Nunavut

Analyzes the gender parity proposal debate in Nunavut.

Compares three environmental assessment (EA) cases: Voisey's Bay Mine and Mill in Nunatsiavut; Meadowbank Mine in Nunavut; and the Mackenzie Gas Project in the Northwest Territories. Discusses gendered nature of the resource decision-making processes and argues that EA process privileges resource extraction, re-inscribes gender hierarchies, and undermines Indigenous mixed economies.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2002.

Designed to improve literacy and communication skills while looking at differences between modern life and Inuit traditions. Topics include hunting and survival, courage and Arctic animals.

Teacher's resource for use with primary students in Grades 4, 5, and 6. Goal is to improve students' literacy and communication skills while teaching about Arctic animals and hunting.

Examines the various models of governance that will be established after Aboriginal claims are concluded.

Outlines government institutions and key governance issues including land claims, self-government agreements, intergovernmental processes, wildlife and resource management, institutional governance, and economic development. Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.

Discusses the basic structure, operation, and initiatives of the Government of Nunavut.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--[Carleton University], 2015.

Looks at the political scientist's work on the new territory.

"From the Report of the U.S. National Museum for 1895 ..."

Discusses results of project undertaken to map and inventory community gardens and greenhouses in Labrador, Nunavik, Nunavut, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories.

Film explores the kinship that exists during a spring seal hunt in this remote Inuit community. Duration: 34:15.

Film follows Nelsilik men hunting on the sea ice and women preparing a mean and previously caught game. Duration: 27:56.

Chronicle of spring seal hunt on the sea ice and the return to camp where the women process the catch. Duration: 33:00.

By looking at artifacts belonging to children, author compares childhood in the two cultures.

Marine Management Thesis (M.M.M.)--Dalhousie University, 2013.

Outlines work of the Commission and provides synopsis of each of the documents produced for it.

Reference document to aid in interpreting the data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). Includes glossary.

Reference document to aid in interpreting the data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). Includes glossary.

Publication is meant for teachers wanting to incorporate elders' teachings into their classroom.

Compares carvings collected by A.P. Low and L.E. Borden to those collected by Comer in 1903-104. Both are unusual in that they have clear provenance and some pieces are attributable to one individual. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 43.

Studies seal hunting rituals and food sharing.

Discusses the context and origins of the public engagement process, it's implementation and the creation of the Poverty Reduction Plan, and challenges to be considered while moving forward.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2006.

Discussion of the cost difference between Northern communities and the rest of Canada plus the First Minister's accord on health care renewal in February, 2003.

Uses data from Statistics Canada's mortality database to compare statistics for the two time periods.

In the Yukon, Northwest Territoires, and what is now Nunavut, more Aboriginals than non-Aboriginals rated their health as "fair" or "poor".

Provides information on indicators of health status and determinants of health from published sources.

Discusses an 8 week long course in which 40% of the registrants actively participated online.

Interview with a prominent Inuit sculptor. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 32.

Article discusses the three different bodies of law that are at play in navigating the rediscovery of the HMS Erebus, and the HMS Terror. Includes discussion of public international law, The UNESCO Convention of 2001 on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.

Examines coverage in two newspapers: The Globe and Mail and the National Post over a 14-year period between April 1, 1999 to September 1, 2013. Analysis suggests that reports reinforced perceptions about the Inuit as Other by focusing on issues such as hunger, poverty and income.

Looks at two Canadian Arctic towns considered to be examples of mid twentieth century high modernist planning.

Discussion of the high rate of "big baby syndrome" among the Cree of James Bay.

Integrated Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2004. Focuses on The Nunavut Teacher Education Program (NTEP).

Describes changes in mourning customs starting with the fur trade in 1846.

Analysis of the impact on resource developments for Indigenous communities in the Canadian Arctic. Chapter two in Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic edited by Chris Southcott, Frances Abele, David Natcher, and Brenda Parlee.

Compares scope and depth of literature developed within the three geographic areas, identifies key themes from findings, highlight gaps, and suggests areas for further investigation.

Bishop Andrew Atagotaaluk receives honorary doctorate for contributions to translation of the New Testament into Inuktitut.

Outlines a model of the household in mixed, subsistence-based economies; model is based factors including measurements of hunting, fishing, trapping and gathering.

For use with book of same title, which is a man's personal narrative about how he used traditional knowledge to stay alive after his snowmobile broke down on the sea ice while returning home from a fishing camp.

Overview of the material collected on Inuit terminology and Indigenous ice vocabularies used to describe the sea ice nomenclatures.

Detection of nervous system disease, human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1, by health officials.