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Claudio Aporta is Professor and Canadian Chair in Marine Environmental Protection at World Maritime University, where he also heads Ocean Sustainability, Governance and Management. His interdisciplinary research bridges anthropology, geography and marine management.
His work focuses on documenting and integrating Inuit knowledge of marine ecosystems, developing co-management frameworks for Arctic shipping, and creating geographic representations of indigenous environmental knowledge. He pioneered digital atlases visualizing Inuit trails and marine use patterns across the Canadian Arctic.
Current research examines Inuit mobility networks, impacts of Arctic shipping on indigenous communities, and knowledge-sharing frameworks for benthic ecosystems. He employs participatory mapping approaches to support marine spatial planning in cross-cultural contexts.
Professor Aporta has held prestigious positions including Canada-US Fulbright Chair at University of Washington and faculty appointments at Carleton University and Dalhousie University. His ethnographic research spans all regions of the Canadian Arctic since 1998.
