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Similarly, Inuit intergenerational (from elder to youth) and experiential (learning through participation) knowledge has also been called "Inuit ecological knowledge"

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or "IEK," as well as "Traditional Ecological Knowledge" (TEK) or "Local Ecological Knowledge" (LEK).

Politics
Since the early 21st century, Qaujimajatuqangit has become something of a political slogan in Nunavut, as the government attempts to integrate the traditional culture of the Inuit more into their modern governance structure in order to combat disempowerment Copied from Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit) caused by colonialism . Much of this integration involves citing oral history through interviews with Elders.

In academia

In 2021, Polar Biology journal published the results of a study that used IEK to track the change in location of Atlantic walruses in the face of climate change. For this study, 32 Inuk elders and walrus hunters (and one non-Inuk hunter) from Nunavik were interviewed to give their observations on whether or not the location of local Nunavik and Nunavut walruses had changed, either because of hunting or temperature increases. Interviewees were selected based on their advanced knowledge of walrus hunting and recognition by their local Hunters, Fishers and Trappers Associations.

In 1999, Nunavut Arctic College began publishing IQ oral history through the Interviewing Inuit Elders book series, which covers Elders' perspectives on a wide range of topics from law and health to cosmology, dream interpretation, and shamanism.