Nunavik

Rural Sociology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2008.

Medical records of 610 children born between 1994 and 2010 in 3 communities were reviewed and analyzed to determine if (i) early onset Otitis Media (OM) leads to repeated OM; (ii) repeated OM episodes leads to middle ear abnormalities (MEA) at age 5 years, (iii) pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) may reduce multiple OM and MEA.

Article analyzes the impacts of the Raglan and Voisey’s Bay mines on business and employment rates in Nunavik and Nunatsiavut. Authors present the design, methodology, and results of a three-year study; examine trends, policy insights and possibilities for future research.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Laval University, 2006.

Compares mortality rates in 1 to 19 year old residents of Inuit Nunangat to the rest of Canada.

Objectives were to address lack of health information and associated challenges, identify resources needed to take action on issues, and make recommendations on future directions, resources and involvement.

A review of the strategy and the framework show a lack of research in science, applied science and social science.

Reports on results of consultations about how the Inquiry process should incorporate Inuit concerns and perspectives.

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.

Document discusses Inuit expectations of researchers in terms of consultation, involvement and ultimately benefits from research.

Discusses the severity of respiratory infections in preschool Inuit children from neonatal vitamin A deficiency.

Book review of: Northern Exposure edited by Frances Abele, Thomas J Couchesne, F. Leslie Seidle, France St-Hilaire.

Describes events before, during and after an outbreak of the disease and records how an innovative prevention program contributed to a successful resolution.

English-Inuktitut weekly newspaper serving the people of Nunavut and Nunavik region of Arctic Quebec. Features Northern news, editorials and advertising.

Related Material: From Science to Policy in Nunavik and Nunatsiavut: Synthesis and Recommendations.

Abridged version.

Briefly describes some of the organizations that study issues related to food, contaminants, the environment and health.

Statistics for share of workers by activity sector, indicators broken down by gender and identity, workers by economic sector and identity, workers by economic sector and gender, highest educational attainment, mining site workforce, and employment and unemployment rate. Sources: Canadian census, the Kativik Regional Government and Quebec’s Ministry of Education. Summarizes information found in the larger report Employment in Nunavik: Profile and Trends.

Related material: Nunavik in Figures 2020 -- Sources.

Book review of: Nunavik: Inuit-Controlled Education in Arctic Quebec by Ann Wick-Westgate.

Book review of: Nunavik by Ann Vick-Westgate.

Review of exhibition mounted at the Winnipeg Art Gallery from Oct. 16, 2010 to April 3, 2011. Entire issues on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 57.

Examines three types of social program funding: employment training, education, and health care.

Website gives access to tables using data on region/villages, indicators and years, as well as links to maps, publications and metadata explaining characteristics on program data.

Argues that current market-driven model does not sufficiently address Inuit food insecurity and makes recommendations for changes to existing program.

Study's goal was to provide overviews of anthropometric data and the relationship between the data and risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Summary. Infographic.

Study determined that hearing loss is significant problem which affects academic performance.

Comments on an environmental education activity designed to promote an ecosystem approach to health. NOTE: Also published as Journal of Aboriginal Health, Summer, 2015.

Studies the transfer of pregnant women outside of the community for delivery to delivery performed in the home community.

Discusses how, through photography, the Inuit may control the representation of the national park established in their territory.

Looks at the correlation between student success and parental support.

Looks at drug use patterns of 405 Inuit students aged 11 to 21.

Interview with a prominent Inuit sculptor. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 52.