Stories & Events
Stories & Events
Environmental change in the Arctic over recent decades is increasingly at the center of international interest. Local observations and place-based knowledge systems offer fine-grained, nuanced and holistic understanding of the Arctic system and how it is changing over time. By working together, Arctic residents and researchers can contribute to a deeper understanding of the Arctic and the social and environmental changes ongoing in the region. Read about ELOKA research, collaborations, and events.
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ELOKA Update
In 2025, 100 initiatives and programs new to the Atlas of Community-Based Monitoring and Indigenous Knowledge in a Changing Arctic (ArcticCBM Atlas) were added through a joint effort between the Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada, Northern Latitude Partners, and ELOKA.
ELOKA Event
In late May, Noor Johnson (ELOKA principal investigator) traveled to Nibutani, Hokkaido, Japan, to help lead a workshop titled “Oral history and Northern Indigenous Collaboration” as part of the Northern Landscapes Repatriation Project.
ELOKA Spotlight
With the support of Tu’dese’cho Wholistic Indigenous Leadership Development (TWILD), co-founder Curtis Rattray created a digital atlas of Tahltan land in British Columbia with the Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA), a program at NSIDC. The map serves as an interactive way for communities and especially youth to learn ancestral knowledge.
ELOKA Event
From March 20 to 28, 2025, the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) was hosted in Boulder, Colorado. Matt Druckenmiller, ELOKA co-principal investigator (PI), who was a member of the organizing committee, led the meeting.
ELOKA Event
On November 11 and 12, 2024, ELOKA’s Advisory Committee, ELOKA’s core team, and long-term ELOKA partners met to reflect on ELOKA’s successes, areas for growth, and goals for the future.
ELOKA Spotlight
Melissa Van Veen, a member of our partner Tu’dese’cho Wholistic Indigenous Leadership Development (TWILD), spent several days in Finland during Snowchange’s Festival of Northern Fishing Traditions. Read more about her experience.
