Arctic

Due to the changing conditions of the Arctic it is one of the best places to measure human social, economic and technical adaptations.

Thirty year comparative study of commercial and subsistence harvesting, area hunted and population, showed little change in wildlife levels despite changes in travel mode, population, and oil and gas exploration in Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

Explores the use and origins of iron in the Thule tool kit .

Discussion of the animal rights campaign especially the anti-sealing and anti-whaling movements.

Discusses "The People Awakening Project", a University of Alaska Fairbanks project interested in sobriety and stories of personal suffering from alcohol abuse.

Although the ringed seal was the long-term staple from 2500 BC to the recent past for both Palaeoeskimo and Neoeskimo, recent archaeological data suggests that local cultures were heavily influenced by shorter-term, intensive and regionally available alternatives.

Argues that the effort put into delivering information about risks and hazards of contaminants is not achieving the intended result in four Nunavut and Labrador communities.

Book review of: Erikson, Eskimos, & Columbus by James Robert Enterline.

Argues for vigilance for monitoring populations as 3% of Inuit women participants’ methylmercury (MeHg) exposure was in Health Canada's level of concern (20–99 μg/L), and 56% of Inuit cord samples exceeded the revised United States Environmental Protection Agency guidelines.

Program to measure and reduce levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), heavy metals and radionuclides in traditional Arctic food sources as well as provide information to aid informed decision-making about food choices.

Urging the Prime Minister to revive the circumpolar ambassador, as Russia plans to plant a flag on the North Pole seabed.

Looks at the cross-cultural challenge of researching climate change when differing ideas of time and sentience are encountered.

Article examines historical, environmental and cultural factors that relate to health disparities in Northern Canada and Alaska; discusses the One Health framework as a model with the potential to engage the world-view of Indigenous peoples and improve resilience in communities facing effects of climate change.

Analysis of demographic data from 1863 to 1978.

Dogs are perceived as an integral part of the traditional life of the Inuit, but archaeological evidence indicates this was only true in the recent past.

Examines the history and the reasons for this behaviour.

Discusses how long it takes for sites disturbed by humankind to return to their original states.

Compares data collected from Alaska, Sweden, Norway and Greenland and concludes that Swedish respondents had less suicidal thoughts than those in the other countries.

Argues that since land claims force Aboriginal peoples to deal in the European concept of property, it has the effect of undermining the very principles that claimants are trying preserve.

Book review of: QAYAQ : Kayaks of Alaska and Siberia by David W. Zimmerly and Paul Gardinier.

Argues that post-Pleistocene ancestors were in North America before 8000 B.C.

Book review: Relations Between Traditional Knowledge and Western Science.

Article summarizes main themes of a Symposium with health care providers, researchers, elders and public health officials. Focuses on identifying emerging challenges, trends and potential solutions for the increasing number of infants and children affected by prenatal opioid use.

Looks at photographs appearing in the magazine from 1990 to 2010 using the coding factors of look, appearance, activities, surroundings and use of technology. Bachelor thesis towards an undergraduate degree in International Migration and Ethnic Relations--Malmö University, 2019.

Author examines Igloolik Isuma's film as a formal and deliberate illustration of Inuit legal culture, legal practitioners, and legal principles; argues that Isuma places these elements of the Inuit legal system in conversation with the systems of contemporary justice in Canada.

Describes the technical details of building an igloo (or iglu).

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Université Laval, 1997.

Bishop Andrew Atagotaaluk becomes first Inuit Anglican Bishop.

Master of Natural Resource Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--The University of Manitoba, 2000.

Summary of the presentations included in the Symposium on Parental Education at the 17th International Congress of Circumpolar Health (ICCH17).

Description of the process leading to the election of Canon Terrence Buckle of Yellowknife as suffragan (assistant) bishop of the Arctic.

Book review of: Taken To Extremes by Frank Darnell and Anton Hoēm.

Article interviews students from the Arctic college in Iqaluit to explore how they use the social network, Facebook. Discusses the relationship between technologies and Inuit identity and argues that, like other contemporary cultures, Indigenous cultures are dynamic and integrating and evolving with modern technologies.

Examines prehistoric village locations as they relate to the bowhead whale migration routes.

Discusses lack of consensus on settlement patterns based on wide variation in number of dwellings. Study of a site at Porden Point, N.W.T. found structures were not all constructed or occupied at the same time.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2000.

Book review of: Un/Covering the North by Valerie Alia.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1997.

Discusses how to uncover and work with traditional knowledge.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2004.

Archaeology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 1997.

Discusses the recent realization of cultural loss among the Inuit and the efforts of three men to record their disappearing culture.

Argues that women of the Late Dorset period shared more of the labor than Inuit women.