ABSTRACT
The Canadian context often sees climate change framed as the result of over-consuming and unsustainable lifestyles being complemented by high levels of resource extraction in "dirty" industries. Reusing a term from a 2014 UN climate summit, this chapter is about the "front lines" of climate change in Canada. It looks at the implications of climate change for the Canadian Arctic ("the Arctic") and the Inuit communities that reside there. Existing research in this realm has been conducted at the micro-level and through the scope of qualitative case studies and anthropological research. The chapter begins with a summary of this research and identifies common themes that exist across Inuit communities. It analyzes macro-level indicators to corroborate the stories that have emerged so far. The chapter shows that traditional divisions of labour may condition Inuit vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change along gendered lines – including one's "employability".
