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Climate Change and Food Security in Regional Inuit Centers

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ArcticNet Annual Research Compendium (2013-2014)
Climate Change and Food Security in Regional Inuit Centres
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Ford
Elaine Power
Christopher Furgal
Susan Chatwood
William Gough
Overview of project aimed at Identifying and characterizing the vulnerability and resilience of food systems. Phase two looked at policy linkages and attempted to identify opportunities and priorities for adaptation intervention in high risk populations.
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Climate Change Policy Response for Canada's Inuit Population: The Importance of and Opportunities for Adaptation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James D. Ford
Tristan Pearce
Frank Duerden
Chris Furgal
Barry Smit
Global Environmental Change, vol. 20, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 177-191
Argues that policy intervention should focus on: transmission of environmental knowledge, emergency management capability, flexibility of resource management regimes, economic support to facilitate adaptation, increase research effort to identify risk factors and response options, protection of infrastructure, and promote awareness of climate change impacts
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Collaborating to Improve Child and Youth Mental Health in Nunavik

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Fraser
Rémy Rouillard
Lucie Nadeau
Léna D'Ostie Racine
Raymond Mickpegak
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 40, no. 1, Inuit Health, 2016, pp. 23-41
Looks at various collaborative care models and interviews administrators, clinicians, and Inuit families about expectations for mental health services and care.
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Completed Suicides among the Inuit of Northern Quebec, 1982–1996: A Case–Control Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lucy J. Boothroyd
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Sheila Spreng
Michael Malus
Stephen Hodgins
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 165, no. 6, September 18, 2001, pp. 749-755
Study conducted to describe characteristics of those who had died, identify antecedents and correlates and determine if those at high risk could be identified by nonspecialist health care professionals.
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Contemporary Inuit Sculpture

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
National Gallery of Canada
Teachers' lesson plans focus on 10 artists: Manasie Akpaliapik, Karoo Ashevak, Charlie Inukpuk, Mattiusi Iyaituk, Kiugak Ashoona, Osuitok Ipeelee, Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok, Oviloo Tunnillie, Judas Ullulaq, and Natar Ungalaq. Includes activities, artworks and artists, chronology and glossary.
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Cracks in the Knowledge: Sea Ice Terms in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Nunavik

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Scott A. Heyes
Canadian Geographer, vol. 55, no. 1, Geographies of Inuit Sea Ice Use, Spring, 2011, p. 69–90
Discusses sea ice characteristics from an Indigenous knowledge perspective; and looks at the history and future of sea ice knowledge and terminology.
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Cree Youth Engagement in Health Planning

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nickoo Merati
Jonathan Salsberg
Joey Saganash
Joshua Iserhoff
Kaitlynn Hester Moses ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 15, no. 1, 2020, pp. 73-89

Using interviews with Cree youth and Indigenous youth coordinators to look at ways to engage Indigenous youth towards healthier lifestyles.   

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Culturally Appropriate Care, A Multicultural Task: Assessing the Needs of Inuit Youth in the Care of Child Welfare Services

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah L. Fraser
Cécile Rousseau
Rebecca Kasudluak
Pamela Burmester
Maria José Arauz
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 9, no. 2, Inuit Health and Well-Being, 2012, pp. 38-49

Study explored needs of Inuit youth in the care of child welfare services from perspective of educators, therapists, a cultural broker, and the youths themselves. 

NOTE: Also published as Journal of Aboriginal Health, Summer, 2015.

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[Deadly Summer: Linking School and Suicide]

Alternate Title
The Journal ; September 17, 1991
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Robin Benger
Allen Able
Focusses on rash of suicides in the village of Povungnituk, Nunavik. Duration: 17:18.
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Demographic Changes in Nunavik 2006-2016

Alternate Title
Nunivaat Analytics ; February 2019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sébastien Lévesque
Gérard Duhaime
Statics for general population and village growth, age of population, and distribution of population by five-year age groups.
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Dioxin-Like Compounds are not Associated with Bone Strength Measured by Ultrasonography in Inuit Women from Nunavik (Canada): Results of a Cross-Sectional Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexandra-Cristina Paunescu
Pierre Ayotte
Éric Dewailly
Sylvie Dodin
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 20843
Suggestions that DLC's found in food sources could alter bone strength were found invalid.
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Dwelling and Nomadic Thoughts: Reflections on the Architecture of Youth (and Intergenerational) Centres in Nunavik

Alternate Title
Habiter et pensées nomades : Réflexions sur l’architecture des Maisons des jeunes (et intergénérationnelles) au Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marika Vachon
Myriam Blais
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 44, no. 1/2, Builiding and Dwelling in Inuit Nunangat, 2020, pp. 237-259

Examines how architecture can be used to reflect meaning by its intended users. 

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Dynamiques culturelles et représentations sociales du chien dans la communauté inuit de Kuujjuaq (Nunavik)

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Cultural Dynamics and Social Representations of Dogs in the Inuit Community of Kuujjuaq (Nunavik)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Brunet
Francis Lévesque
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 265-283
Presents the findings of research conducted in September of 2016 on the changing place of dogs in Kuujjaq, a community where Inuit and non-Inuit live together. Researchers found “that dogs in the community occupy a position that oscillates between appreciation and repulsion—a position shaped by cultural and community contexts.” Text in French.
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Échange Commercial et Usages Monétaires Non-Marchands dans le Cadre du Programme d'Aide aux Chasseurs du Nunavik

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yohann Cesa
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, Populations et Migrations / Populations and Migrations, 2002, pp. 175-186
Discusses the Nunavik Hunters Supports Program which has the goals of promoting traditional hunting activities, ensuring a supply of country foods, and maintains harvesting equipment such as community freezers and boats.
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L'Écotourisme au Nunavik: Manifestation de la Postmodernité?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annie Thomas
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 36, no. 2, Le Tourisme dans lArtique / Tourism in the Arctic, 2012, pp. 79-97
Authors conducted interviews in the village of Kuujjuaq to gather information about residents' perceptions of ecotourism. They speculate that development in this area may have a unifying effect on Inuit identity.
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The Effect of Community-Level Factors on Suicide in Inuit Nunangat

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Penney
Ellen Bobet
Éric Guimond
Sacha Senécal
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 77-84
Looks at suicide rates in Inuit Nunangat from 1989 to 2003 using socio-cultural characteristics from the Census and Aboriginal Peoples Survey to compare community elements. Scroll down to page 77 to read article.
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