By Kira Wronska Dorward  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The first panel of the ArcticNet scientific conference in on Dec.5 was a general examination of what now constitutes “a healthy Arctic” in this world of changing climates and fraying ecosystems. Specifically, “food and water insecurities have emerged as a topic of significant concern,” according to the ArcticNet website panel description. Traditionally, Indigenous communities living in the Arctic have relied on subsistence hunting for food, however, access to traditional and country food sources is now under threat. A dominant theme that emerged in this conference is the innate understanding Inuit peoples have always had when it comes to their relationship with the Arctic landscape. The Inuit word qaujimajatuqangit refers to the local or traditional knowledge that has always been practised in the

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