Nicole Bonnett, a PhD candidate from the University of Alberta, and member of the UArctic Thematic Network on Local-scale Planning, Climate Change and Resilience, was awarded the highly competitive Steve and Elaine Antoniuk Graduate Scholarship in Arctic Research in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, for her work on managed relocation (retreat) and climate adaptation planning in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada.
Nicole’s research explores the extent to which relocation is integrated into local policy and strategic planning documents; how local government land use planning and development processes constrain/ enable relocation; and, how decision-makers and planners perceive relocation.
Recently, Nicole was a panelist on the Climate and the Environment Plenary session at Arctic Congress, in Bodo, Norway.
