[Inuit Go South for Tuberculosis Treatment]

Alternate Title
Assignment ; May 15, 1959
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Bill Cockman
Austin Peer
Description
Interview about tuberculosis treatment aboard a Department of Transport ship, C. D. Howe. Duraton: 4:11.
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Inuit Health Survey 2007-2008: Contaminant Assessment in Nunavut

Alternate Title
International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey: Health in Transition and Resiliency
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurie Chan
Nunavut Steering Committee of the International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey
Description
Summarizes results from supplemental survey to Inuit Health Survey which assessed environmental exposure to chemical contaminants. Revised edition, originally published August 2011.
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Inuit Health Survey 2007-2008: Nunavut

Alternate Title
International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey: Health in Transition and Resiliency
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
G. M. Egeland
Description
Summarizes results for adults.
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Inuit Heritage Trust

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Inuit Heritage Trust
Description
Inuit organization that deals with issues of archaeology, ethnographic objects and archives. Website highlights the organization's projects, programs, and traditional place names.
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Inuit Interpretations of Sleep Paralysis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Samuel Law
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 42, no. 1, March 2005, pp. 93-112
Description
Older generations believed it was a result of an attack by shamans or spirits, while contemporary youth had multiple explanations.
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Inuit, Museum and Repatriation: One Bone at One Time

Alternate Title
La Restitution du Patrimoine Matériel et Immatériel: Regards Croisés Canada / Mélanésie
Les Cahiers du CIÉRA, no. 2, Octobre 2008
E-Books
Author/Creator
Peter Irniq
Description
Brief article describes the process involved in the return of skeletal remains from Denmark to Nunavut. Entire volume on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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Inuit Nunangat [Map]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Geomatics Services
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
Description
Shows communities located in Nunavut, Inuvialuit, Nunatsiavut, and Nunavik.
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Inuit Nunangat Relocation Route

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Geomatics Services
[Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)]
Description
Shows route taken during the forced relocation of members of the Inukjuak community moved to Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord during the 1950s.
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Inuit-organised Polar Bear Sport Hunting in Nunavut Territory, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martha Dowsley
Journal of Ecotourism, vol. 8, no. 2, June 2009, p. 161–175
Description
Looks at the economically important form of Aboriginal ecotourism and how Inuit communities are working to accommodate the non-Inuit culture and the market economy.
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Inuit Perspectives on Sustaining Bilingualism in Nunavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelley Tulloch
Quluaq Pilakapsi
Monica Shouldice
Kim Crockatt
Cayla Chenier
Janet Onalik
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 33, no. 1-2, Education and Transmission of Inuit Knowledge in Canada, 2009, pp. 133-152
Description
Offers solutions on achieving and maintaining Inuit language proficiency.
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Inuit Position on the Management of Municipal Wastewater

Alternate Title
Inuvialuit Regional Impact Assessment
National Inuit Position Paper regarding the CCME Canada-Wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent and Environment Canada’s Proposed Regulatory Framework for Wastewater
Nunatsiavut Regional Impact Assessment
Nunavik Regioinal Impact Assessment
Nunavut Regional Impact Assessment
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Contains links to the National Inuit Position Paper regarding the CCME Canada-Wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent and Environment Canada’s Proposed Regulatory Framework for Wastewater and regional appendices.
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Inuit Principals and the Changing Context of Bilingual Education in Nunavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelley Tulloch
Lena Metuq
Jukeepa Hainnu
Saa Pitsiulak
Elisapee Flaherty ... [et al.]
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 40, no. 1, Inuit Health, 2016, pp. 189-209
Description
Shows how two Nunavut high schools offer Inuit language and Inuit qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) to support students in learning and cultural practices.
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The Inuit's Struggle with Dioxins and Other Organic Pollutants

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce E. Johansen
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 3, 2002, pp. 479-490
Description
Article examines the phenomenon in which toxins are concentrated in the fat of mammals and how this especially affects Inuit people because marine mammals make up such a large percentage of their diet.
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Inuit Self-Government in the Canadian North: The Next Step in the Nunavut Project

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katja Göcke
Heidelberg Journal of International Law=Zeitschrift fuer Auslaendisches Oeffentliches Recht und Voelkerrecht , vol. 71, 2011, pp. 78-102
Description
Comments on the necessity to increase revenues to build homes, improve the education system, preserve the Inuktitut language, and to implement health and social programs.
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Inuit Siku (Sea Ice) Atlas

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Inuit Sea Ice Use and Occupancy Project (ISIUOP)
Description
Interactive website provides Inuit knowledge of arctic sea ice around Baffin Island, Nunavut. Intended as a resource for northern schools, youth and scientists.
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Inuit‐Specific Approaches to Healing: from Addiction and Trauma

Alternate Title
Mamisarniq Conference 2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tungasuvvingat Inuit
Description
Conference held May 2007 brought together addiction and mental health workers to share and gain knowledge in the areas of: approaches to healing, programs in place, and training and treatment options.
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Inuit Statistical Profile [2008]

Alternate Title
Inuit in Canada: A Statistical Profile
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Includes variables related to age, language, health, and education of Canadian Inuit people.
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Inuit Statistical Profile 2018

E-Books
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
Description
Information on language, housing conditions, health indicators, suicide rates, food insecurity, harvesting country food, education, and strength of family ties.
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Inuit Symbolism of the Bearded Seal

Alternate Title
Symbolisme inuit du phoque barbu
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgitte Sonne
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 29-50
Description
Examines traditional Inuit and Yupiit stories, rituals, and colloquial sayings to reveal different meanings associated with the bearded seal in these Indigenous cultures. Finds that bearded seals can impart multiple meanings ranging from monstrous to protection to renewal and reproduction.
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