Kaujivalliajut nillikulunnik | Getting to know little geese

Location: Nunatsiavut
This project aims to “get to know” a new arrival to Nunatsiavut – a medium-bodied goose. These geese are smaller than the usual Canada geese that summer in Labrador each year. They also have a distinct call, behavior, and migration timing that can easily distinguish these newcomers from other similar birds in the area. Community members throughout Nunatsiavut have raised questions about these geese, primarily because it is not understood where they are coming from or what threats they may face elsewhere across their annual range. The project focuses on capacity building within Nunatsiavut through various training opportunities so that communities and community members may take an active and valuable role in conducting scientific research using a variety of methods. Genetic, stable isotope, camera trapping, and spatial tracking methods are all commonly used in monitoring wildlife and will be combined to determine where medium-bodied geese come from.

Kaujivalliajut nillikulunnik

Piliriaksami sivuliqtuq: Meredith Purcell

Ikajuqtuijuq Timiujuq: Torngat Secretariat

Namiinninga: Nain, Hopedale, Postville, Makkovik, Rigolet, (Nunatsiavut)

Taakkua piliriangukainnaqtut turaarviksaqaqtitauvut ‘qaujivallianirmik’ nutaangullutik tikiqattaliqtunik nunatsiavummut – qitiqpasiani anginiqaqtuullutik nirlirnik. Tamakkua nirliit mikiniqsauvut Canadami nirlirijaujunit tikippaktunit ukiutamaat aujami laapatuarimut. nilliajjusingillu, iliqqusingillu ajjiginngitangit, ammalu ingirrasimallutik tikippalliavanningit nalunaqpanngittut taakkua nutaangullutik tikiqattaliqtut asinginnit ajjirlarillutik tingmiarijauvaktunit avatiujumi. Nunaqqatigiiktulimaat Nunatsiavulimaami tamakkua nirliit pijjutigillugit apiqqusiqaqattarsimaliqtut, piluaqtumik pijjutigillugu tukisiumajaunngimmat nakinngaaqsimammangaata uvvaluunniit qanuq sunanit attanaqtumiilirutiqarunnarmangaata asingini ukiutamaat najuqpaktanginni. Piliriangukainnartuq turaangatitausimavuq piliriaqaqtiujunnarninginik piruqtittisimaliriamut nunatsiavut iluani ajjigiinngiuqtutigut pilimmaksainiqarviujunnaqtunit nunaligijaujuit ammalu nunaqqatigiiktut piliriaqaqataujunnaqullugit ammalu aturniqaqtutigut pilirijiuqattarlutik sunatuinnanik qaujisaqtimmariujut qaujisainiqaqtillugit aturlugit ajjigiinngiuqtut pilirijjutiuvaktut. nakinngaaqsimaninginnut, ijimut takuksaunngittunik qaujisainiuvaktunut, ajjiliuqpalliaqattarniqtigut, ammalu najuqpaktanginik nanisisimalirutiuvaktunut atuqtauvaksutik nautsiqtuivannirni uumajuqutiujunik ammalu katitausimalirniaqtutik qaujigiarutiuniarlutik nakit qitiqpasiani anginiqaqtuit nirlikuluit nakinngaaqsimannirmangaata.