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Recommendations on Northern Infrastructure to Support Economic Development

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Aboriginal Economic Development Board
Provides statistics on access to all-season roads and regional energy grid, population living in suitable housing, and internet capability in Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunatsiavut, and Nunavik.Recommendations focus on coordinated investments, a dedicated investment fund, and supporting community capacity.
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Recommendations on Northern Sustainable Food Systems

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Indigenous Economic Development Board
Makes recommendations under four themes: traditional foods, local food production, Federal subsidy and support programs, and project funding coordination and promotion.
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Reconsidering Confederation: Canada's Founding Debates, 1864 - 1999

Alternate Title
Compact, Contract, Covenant: The Evolution of First Nations Treaty-Making
Resisting Canada’s Will: Manitoba’s Entry into Confederation
“A More Accurate Face on Canada to the World”: The Creation of Nunavut
E-Books
Author/Creator
J. R. Miller
Daniel Heidt
Marcel Martel
Colin M. Coates
Martin Pâquet
... [et al.]

See:

Chapter Two: Compact, Contract, Covenant: The Evolution of First Nations Treaty-Making by J.R. Miller.

Chapter Six: Resisting Canada’s Will: Manitoba’s Entry into Confederation by Robert Wardhaugh and Barry Ferguson.

Chapter Eleven: “A More Accurate Face on Canada to the World”: The Creation of Nunavut by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Andr&ecaute Légar&eacute.

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The Reconstruction of Inuit Collective Identity: From Cultural to Civic The Case of Nunavut

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 4
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 2nd, 2006
Moving Forward, Making a Difference ; vol. 2
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
André Légaré

Examines Inuit history from pre-contact to 1960s, the Nunavut negotiation process, relevant publications, geopolitical boundaries, and literature on Inuit identity.

Chapter seven from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 2, which is also vol. 4 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.

Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.

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Recontextualizing Schooling Within an Inuit Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne S. Douglas
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Culture and Education: Aboriginal Settings, Concerns, and Insights, 1994, pp. 154-164
Examines the relationship between the community and school in Arctic Bay and the need to bridge the cultural divide by incorporating the Inuit way of life into the education system.
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Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Arctic: The Case of Nunavut, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Ford
Tristan Pearce
Barry Smit
Johanna Wandel
Mishak Allurut
Kik Shappa
Harry Ittusujurat
Kevin Qrunnut
Arctic, vol. 60, no. 2, June 2007, pp. 150-166
Discusses how policy development can help Inuit reduce their vulnerability to climate change by focusing on the renewable resource harvesting sector.
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A Reexamination of Eskimo-Aleut Prehistory

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Don E. Dumond
American Anthropologist, vol. 89, no. 1, New Series, March 1987, pp. 32-56
Argues that post-Pleistocene ancestors were in North America before 8000 B.C.
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Relocating to a New or Pre-existing Social Housing Unit: Significant Health Improvements for Inuit Adults in Nunavik and Nunavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mylène Riva
Christopher Fletcher
Philippe Dufresne
Karine Perreault
Gina Muckle ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 111, no. 1, February 2020, pp. 21-30
Study collected baseline data and follow-up data on 102 participants 1-6 months before and 15–18 months after rehousing. Results: majority of participants reported lowered levels of psychological distress, lowered levels of daily stress, and lowered levels of asthmatic symptoms.
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Renewable Energy Policies and Programs in Nunavut:

Perspectives from the Federal and Territorial Governments

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole C. McDonald
Joshua M. Pearce
Arctic, vol. 65, no. 4, December 2012, pp. 466-475
Discuses results of qualitative interviews with key policy-makers, non-governmental organizations, and consulting firms about existing challenges and opportunities in developing alternate sources of energy.
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Report 2: Breastfeeding among Inuit in Canada

Alternate Title
Early Inuit Child Health in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sirisha Asuri
Anna Claire Ryan
Laura Arbour
Using questions from the 2006 Aboriginal Children's Survey examines breastfeeding practices and factors that influence Inuit mothers.
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Report on Family Law Research in Nunavut: Background Paper

E-Books
Author/Creator
Kelly Gallagher-Mackay
Presents research about adoptions, divorces, and separation, including the use of services and how Inuit families deal with family matters, and looks at increasing the knowledge and access to family rights and available services.
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Report on the 2017 Employee Engagement Survey

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Department of Finance, Government of Nunavut
Survey asked indeterminate, term and casual employees with at least six months of continuous service to rate 55 statements. Twenty-one were benchmark questions common to federal, provincial and territorial government public service Engagement Surveys across Canada. Total of 1,692 respondents participated.
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Reportable Communicable Diseases in Nunavut, 2007 to 2014

Alternate Title
Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health Technical Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Department of Health
Government of Nunavut
Data sources: Department of Health, Government of Nunavut, Public Health Agency of Canada, Statistics Canada, and International Circumpolar Surveillance.
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Research on the Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut: A Literature Review and Gap Analysis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James D. Ford
Kenyon C. Bolton
Jamal Shirley
Tristan Pearce
Martin Tremblay ... [et al.]
Arctic, vol. 65, no. 3, September 2012, pp. 289-304
Identifies trends in peer-reviewed research by analyzing contents of 117 articles. Databases searched were ISI Web of Knowledge, PubMed and GeoBase.
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A Research Study to Determine Effective Marketing Communication Strategies for Businesses Located in Nunavut, Canada, 2018: Prepared for Nunavut Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Economic Development Professionals, and Business Decision Makers

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jason C. Little
Presents data on the current context and discusses areas for improvement and the results of a series of in-depth face-to-face interviews involving 11 business professionals Serves as a snapshot of considerations decision-makers face when deciding on future actions.
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Responding to Climate Change in Nunavut: Policy Recommendations

Alternate Title
Moving Forward, Making a Difference ; vol. 1
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 3
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 2nd, 2006
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
James Ford
Johanna Wandel
vol. 3

Focus on hunting livelihoods, key drivers of vulnerability, and identification of key policy points.

Chapter six from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 1, which is also vol. 3 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.

Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.

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Review of Justice System Issues Relevant to Nunavut, Part 2

Alternate Title
Technical Report (Atlantic Institute of Criminology) ;TR1999-4e
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Don Clairmont
Report commissioned by the Department of Justice. Volume contains annotated bibliographies, including documents, reports and position papers.
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Review of Justice System Issues Relevant to Nunavut, Part One

Alternate Title
Technical Report (Atlantic Institute of Criminology) ; TR1999-4e
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Don Clairmont
Report commissioned by the Department of Justice to provide a review of pertinent literature, which the author found lacking and therefore supplemented with knowledge of individuals who were contacted directly. This volume focuses on academic and scholarly materials.
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The Right to Food Security in a Changing Arctic: The Nunavut Food Security Coalition and the Feeding My Family Campaign

Alternate Title
A New Dialogue: Putting People at the Heart of Global Development
Case Studies: Local Solutions: Rights
Hunger, Nutrition, Climate Justice 2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lessee Papatsie
Leanna Ellsworth
Stephanie Meakin
Tiina Kurvits
Looks at grassroots community mobilization which is propelled by the Feeding My Family Facebook initiative.
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Ringed-Seal Liver is Off the Menu for Women Before Pregnancy

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shauna Lewis
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 5, August 2012, p. 23

Discusses a report that warns women of childbearing years the risks of eating country foods with contaminants, although safe for most adults.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.35.

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Rising Stars

Articles » General
Inuktitut, no. 98, Fall, 2005, p. 47
Graduation photograph identifying the members of the June 2005, Arctic College Akitsiraq Law School class.
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