Overview

To fully understand the implications of COVID-19 in the Arctic Indigenous knowledge and local knowledge was required to supplement data collected using western scientific methods. Identifying community-driven models and evidence-based promising practices and recommendations are key to informing pan-Arctic collaboration and decision-making in public health during times of global emergencies. 

A Circumpolar team has explored a number of questions, including:

• Are public health measures implemented to x address the COVID -19 pandemic the same or different in Arctic communities? 

• How have Indigenous and local knowledge been integrated with recommended/mandated public health measures to address the COVID-19 pandemic? 

• What coping strategies did Arctic communities engage in to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic? 

• What can we learn from community case studies to inform policy and program implementation now and in the future?