Nunavut

Presents information on four Dorset graves found on the Melville Peninsula in 1954 by the joint Danish National Museum and University of Pennsylvania Expedition.

Findings suggest that enhanced screening frequency and methods would result in improved outcomes.

Health and Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--Queen's University at Kingston, 2000.

Examines the health of Inuit people and HTLV-I infection.

Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Toronto, 1998.

Recommendations for improving food security through increasing hunting capacity, food processing and distribution capabilities and awareness about traditional foods.

Discusses Reverend Peck's research of tuurngait (shamanic helping spirits).

Discusses the colonial marginalization of "country foods" and the resulting food insecurity in Inuit communities in Nunavut. Geography [Honours] Thesis (B.A)--McGill University, 2016.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1970.

Alphabetical listing of organizations including brief description, mailing address and web address. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 36.

Argues that the eastern Thule were contemporaries of the post-Birnirk Nunagiak stage.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2007.

Analyzes a small wooden human figurine found with the remains of an Inuit woman.

Study works to identify human health indicators of climate change, focusing on factors relevant to the Canadian arctic. 20 indicators were identified using the The Piliriqatigiinniq Community Health Research Model; indicators focused on four key themes: 1) environmental health; 2) morbidity and mortality; 3) population vulnerability; and 4) mitigation, adaptation, and policy.

Presents proposals to facilitate future investigations of Pre-Dorset occupations in southern Baffin Island.

Looks at the importance of orality in the 21st century and throughout human history. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1996.

Contents that in the event of a Quebec secession, the Cree and Inuit should have the choice of remaining in Quebec or in Canada.

Discusses the research undertaken over several years, to track movement of Inuit hunters and to monitor the environment with the use and development of a GPS based tracking and weather recording system.

Looks to localized teaching and individual strategies for promoting success for students of mathematics; uses examples from Inuit ontologies and systems of knowledge transmission.

Examines problems that have confronted the Nunavut Housing Corporation, and looks at program and policy initiatives undertaken to address the situation.

Shows how the creation of Nunavut on April 1, 1999, was a means to preserve Inuit language, culture and traditions through a governance structure that incorporates guiding principles reflecting Inuit societal values. Also discusses issues concerning the delivery of culturally sensitive library services to the people of Nunavut.

[Education] Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Prince Edward Island, 2002.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2004.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waterloo, 2006.

Discussion on the effectiveness of a number of agreements negotiated directly between mineral resource developers and Aboriginal communities in support of three northern Canadian diamond mines.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2012.

Discusses how the Meadowbank gold mine has impacted Inuit people. Related material: Quantitative Assessment.

Looks at the public health challenge creates by food insecurity and the diet transition away from local, nutrient-rich country foods.

Discusses context and process from the perspective of Fort Albany First Nation community participants. Information was gathered through interviews, direct observation, and written and photo-documentation.

Critiques attendance policy and discusses implementation problems with policy at the school and community levels.

Looks at the partnership between the Inuit of Nunavut, governments of Canada and Nunavut, and the necessary policies and processes for the effective implementation of the agreement.

Discusses the benefits of Chaplain BASE (Building Access to Specialists through eConsultation) service. eConsult provides advice instantly from specialists which otherwise patients would have to wait for.

Author hired to teach six week writing course for Adult Literacy Project of Kugluktuk, Nunavut found that while government is pushing towards instruction in Inuit languages, there are few literary resources and most teachers are not Inuit.

Introduction to Fred Montpetit, Nunavut's first chief nursing officer.

Short article about Rebecca Veevee, a cooking-show guru, who teaches Inuit to cook and eat better.

2 statistical tables. Source: 2011 National Household Survey.

Discusses action plan for the Department of Education to address recommendations put forth by the Nunavut Income Support Policy Review.