Social Science & Medicine, vol. 58, no. 12, June 2004, pp. 2625-2636
Description
Addresses the impacts on colonial relations on suicide rates and advocates for narrative research, intergenerational communication, and community action for solutions.
Describes the role of the Regional Contaminants Coordinators (RCCs) who developed several projects under CACAR-II (Canadian Arctic Contaminants Assessment Report)
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, Art et Représentation / Art and Representation, 2004, pp. 171-183
Description
Reviews six books about Inuit art:
Celebrating Inuit Art, 1948-1970 by Maria von Finckentein
Inuit Art/An Introduction by Ingo Hessel.
Histoires de l’Art des Inuits du Québec by Michel Nöel and Jean Chaumely.
Le Refus de l’Oubli: Femmes-Sculptures du Nunavik by Céline Saucier.
The Inuit Imagination: Arctic Myth and Sculpture by Harold Seidelman and James Turner.
Sculpture of the Inuit by George Winton.
Reviews in French.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 19-23
Description
Profile of the Inuit artist whose drawings were atypical of the works produced in northern print shops.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 19.
Looks at co-ops in the Canadian north to better serve their communities and provide a means of development for Indigenous populations.
Chapter from Co-operative Membership and Globalization: New Directions in Research and Practice edited by Brett Fairbarn and Nora Russell.
Entire ebook on one PDF. To access chapter, scroll down to page 74.
Discusses Leslie Marmon Silko's attempts to merge the oral tradition of storytelling with the literary form to communicate Native American concepts concerning time, nature, and spirituality and their relevance in the contemporary world.
Describes activities undertaken by the Qikiqtani Inuit Association, provides background information on the development and functioning of the National Inuit Youth Suicide Prevention Project, and makes recommendations for future actions.
Research Report (Correctional Service of Canada) ; no. R-142
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shelley Trevethan
John-Patrick Moore
Leesie Naqitarvik
Autumn Watson
Daisy Saunders
Description
Discusses institutional and community reintegration needs of offenders in federal facilities. Research based on interviews with 75 offenders, 34 family members, and 73 correctional staff.
Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 31, no. 2, 2004, pp. 179-196
Description
Looks at trends in the fertility rates for North American Indians, Registered Indians, Métis and Inuit peoples and the merging of age patterns between different groups over the past 30 years.
Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum ; 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Martha Dowsley
Description
Looks at the polar bear sport hunt industry and the impact it has on community hunters.
Presentation from Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
Proceedings of the Northern Research Forum ; 3rd, 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
George W. Wenzel
Description
Comments on the Northwest Territories community polar bear quotas.
Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
Outlines issues that face Inuit women, their children, elders and communities, and presents some of the ways Pauktuutit Inuit Women's Association is responding to the challenges.
This submission was written by the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly for inclusion in the Hon. Warren Allmand's Northern Policy Statement. Areas of concern for the NWT Legislative Assembly are constitutional development, land claims and economic development.