Arctic Landscape Change and Detection

Course Details

  • Acronym ARCTIC 401
  • Instructor(s) Kevin Turner
  • Quarter Winter 2021
  • Credits 3
  • Meeting Times W, 12:30-3:20 p.m
  • Location Remote
  • Fullfills Climate Minor Application Option

Course Description

This course is taught by the 2020-2021 Fulbright Canada Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies, Kevin Turner. It will focus on identifying and discussing the many landscape disturbances across Arctic regions with a focus on Northern Yukon and the traditional territory of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. Students will review research and methodologies used to understand landscape and climate change in the Arctic, gain practical experience working hands on with spatial data, and will discuss effective engagement and communication with the northern Indigenous communities most affected by change.