Inuvik

Geared to 15 to 29 year olds who are out of work and out of school and looking to make a positive change in their lives. (3 minutes).

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Université de Montréal, 2004.

Comments on a college with programs to service the needs of the people from the western Arctic formed in 1995. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 20.

Comments on the evolution of the co-op and printmaking. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 26.

Glimpses of life in the northern community of Fort McPherson through local radio station or the "Moccasin Telegraph". Duration: 66:02.

Overview of project aimed at Identifying and characterizing the vulnerability and resilience of food systems. Phase two looked at policy linkages and attempted to identify opportunities and priorities for adaptation intervention in high risk populations.

Study found that users were more likely to be housing insecure, female, middle-aged, unemployed, Aboriginal and lack a high school education. Compares results with those from a previous study conducted in Iqaliut, Nunavut.

Looks at the community of Inuvik, the infrastructure and factors affecting urban adaptation for "Northerners".

Human Kinetics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2018.

Seven photocopied newspaper articles relating to the Dene Declaration passed in 1975. Article subjects include a draft of the Dene Declaration, the Dene Manifesto, and a statement from Chief Frank T'seleie of Fort Good Hope, NWT.

Historical note:

Based on interviews in two northern communities and looks at traditional wage economy, leadership role and impacts of Land Claim Agreement. Chapter three in book: Proceedings of the CRIAW-ICREFF Conference 1995 edited by Deborah Poff and Toni Fletcher.

Looks at a project to harvest and market muskox meat, horns, hides, and quiviut (textile-grade soft body hair) to embed sustainable renewable resource development within traditional Inuvialuit culture.

Comments summarized from an interview videotaped during the Great Northern Arts Festival in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 17.

Correspondence between Prime Minister Diefenbaker and the executive of the Eskimo Affair Committee.

Looks at two case studies that demonstrate how the Inuvialuit employ multiple ways of knowing and defining fish to negotiate the complexity of the environment.

Discusses emerging trends in Northern art and the need for government support for its continued survival.

Science gains knowledge from Indigenous whalers about change in Beaufort Sea whale population and whaling.

Canadian Heritage and Development Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 1999.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2011.

Biology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.

File contains correspondence relating to the gift of a polar bear skin rug to Prime Minister Diefenbaker by the Inuit of Northern Quebec.

Data for five communities and the region as a whole.

Presents an interview with a carver from Inukjuak, Nunavik. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 26.

John Diefenbaker speaking outdoors with an unidentified Aboriginal couple before/after the opening ceremonies at Inuvik, North West Territories.

John Diefenbaker speaking to reporters as aboriginal children look on. Taken during his trip to open the town of Inuvik, North West Territories, 21 July 1961. An RCMP officer is partially visible behind Diefenbaker.

Kaluak, an Inuit woman, a native of Holman Island [NWT].

Study consisted of sharing circles with five groups of grandmothers in four regions, semi-structured interviews conducted with 24 mothers, chart audit of 597 babies born in 2016, and examination of practices reported during well-baby visits.

Explores what constitutes intelligence among the Inuit and how modernization has altered these perceptions.

The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends, and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This audio recording is from the Northwest Territories. Duration: 53:58

Looks at the gathering, use, and meaning of the practice of berry picking.

Olive Diefenbaker, wife of the Prime Minister, visits with residents of Inuvik, NWT at the official opening of the Arctic community, in 1961. She walks with an Aboriginal woman, a large crowd is in the background.

Crop Science and Plant Ecology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1996.

Explores how wildberries are a special type of non-timber forest product that have social, cultural and economic importance for the Gwich’in communities.

Documentary looks at skills and traditions behind the Northern Inuit games held on Holman Island. Duration: 25:40.

Olive Diefenbaker on the arm of a Aboriginal woman, John Diefenbaker and crowd in the back ground, during the ceremonies at the Official Opening of Inuvik, North West Territories.

Historical note:

Olive Evangeline (Freeman, Palmer) Diefenbaker; b. 14 Apr, 1902; d. 23 Dec, 1976; second wife of JGD.

Covers three topics: relocation of Aklavik, effects of development and project to introduce reindeer herds to the area. Duration: 30:00.

Examines several factors behind migration of Indigenous northerners to urban centres: concentration of economic opportunities in urban centres and scarcity of housing in small northern settlements.

Looks at the state of Aboriginal newspapers after the cancellation of the Native Communications Program and discusses the survival strategies used by the Aboriginal Press.

Recreation, Physical and Health Education Thesis (M.Sc.)--Dalhousie University, 1997.

A photograph of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and his wife Olive enjoying a Drum dance presented to them at Inuvik, NWT in July, 1961.

Program works with individuals to manage stress, grief, trauma, or any other emotions they are experiencing.

Examines the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's central space for testimony, the Commissioners Sharing Panel.

Considers Aboriginal worldviews around the relationships humans have with, and the responsibilities they have to non- or more-than-human entities as a framework for environmental activism, opposition to resource extraction, and government regulation. Asserts that a re-examination of the way that humans connect to our non-human relations is necessary for survivance.

Describes whaling practices and the need for protected areas.

RCAP 5 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Inuvik, Northwest Territories on May 5, 1992. This sitting of the Commission contains a variety of presentations related to various First Nations organizations. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.