Martin Whittles

In memoriam - 1958 - 2009

Martin embodied the spirit and letter of the Inuktituk term 'nuannaapaq', the taking of extravagant pleasure in being alive.

Research

Martin's research interests included circumpolar ethnography; the High Arctic; Inuvialuit (Western Arctic Inuit); ethic identity in the high latitudes; circumpolar land claim and 'Home Rule" history and process; Inuit ecology, customary and traditional economies.

Publications

Dr Whittles' recent publications included Economic Development as if Culture Matters: Inuit Hunting, Game Harvesting, and Community-Based Economic Development in the Western Artic, in press, Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development.

Employment History

Martin was a Social Anthropologist at TRU since 1998, previous to which he lectured at Red Deer College and the University of Lethbridge.

Courses Taught

In addition to Canadian Studies 200 (Introduction to Canadian Studies) and CNST 311 (Canadian Communities in Transition), he taught courses in Anthropology and Aboriginal Studies.

Education

Dr Martin Whittles was educated at the University of Lethbridge, the London School of Economics, and the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge.