- Apex
- Arctic Bay
- Arviat
- Baker Lake
- Bathurst Inlet
- Cambridge Bay
- Cape Dorset
- Chesterfield Inlet
- Clyde River
- Coral Harbour
- Craig Harbour
- Gjoa Haven
- Grise Fiord
- Hall Beach
- Igloolik
- Iqaluit
- Kimmirut
- Kinngait
- Kugaaruk
- Kugluktuk
- Maguse River
- Naujaat
- Nuajaat
- Padlei
- Padloping Island
- Pangnirtung
- Pond Inlet
- Qikiqtarjuaq
- Rankin Inlet
- Repulse Bay
- Resolute
- Sanikiluaq
- Sanirajak
- Taloyoak
- Whale Cove
Knowledge Synthesis: Aboriginal Workplace Integration in the North
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Heather Hall
Hayley Hesseln
Description
Project had three phases: initial scan of academic and grey literature dealing with training, education and workforce development programs, jurisdictional scan of government, industry, and Aboriginal-led programs in six case-study regions, and subsequent discussions with stakeholders about findings.
Laboratory Characterization of Invasive Haemophilus Influenzae Isolates from Nunavut, Canada, 2000-2012
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Raymond S. W. Tsang
Y. Anita Li
Angie Mullen
Maureen Baikie
Kathleen Whyte ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 75, 2016, p. article no. 29798
Description
"This study characterized invasive H. influenza (Hi) isolates from Nunavut, Canada, in the post-Hib vaccine era."
Labored Learning: The Outing System at Sherman Institute, 1902-1930
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Whalen
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 36, no. 1, 2012, pp. 151-175
Description
Discusses the program that involved hard labour and comments on the students that made the most out of the situation.
[Labour Force by Occupation and Industry for 15 Years and Over for Nunavut, Regions and Communities, 2011 NHS (National Household Survey)]
Alternate Title
Labour Force by Industry (NAICS) for 15 Years and Over, for Nunavut, Regions and Communities, 2011 National Household Survey
Labour Force by Occupation (NOC) for 15 Years and Over, for Nunavut, Regions and Communities, 2011 National Household Survey
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Statistics. Source: 2011 National Household Survey.
Land Claim Agreements and the North to 2030
Alternate Title
2030 North National Planning Conference
Session Paper (2030 North) ; no. 3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Donihee
Description
Discuses the integral importance of agreements and future role that they can play in addressing change in the North.
Land Claims and Resistance to the Management of Harvester Activities in Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas K. Suluk
Sherrie L. Blakney
Arctic, vol. 61, no. 5, Supplement 1, 2008, pp. 62-70
Description
Discusses Inuit harvesters’ expectations of their land claims that influence their current resistance to ocean co-management within the Kivalliq (formerly Keewatin) region of Nunavut.
“The land is a healer”: Perspectives on Land-Based Healing from Indigenous Practitioners in Northern Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer MétisseRedvers
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 15, no. 1, 2020, pp. 90-107
Description
Looks at the experiences of Indigenous practitioners from the three territories to discuss how a strong land relationship can lead to better mental health for Indigenous communities.
Land of the Long Day
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Douglas Wilkinson
Description
Film shows daily activities of an Inuit community during an Arctic summer on Alukseevee Island in 1953. Duration: 37: 57.
Related material: Documentary Lens Lesson Plan.
Language Barriers Restricting Access to Health Care for Indigenous Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Webster
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 24, June 24, 2018, pp. E754-E755
Description
Article examines the obstacles to obtaining quality health care faced by non-English speaking Inuit and First Nations; notes that speaking one’s Indigenous language is a protective factor all mental health outcomes and recommends that the profession focus on recruiting and training professionals that speak Indigenous languages.
Language Data from the 2001 Nunavut Household Survey
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Survey consisted of 5,816 interviews conducted in every community except Kimmirut. Topics included first language learned, self-rated ability to speak Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun, English and French; ability to read/write Inuktitut syllabics, and language most often spoken at. home.
Language, Learning, & the Promise of Nunavut
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laurie Pelly
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Issue 2014: Revitalizing Education in Inuit Nunangat, 2014, pp. 61-65
Description
Looks at the Nunavut Agreement and implementation specifically Article 23 dealing with employment within Government and Inuit education.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll to page 61 to read article.
Language Rights and Language Choices: The Potential of Inuktitut Literacy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aurélie Hot
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 181-197, 263
Description
Discusses new linguistic policies, the dominance of the English language, and the need for bilingualism in Nunavut institutions to stop the erosion of the Inuit language.
Late Dorset Architecture on Little Cornwallis Island, Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Genevieve LeMoine
James Helmer
Bjarne Grønnow
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 255-280
Description
Description and examiniation of ten architectural features found in late Dorset dwellings.
A Late Dorset Semi-Subterranean Structure From the Bell Site (NiNg-2), Ekalluk River, Victoria Island
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Ryan
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 91-110
Description
Looks at archaeological work done in 2002 that focused on the recovery of architectural details from House 6 to better understand the Late Dorset building tradition.
Learning About the Residential School System in Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Liz Fowler
Mindy Willett
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Issue 2014: Revitalizing Education in Inuit Nunangat, 2014, pp. 40-41
Description
Discusses new mandatory module about the history and legacy of residential schools for grade 10 classes in both territories.
Learning from Lives That Have Been Lived: [Nunavut Suicide Follow-Back Study 2005-2010]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eduardo Chachamovich
Monica Tomlinson
Description
Goal was to identify reasons behind death in order to comprehend, predict and prevent suicide in the future. Looks at lives of individuals who committed suicide and those with comparable backgrounds still living to identify risk and protective factors.
Leaving Our Stories Everywhere: Tales of Tuberculosis and Colonization
Alternate Title
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Helle Mǿller
Description
Comments on the high levels of tuberculosis in the Canadian Arctic and the need for culturally appropriate health education.
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.
Legal Service Provision in Northern Canada: Summary of Research in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the Yukon
Alternate Title
Legal Aid Research Series ; rr03LARS15e
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pauline de Jong
Legal Aid Research Series
Description
Report summarizes three studies carried out between March and August 2002 which examined ten issues pertaining to legal service.
Legends I: An Inuit Journey
Alternate Title
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Legends Project
[Inuit Legends I]
Media » Sound Recordings
Description
The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends, and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. This audio recording is from Iqaluit, Nunavut.
Duration: 53:59
Lessons for Social Science in the Study of New Polities: Nunavut at 10
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ailsa Henderson
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 5-22, 263
Description
Discusses the economic and social realities of Nunavut by evaluating the territory and its attempts to improve socio-economic conditions.
A Life Vest for Hudson Bay's Drifting Stewardship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nunavut Hudson Bay Inter-Agency Working Group
Arctic, vol. 61, no. 5, Supplement 1, 2008, pp. 35-47
Description
Discusses the use of scientific and Inuit knowledge to understand the effects of natural and human-induced changes on the Arctic marine ecosystem and the collaboration needed to unify the coastal and marine governance in the eastern Canadian Arctic.
Life With the Esquimaux: The Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall, of the Whaling Barque "George Henry" From the 29th May, 1860, to the 13th September, 1862. Vol.1-2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Charles Francis Hall
Description
"With the results of a long intercourse with the Innuits, and full description of their mode of life, the discovery of actual relics of the expedition of Martin Frobisher of three centuries ago, and deductions in favour of yet discovering some of the survivors of Sir John Franklin's expedition".
Lighting the Qulliq: The First Master of Education Program in Nunavut
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fiona Walton
Alexander McAuley
Joanne Tompkins
Elizabeth Fortes
Danielle Frenette
Joe Burgess
Description
Final report on a pilot program delivered in Nunavut from 2006-2009 which produced 21 graduates. Summarizes history, development, and evaluation of program.
Listening to Our Past
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Francophone Association of Nunavut
Description
Information on traditional Inuit culture and present day Nunavut. Links include: A Journey into Inuit Traditional Knowledge, Development of Government Services in the Arctic and The Creation of Nunavut. Each section includes oral histories and Elders' personal narratives.
Literacy: More Than Words: Literacy for Aboriginal Populations
Alternate Title
Literacy for Aboriginal Populations
Literacy More Than Words: Presentations: Literacy for Aboriginal Populations
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Council of Ministers of Education
Canada
Description
Contains links to webcasts and presentations on Aboriginal literacy from the Pan-Canadian Interactive Literacy Forum 2008: Legacy, which was put on by the Council of Ministers of Education and took place in nine different locations across Canada.