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Findings indicate that socio-demographic and socio-economic factors play a greater role than cultural factors.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.22 (105-166).

Article describes the Arctic Counsel as a “high-level international intergovernmental forum founded by the Ottawa Declaration of 1996” and examines its role in supporting and contributing to international laws that pertain to the arctic.

Looks at some of the challenges associated with energy development in the Arctic which include environment, underdeveloped infrastructure and legal issues surrounding consultation.

Comments on the AILI project which is Indigenous-initiated and driven. Excerpt from Endangered Languages Beyond Boundaries: Proceedings of the 17th FEL Conference edited by Mary Jane Norris, Erik Anonby, Maire-Okile Junker, Nicholas Ostler and Donna Patrick. .

Looks at historical understandings of security and the Arctic: traditional, environmental, and human. Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.

Reports on efforts among the indigenous populations of the Arctic to monitor and control viral hepatitis.

Conclusions of study enable policy makers to prescribe solutions to develop and implement preventative strategies.

Looks at fiduciary obligations of federal government should Québec secede from Canada.

Argues that Canada should lead governance reform in the Arctic due to unique location within the Circumpolar World.

Statistical data from Health Transitions in Arctic Populations used to compile statistical tables on all circumpolar countries and their northern regions outlining health status, determinants and healthcare.

Looks at associations between genomic variants and fasting plasma lipoprotein concentrations.

Overview of the International Conference on Cross-Cultural Education in the North held in Montreal, August 18 to 21, 1969.

The investigation found that a computer-assisted self-interview (CASI) would improve the accuracy of the data.

Book Review of: Denmark-Greenland in the Twentieth Century by Axel Kjaer Sørensen.

Article follows up on a small ethnographic survey conducted in 2011-2012; examines the ideas of cultural citizenship and social mobility as they are expressed by students from Greenland who are studying in Denmark.

Study to examine the incidence and prevalence of liver discharge diagnosis with focus on cirrhosis among hospital-admitted patients in Greenland and Denmark.

Study designed to document the prevalence of alcoholic liver disease in Greenlanders with a high alcohol intake, and to describe and compare the populations of patients with alcohol addiction in Greenland and Denmark.

Contrary to assumptions, the plasma leptin levels were higher in Danish children but plasma adiponectin was lowest in Inuit children as expected.

Book review of, The Diary of Abraham Ulrikab: Text and Context edited by Hartmut Lutz.

Examines food insecurity in Nunavut and the viability of programs which follow the Greenland model. As part of study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with key informants from Denmark, Greenland, Nunavut and southern Canada.

Canada's Ambassador to Denmark and Canadian Ambassador for Circumpolar Affairs presents an autobiographical speech at the opening of the Circumpolar Women's Conference.

Comments on the Arctic Council, inaugurated to facilitate circumpolar cooperation on sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.

Looks at Inuit sovereignty, traditional state sovereignty, and the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC).

Examines the depoliticization of violence against women in indigenous communities in Canada and in Scandinavia.

Chapter five in book: Arctic Human Development Report: Regional Processes and Global Linkages edited by Joan Nymand Larsen and Gail Fondahl. Scroll down to page 186 to access chapter.

Looks at the Greenland Home Rule Arrangement introduced in 1979.

Information on the Council's composition, procedures and structures.

Looks at disparities in health care practices across circumpolar countries and regions.

Study revealed higher blood pressure persisted even after adjusting for age, gender, body mass index, education and smoking.

Discussion of a thesis which found that the HIV infected population in Greenland was middle aged, living in Nuuk and Sisimiut, and mainly infected by heterosexual contact.

Author describes the collection of artifacts and clothing amassed by Finnish scientist Henrik Johan Holmberg during an 1851 expedition, and how that collection was purchased by Christian Jürgensen Thomsen for the Museum of Northern Antiquities and is now part of a large collection of skin clothing made by circumpolar Indigenous peoples.

Paper reports on field research conducted in reindeer herding areas in Fenno Scandia.

A scoping literature review selected 43 articles published between 2005 and 2016; findings address 4 main themes relating to compromised access to healthcare: (1) the influence of physical geography, (2) healthcare provider-related barriers, (3) the importance of culture and language and (4) the impact of systemic factors.

Study concluded that the coverage rates in the immunisation programme for children older than 12 months were lower than those recommended by the World Health Organization.

Compared data finding that pancreatic cancer rate in Greenland is 138% higher than in Denmark.

Polar Law Thesis (M.A.)--University of Akureyri, 2017

Analyzes the Danish government's aid policy which emphasizes indigenous people's right to self-determination. To access this article scroll down to page 40.

Looks at the Arctic holding 22 per cent of the world's undiscovered, technically recoverable, conventional oil and natural gas resources.

Looks at ineffective layers of arctic governance which includes local governments, central governments, indigenous councils and the international Arctic Council.

Case studies from Sweden, Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

Comments on international cooperation in Arctic research is needed for weather, oceanography, geology in the Arctic and Subarctic, Arctic fishes, and freshwater fauna and floras, and archeological investigates and linguistic studies.

Data collected served as an umbrella for numerous other studies each specializing in its own detailed area of study.

Explores the unique nature of Inuit political engagement in the Arctic using spatial and policy analysis. Chapter from Arctic Yearbook 2012 edited by Lassi Heininen, Heather Exner-Pirot, Joël Plouffe.

Nine indicators used: recognition of land/title, self-government rights, cultural rights, and customary law, upholding historic treaties and/or signing new treaties, guarantees of representation/consultation in central government, affirmation of distinct status, support/ratification for international instruments, and affirmative action. 2nd edition.

Nine indicators were used: recognition of land/title, self-government, customary law, and culture; legal affirmation of distinct status, support/ratification for international indigenous rights instruments, affirmative action, upholding and/or signing new treaties, and guarantees of representation/consultation in central government.