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Recommendations on Northern Infrastructure to Support Economic Development

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Aboriginal Economic Development Board
Provides statistics on access to all-season roads and regional energy grid, population living in suitable housing, and internet capability in Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunatsiavut, and Nunavik.Recommendations focus on coordinated investments, a dedicated investment fund, and supporting community capacity.
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Recommendations on Northern Sustainable Food Systems

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Indigenous Economic Development Board
Makes recommendations under four themes: traditional foods, local food production, Federal subsidy and support programs, and project funding coordination and promotion.
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Report 2: Breastfeeding among Inuit in Canada

Alternate Title
Early Inuit Child Health in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sirisha Asuri
Anna Claire Ryan
Laura Arbour
Using questions from the 2006 Aboriginal Children's Survey examines breastfeeding practices and factors that influence Inuit mothers.
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Research on the Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut: A Literature Review and Gap Analysis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James D. Ford
Kenyon C. Bolton
Jamal Shirley
Tristan Pearce
Martin Tremblay ... [et al.]
Arctic, vol. 65, no. 3, September 2012, pp. 289-304
Identifies trends in peer-reviewed research by analyzing contents of 117 articles. Databases searched were ISI Web of Knowledge, PubMed and GeoBase.
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Revisiting the Labrador Boundary Decision to Include Indigenous Interpretations of the Region

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Andrew Klain
Mario Levesque
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 53, no. 1, Winter, 2019, pp. 123-151
Discusses the failure of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) in 1927 to consider the perspectives of the Inuit, Innut, and Algonquian peoples when resolving the question of the border between Newfoundland and Quebec in the Labrador region. Highlights this practice as a reflection of Canada’s colonial past and how the inclusion of Indigenous knowledge would have changed the process.
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Smoking Correlates among Inuit Men and Women in Inuit Nunangat

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evelyne Bougie
Dafna E. Kohen
Health Reports, vol. 29, no. 3, March 2018, pp. 3-10
Statistics from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. Some correlates appear to be sex-specific, and findings identify some of the protective and risk factors.
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StatsUpdate: Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: Focus on Inuit in Nunavut, 2006 Census of Population

Alternate Title
Inuit Identity Population With Knowledge of Inuktitut and With Inuktitut as Mother Tongue, by Age Group, Nunavut, 2001 and 2006
Nunavut Population by Inuit Identity and Age Group, 2001 and 2006
Nunavut Population in Private Households by Inuit Identity, Condition of Dwelling and Number of Persons Per Room, 2006
Selected Characteristics for Inuit Population by Inuit Nunaat, Canada, 2006
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Statistical data. 4 tables. Source: 2006 Census of Population.
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Suicide in Inuit Nunaat: An Analysis of Suicide Rates and the Effect of Community-Level Factors

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher Penney
Sacha Senécal
Eric Guimond
Ellen Bobet
Sharanjit Uppal
Looks at the results of a study which indicate that some of the relationships between suicide risk and explanatory variables are more complex then they appear. "Position paper for the 5th NRF open Assembly, September 24th-27th 2008", Anchorage, Alaska.
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Table 576-0010: Aboriginal Peoples Survey, Self-rated Ability to Speak and Understand an Aboriginal Language, by Age Group and Sex, Inuit Population Aged 6 years and Over, Canada and Inuit Nunangat: Occasional (persons)

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Peoples Survey 2012
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
From Statistics Canada's Canadian Socio-economic Information and Management System (CANSIM). Data can be added / removed and manipulated to customize table.
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Table 576-0014: Aboriginal Peoples Survey, Importance of Speaking and Understanding an Aboriginal Language, by Age Group and Sex, Inuit Population Aged 6 Years and Over, Canada and Inuit Nunangat: Occasional (persons)

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Peoples Survey 2012
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
From Statistics Canada's Canadian Socio-economic Information and Management System (CANSIM). Data can be added / removed and manipulated to customize table.
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Table 578-0004: Aboriginal Peoples Survey, Path to Obtaining High School Diploma and Postsecondary Education, by Age Group and Sex, Inuit Population Aged 15 Years and Over, Canada and Inuit Nunangat

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Peoples Survey 2012
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
From Statistics Canada's Canadian Socio-economic Information and Management System (CANSIM). Data can be added / removed and manipulated to customize table.
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Thinking Food Security "Outside the Box"

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Johanna Tuglavina
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 42-43
Comments on locals needing the same good quality food as the employees living and working at the mine site.
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[Traditional Games of Labrador Inuit]: Draft Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Corey Hutchings

Author reviewed previously published research, archival material, and museum collections, however the majority of information was gathered by interviewing people in Nunatsiavut. Discusses games, toys and pastimes.

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Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories

Alternate Title
AtuKatigennik Unikkausittinuk: Transmettre nos Histories
An Interdisciplinary Educational Resource to Accompany the Uniikausivut: Sharing Our Stories Initiative
AtuKatigennik Unikkausittinuk
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
National Film Board (NFB)

Selection of 83 films from the National Film Board's collection that represent the regions of Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, Nunavut and Inuvialuit.

Related Material: Interdisciplinary Educational Resource.

 

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Vulnerability to Freshwater Changes in the Inuit Settlement Region of Nunatsiavut, Labrador: A Case Study from Rigolet

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christina Goldhar
Trevor Bell
Johanna Wolf
Arctic, vol. 67, no. 1, March 2014, pp. 71-83
Researchers conducted 89 household interviews about changes in the watershed and how this had affected residents' food and water security. Findings indicated that while adaptation was taking place, it was not without difficulties.
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Waste Management in Labrador and Northern Communities: Opportunities and Challenges

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine M.H. Keske
Morgan Mills
Laura Tanguay
Jason Dicker
Northern Review, no. 47, Dealing with Resource Development in Canada's North, August 03, 2018, pp. 79-112
Mixed methods study that examines the challenges and opportunities of waste management—including household waste and accumulations generated by military installations and extractive industries—in Nain and Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
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We Can Do Better: Housing in Inuit Nunangat

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lillian Eva Dyck
Dennis Glen Patterson
Lynn Beyak
Gwen Boniface
Dan Christmas
Tobias Enverga ... [et al.]
Discusses current conditions, consequences, contributing factors, and ways to alleviate the situation.
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