Ulukhaktok

Change in lifestyle in younger generation related to changes in livelihood including hunting and fishing for survival.

Discusses the social, material, and political changes taking place in Inuit communities and their impact on behaviours, attitudes, and lifestyle of the younger generation.

Discusses the creation of a confidential listening and crisis intervention Help Line program to deal with the community's high suicide rate.

Looks at a printmaking program, started by Father Henri Tardy, as a means for economic growth in the community. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 22.

Study found that patterns of sharing of country foods varied between hunters and wage earners; hunters tended to favour associations with distant and collateral relatives, while wage earners focused on parents and siblings. Discusses how these affiliations can affect vulnerability to environmental change.

Author talks about experiences living in the Ulukhaktok, NWT while working for the Canadian Institute For Health Research.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Guelph, 2016.

Data for five communities and the region as a whole.

Study employs the Arctic Social Indicators (ASI) framework to assess the health of six communities in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR). Indicators assessed include: health and population, material well-being cultural vitality, closeness to nature, education, and fate control.

Interview with a prominent Inuit artist. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 34.

Book review of: The Northern Copper Inuit by Richard G. Condon, Julia Ogina and the Holman Elders. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 35.

File contains a presentation by Alan Maksagak touching on a number of subjects, such as land claims, the future government of Nunavut, economic development and the difficulty in securing loans for businesses in the Cambridge Bay area. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.

File contains a presentation by Kelvin Ng whose organization deal with political, economic and social issues at the regional level. Their goal is to lobby for changes which will benefit all residents of the region. Subjects discussed are education, economic development, the establishment of a financial institution that would serve area residents, a housing shortage and high rates of employment. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.

Research on what constitutes literacy in a community from the perspective of the people who live there. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.