Nunavut

Looks at site areas that pertain to the Dorset and Thule cultures.

Presents information on a project designed to record the heritage of the inland dwelling Caribou Inuit.

Looks at the work of two photographers who deal with the same topic and geographical region but with radically different results. Access Part One Access Part Two Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 4.

Introduces topics discussed at the synod of the diocese of the Arctic meeting in Iqaluit, Nunavut from May 27 to June 3, 2008. Topics included same-sex unions, welfare of youth, and housing issues.

Discusses Reverend James C. Barlow, dean of St. Jude's Cathedral in Iqaluit, and the challenges he faced replacing the igloo-shaped church that burned down in 2005.

Looks at Canada's attempts at sovereignty in the north and the eventual creation of Nunavut. Duration: 1:30:00.

Looks at relationship between gender issues and the environment, economic conditions, domestic violence, health, housing, homelessness and politics.

Discusses trends and the lack of material on Inuit studies.

Reports survey data from three large cultural areas: the Yukon First Nations, Dene/Métis, and Inuit communities and compares current proportion of traditional food in diets to the precontact period and the amount of traditional food consumed by older vs. younger generation.

Examines the exposure of Arctic Indigenous women, living in two communities of the Canadian Arctic, to polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides via their diet.

Book review of: Arctic Migrants, Arctic Villagers: The Transformation of Inuit Settlement in the Central Arctic by David Damas.

Book review of: Arctic Migrants/Arctic Villagers: The Transformation of Inuit Settlements in the Central Arctic by David Damas.

Comments on some of the key challenges for northerners and their governments.

Focuses on documents (1995 to present) produced by Inuit organizations, northern governments, Canadian parliamentary committee hearings, and select northern newspapers. Includes preliminary bibliography of literature concerning relations with the military in the north.

Book review of: The Arctic Promise by Natalia Loukacheva.

Comments on the novel and the exclusionary and semi-colonial biases of processes to include Aboriginal literary works on academic reading lists.

Investigates the myth of the Arctic as an unspoiled wilderness, a view not shared by Inuit people.

Presents an ecological and nutritional overview of Inuit food sources.

Discussion of the higher risk for obesity, the need for ethnospecific obesity criteria and health interventions.

Looks at oral history and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit in Nunavut, and the potential role of Indigenous intellectual traditions in literary studies.

Second edition.

Comments on the need for a strong broadband network enabling artists to connect to the global economy. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 36.

Describes John Houston's instrumental role in developing and promoting print artists from Cape Dorset, Nunavut.

Film joins a hunting party made up of people from the Frobisher Bay Correctional Centre. Shows the hunting, killing and skinning of a seal and a caribou. Duration: 13:20.

Looks at dietary intake patterns, physical activity levels, dietary behaviours, chronic disease and psychosocial factors.

Identifies gaps in funding for early childhood development funding and recommends policy changes.

Analysis based on sample 2,925 individuals aged 15 to 24 years from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.

Comments on equipping the classroom teacher with the knowledge and skills to assess the needs of students and to instruct according to those needs.

Reports the levels of cadmium, lead, and mercury in traditional foods from Qikiqtarjuaq, Baffin Island and the related health risks and benefits of eating these foods.

Looks at adaption of a diabetes detection tool in northern areas by studying the Inuit population.

Presents a forward looking analysis of governmental structures of Nunavut, the motivation behind its establishment, and the challenges and dilemmas expected to emerge.

Study looks at changes in nutrition and traditional practices affecting mental health.

Comments on two films which are significant in terms of postcolonial studies. 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.

Discusses the significance of the release of the first Inuit- produced feature film, script by Paul Apak Angilirq and directed by Zacharias Kunuk.

Indian Claims Commission (ICC) considered whether Canada wrongly denied Treaty rights north of the 60th parallel, beyond Treaty 8 and Treaty 10 boundaries. ICC concluded Treaty boundaries did not extend into the traditional lands north of 60; however harvesting rights do extend beyond Treaty boundaries. Recommended the parties negotiate resolution. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Describes project which developed game designed to promote nutrition, physical activity, Inuit cultural knowledge and health. Includes quantitative assessment of children's knowledge and physical energy expenditure, and qualitative assessment of participants' game experience.

Map shows six cultural areas based on major geographic regions. Scroll down to choose options for downloading map and text.

Displays eleven sites and text explains their significance. Scroll down to choose options for downloading map and accompanying text.

Scroll down to choose options for downloading map and accompanying text.

Study conducted between 2007 and 2010 consisted of 105 semi-directed interviews with residents of 11 communities in the Kivalliq and Qikiqtaaluk regions. Since killer whale population appears to be on the rise, perceptions of the animal and its consumption of subsistence species has implications for marine ecosystem management.

Examines the contrasting portrayal of Indigenous issues and people in film by Native and non-Native filmmakers.

Law Thesis (J.S.D.)--University of Toronto, 2004.

Looks at traditional systems of social control to see if they can be tailored to fit existing legal systems as part of an independent legal/judicial system for the Inuit of Chukotka.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1996.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Laval University / Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, 2011.