Teaching about toxic contaminants in the Arctic The Nunavut Wildlife Health Assessment Project (NWHP) has recently released a teacher’s resource package about toxic contaminants in the Arctic.  Designed for teachers in Nunavut, this package is also an excellent resource for teachers across Canada. About this teacher’s resource package The teacher's resource is an interactive package divided into three units with lesson plans and accompanying PowerPoint presentations. The goal of this resource is to provide educators and students with current information about contaminants in the Arctic ecosystem.
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About the Nunavut Wildlife Health Assessment Project (NWHP) The main goal of the Nunavut Wildlife Health Assessment Project (NWHP) is to assess the current status of wildlife health and to investigate the potential harm to wildlife resulting from the presence of contaminants in the Arctic ecosystem. This project records historical wildlife health trends by documenting Elder's knowledge, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ), and makes comparisons to the recent observations of experienced hunters. It has also established a pilot program intended to monitor current and future health conditions of wildlife through the use of hunters' observations on the health status of their regular harvests. This information has the potential, over time, to provide a valuable record that may be used to monitor future changes in wildlife health should it be influenced by the multiple stressors of contaminant exposure and climate change. NWHP also provides Northern communities with current information on the issues and potential influences of previous and ongoing contaminant exposure on wildlife health.  For more information, please visit NWHP’s website.