills for the organization, administration, and execution of community-based SAR operations. The third pillar, Maligait and the SAR System Model, will create a comprehensive model to facilitate continuous SAR planning and preparations for the future. Finally, the fourth pillar, Qanuqtuurniq, will support ongoing innovation and improvement in SAR operations.The NSAR project will strengthen the relationships, facilitate the knowledge creation, develop the skills, identify the required infrastructure, and enable the innovative planning and preparation required to support Inuit as the first responders in Arctic SAR.