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Table S1: Search terms applied to each database

Geographic terms / (nunavut or baffin or kivalliq or kitikmeot or “arctic bay” or arviat or “baker lake” or “bathurst inlet” or “cambridge bay” or “cape dorset” or “chesterfield inlet” or “clyde river” or “coral harbour” or “gjoa haven” or “grise ford” or “hall beach” or “iglulik” or Iqaluit or kimmirut or kugluktuk or pangnirtung or kugaaruk or “pond inlet” or qikiqtarjuaq or “rankin inlet” or “repulse bay” or resolute or sanikiluaq or taloyoak or “whale cove”) or (nunavik or akulivik or aupaluk or inukjuak or ivujivik or kangiqsualujjuaq or kangiqsujuaq or kangirsuk or kuujjuaq or kuujjuarapik or puvirnituq or quaqtaq or salluit or tasiujaq or umiujaq or whapmagoostui) or (nunatsiavut or labrador or nain or hopedale or “northwest river” or rigolet or makkovik or postville “happy valley-goose” or “mud lake”) or (ungava basin or “hudson bay” or “davis strait” or “james bay” or “foxe basin” or “hudson strait” or “gulf of boothia” or “Frobisher bay”) or inuit or (“Bassin de la Baie d’Ungava” or “Baie d’Hudson” or “Détroit de Davis” or “Arctique” or “Régions circumpolaires”)
AND
Qualifier / arctic or “indigenous knowledge” or “traditional knowledge” or “traditional ecological knowledge” OR “Connaissances indigènes” or “Savoirs indigènes” or “Connaissances autochtones” or “Savoirs autochtones” or “Connaissances traditionnelles” or “Savoirs traditionnels” or “Connaissances écologiques traditionnelles” or “Savoirs écologiques traditionnels” or “Détroit de Davis” or “Arctique” or “Régions circumpolaires”

Table S2: Included Articles

1.  Aporta, C. (2002). Life on the ice: Understanding the codes of a changing environment. Polar Record, 38(207), 341-354.

2. Aporta, C. (2003). New ways of mapping: Using GPS mapping software to plot place names and trails in Igloolik (Nunavut). Arctic, 56(4), 321-327.

3. Aporta, C. (2009). The Trail as Home: Inuit and Their Pan-Arctic Network of Routes. Human Ecology, 37(2), 131-146.

4. Armitage, D. R. (2005). Community-based Narwhal management in Nunavut, Canada: Change, uncertainty, and adaptation. Society & Natural Resources, 18(8), 715-731.

5. Atkinson, D. M., Deadman, P., Dudycha, D., & Traynor, S. (2005). Multi-criteria evaluation and least cost path analysis for an arctic all-weather road. Applied Geography, 25(4), 287-307.

6. Barber, D. G., & Iacozza, J. (2004). Historical analysis of sea ice conditions in M'Clintock channel and the Gulf of Boothia, Nunavut: Implications for ringed seal and polar bear habitat. Arctic, 57(1), 1-14.

7. Barber, D. G., Lukovich, J. V., Keogak, J., Baryluk, S., Fortier, L., & Henry, G. H. R. (2008). The Changing Climate of the Arctic. Arctic, 61, 7-26.

8. Bates, P. (2007). Inuit and scientific philosophies about planning, prediction, and uncertainty. Arctic Anthropology, 44(2), 87-100.

9. Beaumier, M., & Ford, J. (2010). Food insecurity among inuit women exacerbated by socioeconomic stresses and climate change. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 101(3), 196-202.

10. Berkes, F. (2007). Understanding uncertainty and reducing vulnerability: lessons from resilience thinking. Natural Hazards, 41, 283 - 295.

11. Berkes, F., Berkes, M. K., & Fast, H. (2007). Collaborative integrated management in Canada's north: The role of local and traditional knowledge and community-based monitoring. Coastal Management, 35(1), 143-162.

12. Bird, S. M., Wiles, J. L., Okalik, L., Kilabuk, J., & Egeland, G. M. (2008). Living with diabetes on Baffin Island: Inuit storytellers share their experiences. Canadian Journal of Public Health-Revue Canadienne De Sante Publique, 99(1), 17-21.

13. Bradley, M. J. (2005). Climate related events and community preparedness. Int J Circumpolar Health, 64(5), 438-439.

14. Bravo, M. T. (2009). Voices from the sea ice: the reception of climate impact narratives. Journal of Historical Geography, 35(2), 256-278.

15. Budreau, D., & McBean, G. (2007). Climate change, adaptive capacity and policy direction in the Canadian North: Can we learn anything from the collapse of the east coast cod fishery? Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 12, 1305-1320.

16. Catto, N. R., & Parewick, K. (2008). Hazard and vulnerability assessment and adaptive planning: mutual and multilateral community researcher communication, Arctic Canada. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 305, 123-140.

17. Chan, H. M., Fediuk, K., Hamilton, S., Rostas, L., Caughey, A., Kuhnlein, H., et al. (2006). Food security in Nunavut, Canada: barriers and recommendations. Int J Circumpolar Health, 65(5), 416-431.

18. Clark, D. A., Lee, D. S., Freeman, M. M. R., & Clark, S. G. (2008). Polar Bear Conservation in Canada: Defining the Policy Problems. Arctic, 61(4), 347-360.

19. Constant, P., Poissant, L., Villemur, R., Yumvihoze, E., & Lean, D. (2007). Fate of inorganic mercury and methyl mercury within the snow cover in the low arctic tundra on the shore of Hudson Bay (Quebec, Canada). Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 112(D8).

20. Crompton, A. E., Obbard, M. E., Petersen, S. D., & Wilson, P. J. (2008). Population genetic structure in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Hudson Bay, Canada: Implications of future climate change. Biological Conservation, 141(10), 2528-2539.

21. De Fabo, E. C. (2005). Arctic stratospheric ozone depletion and increased UVB radiation: potential impacts to human health. Int J Circumpolar Health, 64(5), 509-522.

22. Dempson, B. J., Shears, M., Furey, G., & M., B. (2008). Resilience and stability of north Labrador Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus, subject to exploitation and environmental variability. Environmental Biology of Fishes 83(1), 57-67.

23. Dery, S. J., Hernandez-Henriquez, M. A., Burford, J. E., & Wood, E. F. (2009). Observational evidence of an intensifying hydrological cycle in northern Canada. Geophysical Research Letters, 36.

24. Dommergue, A., Ferrari, C. P., Gauchard, P. A., Boutron, C. F., Poissant, L., Pilote, M., et al. (2003). The fate of mercury species in a sub-arctic snowpack during snowmelt.Geophysical Research Letters, 30(12).

25. Donaldson, S. G., Van Oostdam, J., Tikhonov, C., Feeley, M., Armstrong, B., Ayotte, P., et al. (2010). Environmental contaminants and human health in the Canadian Arctic. Science of the Total Environment(Article in Press).

26. Dowsley, M. (2007). Inuit perspectives on polar bears (Ursus maritimus) and climate change in Baffin Bay, Nunavut, Canada. Research and Practice in Social Sciences, 2(2), 53 - 74.

27. Dowsley, M. (2009a). Community clusters in wildlife and environmental management: using TEK and community involvement to improve co-management in an era of rapid environmental change. Polar Research, 28(1), 43-59.

28. Dowsley, M. (2009b). Inuit-organised polar bear sport hunting in Nunavut territory, Canada. Journal of Ecotourism, 8(2), 161-175.

29. Dowsley, M., & Wenzel, G. (2008). "The Time of the Most Polar Bears": A co-management conflict in Nunavut. Arctic, 61(2), 177-189.

30. Drinkwater, K. F. (2005). The response of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) to future climate change. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 62(7), 1327-1337.

31. Dumas, J. A., Flato, G. M., & Brown, R. D. (2006). Future projections of landfast ice thickness and duration in the Canadian Arctic. Journal of Climate, 19(20), 5175-5189.

32. Durner, G. M., Douglas, D. C., Nielson, R. M., Amstrup, S. C., McDonald, T. L., Stirling, I., et al. (2009). Predicting 21st-century polar bear habitat distribution from global climate models. Ecological Monographs, 79(1), 25-58.

33. Dyck, M. G. (2007). Community monitoring of environmental change: College-based limnological studies at Crazy Lake (Tasirluk), Nunavut. Arctic, 60(1), 55-61.

34. Dyck, M. G., Soon, W., Baydack, R. K., Legates, D. R., Baliunas, S., Ball, T. F., et al. (2007). Polar bears of western Hudson Bay and climate change: Are warming spring air temperatures the "ultimate" survival control factor? Ecological Complexity, 4(3), 73-84.

35. Dyck, M. G., Soon, W., Baydack, R. K., Legates, D. R., Baliunas, S., Ball, T. F., et al. (2008). Reply to response to Dyck et al. (2007) on polar bears and climate change in western Hudson Bay by Stirling et al. (2008). Ecological Complexity, 5(289-302).

36. Eberle, J., Fricke, H., & Humphrey, J. (2009). Lower-latitude mammals as year-round residents in Eocene Arctic forests. Geology, 37(6), 499-502.

37. Ferguson, S. H., Stirling, I., & McLoughlin, P. (2005). Climate change and ringed seal (Phoca hispida) recruitment in western Hudson Bay. Marine Mammal Science, 21(1), 121-135.

38. Ferguson, S. H., Taylor, M. K., & Messier, F. (2000). Influence of sea ice dynamics on habitat selection by polar bears. Ecology, 81(3), 761-772.

39. Finley, K. J. (2001). Natural history and conservation of the Greenland whale, or bowhead, in the northwest Atlantic. Arctic, 54(1), 55-76.

40. Fisk, A. T., de Wit, C. A., Wayland, M., Kuzyk, Z. Z., Burgess, N., Robert, R., et al. (2005). An assessment of the toxicological significance of anthropogenic contaminants in Canadian arctic wildlife. Science of the Total Environment, 351, 57-93.

41. Ford, J. D. (2009a). Dangerous climate change and the importance of adaptation for the Arctic's Inuit population. Environmental Research Letters, 4(2).

42. Ford, J. D. (2009b). Vulnerability of Inuit food systems to food insecurity as a consequence of climate change: a case study from Igloolik, Nunavut. Regional Environmental Change, 9(2), 83-100.

43. Ford, J. D., & Berrang-Ford, L. (2009a). Food security in Igloolik, Nunavut: an exploratory study. Polar Record, 45(234), 225-236.

44. Ford, J. D., Berrang-Ford, L., King, M., & Furgal, C. (2010a). Vulnerability of Aboriginal health systems in Canada to climate change. Global Environmental Change, 20(4), 668-680.

45. Ford, J. D., Gough, W. A., Laidler, G. J., MacDonald, J., Irngaut, C., & Qrunnut, K. (2009b). Sea ice, climate change, and community vulnerability in northern Foxe Basin, Canada. Climate Research, 38(2), 137-154.

46. Ford, J. D., Pearce, T., Duerden, F., Furgal, C., & Smit, B. (2010b). Climate change policy responses for Canada's Inuit population: The importance of and opportunities for adaptation. Global Environmental Change, 20, 177-191.

47. Ford, J. D., Pearce, T., Gilligan, J., Smit, B., & Oakes, J. (2008a). Climate Change and Hazards Associated with Ice Use in Northern Canada. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research, 40(4), 647-659.

48. Ford, J. D., Pearce, T., Smit, B., Wandel, J., Allurut, M., Shappa, K., et al. (2007). Reducing vulnerability to climate change in the Arctic: The case of Nunavut, Canada. Arctic, 60(2), 150-166.

49. Ford, J. D., & Smit, B. (2004). A framework for assessing the vulnerability of communities in the Canadian arctic to risks associated with climate change. Arctic, 57(4), 389-400.

50. Ford, J. D., Smit, B., & Wandel, J. (2006a). Vulnerability to climate change in the Arctic: A case study from Arctic Bay, Canada. Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions, 16(2), 145-160.

51. Ford, J. D., Smit, B., Wandel, J., Allurut, M., Shappa, K., Ittusarjuat, H., et al. (2008b). Climate change in the Arctic: current and future vulnerability in two Inuit communities in Canada. Geographical Journal, 174, 45-62.

52. Ford, J. D., Smit, B., Wandel, J., & MacDonald, J. (2006b). Vulnerability to climate change in Igloolik, Nunavut: what we can learn from the past and present. Polar Record, 42(221), 127-138.

53. Fugmann, G. (2009). DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS IN THE CANADIAN NORTH - EXAMPLES FOR ECONOMIC GRASSROOTS INITIATIVES AMONG THE INUIT. Erdkunde, 63(1), 69-79.

54. Furgal, C., & Seguin, J. (2006). Climate change, health, and vulnerability in Canadian northern Aboriginal communities. Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(12), 1964-1970.

55. Gantner, N., Muir, D. C., Power, M., Iqaluk, D., Reist, J. D., Babaluk, J. A., et al. (2010). MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS IN LANDLOCKED ARCTIC CHAR (SALVELINUS ALPINUS) FROM THE CANADIAN ARCTIC. PART II: INFLUENCE OF LAKE BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC CHARACTERISTICS ON GEOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN 27 POPULATIONS. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 29(3), 633-643.

56. Gauthier, M., Simard, M., & Blais, B. W. (2010a). Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella in traditional meats derived from game animals in Nunavik. Rural Remote Health, 10(2), 1329.

57. Gauthier, M., Tremblay, M., Bernier, M., & Furgal, C. (2010b). Adaptation of a radar-based river ice mapping technology to the Nunavik context. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 36(Suppl. 1), S168 - S185.

58. Gearheard, S., Matumeak, W., Angutikjuaq, I., Maslanik, J., Huntington, H. P., Leavitt, J., et al. (2006). "It's not that simple": A collaborative comparison of sea ice environments, their uses, observed changes, and adaptations in Barrow, Alaska, USA, and Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada. Ambio, 35(4), 203-211.

59. Gearheard, S., Pocernich, M., Stewart, R., Sanguya, J., & Huntington, H. P. (2010). Linking Inuit knowledge and meteorological station observations to understand changing wind patterns at Clyde River, Nunavut. Climatic Change, 100(2), 267-294.

60. Gombay, N. (2005). The commoditization of country foods in Nunavik: A comparative assessment of its development, applications, and significance. Arctic, 58(2), 115-128.

61. Gombay, N. (2006). From subsistence to commercial fishing in Northern Canada – The experience of an Inuk entrepreneur. British Food Journal, 108(7), 502-521.

62. Gough, W. A., & Leung, A. (2002). Nature and fate of Hudson Bay permafrost. Regional Environmental Change, 2, 177 - 184.

63. Hanesiak, J., Stewart, R., Taylor, P., Moore, K., Barber, D., McBean, G., et al. (2010). STORM STUDIES IN THE ARCTIC (STAR). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91(1), 47-+.

64. Hare, A., Stern, G. A., Macdonald, R. W., Kuzyk, Z. Z., & Wang, F. Y. (2008). Contemporary and preindustrial mass budgets of mercury in the Hudson Bay Marine System: The role of sediment recycling. Science of the Total Environment, 406(1-2), 190-204.

65. Henshaw, A. (2006). Pausing along the journey: Learning landscapes, environmental change, and toponymy amongst the Sikusilarmiut. Arctic Anthropology, 43(1), 52-66.

66. Higdon, J. W., & Ferguson, S. H. (2009). Loss of Arctic sea ice causing punctuated change in sightings of killer whales (Orcinus orca) over the past century. Ecological Applications, 19(5), 1365-1375.

67. Hobson, K. A., Stirling, I., & Andriashek, D. S. (2009). Isotopic homogeneity of breath CO2 from fasting and berry-eating polar bears: implications for tracing reliance on terrestrial foods in a changing Arctic. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie, 87(1), 50-55.

68. Hudson, J. M. G., & Henry, G. H. R. (2009). Increased plant biomass in a High Arctic heath community from 1981 to 2008. Ecology, 90(10), 2657-2663.

69. Johnston, D. W., Friedlaender, A. S., Torres, L. G., & Lavigne, D. M. (2005). Variation in sea ice cover on the east coast of Canada from 1969 to 2002: Climate variability and implications for harp and hooded seals. Climate Research, 29(3), 209-222.

70. Kraemer, L. D., Berner, J. E., & Furgal, C. M. (2005). The potential impact of climate on human exposure to contaminants in the Arctic. Int J Circumpolar Health, 64(5), 498-508.