NIRB file 26YN048 entered public commenting on Aug. 20, 2026. The applicant, Royal Roads University, proposes land-based ecology and environmental-monitoring instruction for learners in the Namminiqsurniq Professional Project Administrator Program. NIRB’s dashboard lists the file as active screening and shows no completed screening decision.

The proposal concerns planned field activities in the Iqaluit area, including Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park and Katannilik Territorial Park. It is tied to a full-time employment-learning program intended to support devolution-related work, making the screening relevant both to local land use and Inuit employment development.

NIRB’s public registry lists the comment period as in progress as of Aug. 26, but its dashboard does not display an end date. The Board must complete screening before the proposed field-course activities can proceed through this process. The planned September 2026 field session remains proposed and weather-dependent.

File: 26YN048. Project: Namminiqsurniq Nunavut Ecosystems Field Course. Applicant: Royal Roads University. Document type: Notice of Screening and Comment Request, submitted Aug. 20, 2026; an Inuktitut notice and a comment submission were added Aug. 24. The project summary says the proposed instruction includes vegetation sampling, snow and ice measurements, wildlife observation and harvest monitoring, and oceanographic data collection; water-quality assessment is described as outside the current proposal’s scope.