Gita Ljubicic

Gita Ljubicic is an Associate Professor in the School of Earth, Environment and Society at McMaser University in Hamilton, Ontario, and is a Canada Research Chair in Community-Engaged Research for Northern Sustainability. She works at the intersection of cultural and environmental geography, driven by a deep commitment to respecting and learning from Indigenous knowledge alongside science in order to address complex socio-ecological issues. Over the past 19 years, she has worked with Inuit community members and organizations across Inuit Nunangat (Inuit homelands) in Canada on projects that aim to address community-identified priorities. Her research team (straightupnorth.ca) involves northern and southern researchers working together with a shared goal for research to benefit community partners, contribute to decision-making, improve research practice and support Inuit self-determination in research.

Key words: Community-engaged research; sustainability; human dimensions of environmental change; Indigenous knowledge; Inuit Nunangat (Inuit homelands); Northern governance and co-management; cross-cultural research ethics and methodologies