Nunavut

Teacher's resource for senior level book study meant to help learners strengthen their reading, writing, and communication skills. Developed as part of the Adult Basic Education Program at Nunavut Arctic College.

Teacher's resource for use with primary students in Grades 4, 5, and 6. Goal is to improve literacy and communication skills while teaching about identity, friendship and community.

Documentary looks at early Canadian aviation with Thomas A. Lawrence talking about an expedition to Ungava Bay and Hudson Strait. Duration: 28:20.

Addresses important issues facing Nunavut and educational reform focusing on jurisdictional control, curriculum & research, improving access/increasing integration and sustainability/capacity building.

Looks at a project that encourages Inuit people to begin writing their stories and, in this way, pass on Inuit culture and language to the next generation. Entire journal on one pdf. Scroll down to page 266 to read article.

Discusses the impact and costs of building infrastructure to support ten separate mining projects.

Comments on what it is like to be an Inuit artist working in the North today including the challenges and opportunities. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 8.

Comments on the high prevalence of hearing loss due to otitis media and noise exposure.

"The purpose of this review is to summarize what is known about effective practices in Aboriginal schooling."

Describes five best practices for housing policy and delivery.

Compares and contrasts indigenous clothing design and recent textile art as "parallel artistic traditions."

Discusses report by Thomas Berger, The Nunavut Project, which was used as the foundation for the Education Act of 2008.

Looks at the formative years of the transition to Catholicism including religious, political and economic factors.

Discusses the high rates of preterm birth, stillbirth and infant death in Inuit-inhabited areas of Canada compared with the rest of the country and the interventions necessary to improve maternal and infant health.

Canadian Heritage and Development Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2002.

Transcript of an audio recording in which the co-captain recalls details of the hunt.

International Relations in Historical Perspective Thesis (M.A.)--Utrecht University, 2012.

Plain language version of Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North edited by Fikret Berkes, Rob Huebert, Helen Fast, Micheline Manseau, and Alan Diduck.

Focuses on the disconnect between the profession's required emphasis on bureaucratic policy and procedure, and Inuit collective belief systems. Specifically looks at child protection services.

Discussion of the Arctic raven complex in Alaska and comparison to the eastern Arctic understandings are discussed.

Discussion of the Nunavut Act which required that 80 per cent of the nursing positions in Nunavut be occupied by Inuit and the creation of BScN program.

Summarizes the Centre for the North’s half-decade of research on Canada’s North and provides an analysis of three priority items to be addressed.

Reports on topics of discussion, participant responses to questions, and evaluations of presentations.

Gives examples of specific programs and guidance for developing new initiatives based on past experiences.

Article presents the process involved in reconstructing a qalgiq or gathering house for a museum exhibit.

Looks at linkages between issues affecting Inuit and the existence of shared and overlapping responsibilities.

Looks at partnerships between communities, companies, and organizations to build a sustainable and productive workforce.

History of the struggle by the Inuit to achieve sovereignty over a portion of the Northwest Territories.

Looks at the Inuit vision of creating a 'public' government, structured and operated according to Inuit ways and values.

Focuses on strategies which balance physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional health. Includes three case studies: Winnipeg Aboriginal Sports Achievement Centre North, Makimautiksat Youth Wellness and Empowerment Camp, and Government of the Northwest Territories’ Take a Kid Trapping program.

Describes the process used by researchers, Inuit youth, and a Naujaat Elder to create a resiliency based community youth project designed increase protective factors against youth suicide.

Discussion on the development of the Federal Framework for Aboriginal Economic Development; recent Federal measures including the Northern Strategy; a series of agreements between government and Aboriginal communities, including self-government and Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements; and examines how they can play a central role in strengthening the northern economy.

Survey conducted to identify specific research concerns important to Nunavut residents dealing with climate change impacts.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2010.

Looks at the change to Inuit life from one based on relationships and ritual to one of secular commodification as demonstrated by the fate of the sled dog.

Outlines the process that led to the conclusion of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and the current structure of the Nunavut government.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.

Chronicles the history of the Inuit people from their origins, in the prehistoric period, through to European contact and the formation of Nunavut. The article also discusses Inuit possibilities for the future.

Initial descriptive page links to five reports 1) Unikkaaqatigiit: Perspectives From Inuit In Canada 2) Inuvialuit Regional Report 3) Nunavut Regional Report 4) Nunavik Regional Report 5) Nunatsiavut Regional Report.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2001.

Compares the incidence of cancer among the 8 Arctic States and their northern regions with a special focus on Inuit, Athabaskans and Sami.

Reports Nunavut has higher rates of lung, colorectal and oral cancers from the rest of Canada and lower rates of reproductive cancers.

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2008.

Explores the Inuit society located around Baker Lake, Nunavut and how geography influenced caribou migration and consequently patterns of settlement.

Book review of: Caribou Skin Clothing of the Igloolik Inuit by Sylvie Pharand.

Program combined store-based and community-based activities which promoted healthy eating and physical exercise. Describes project and outcomes, and discusses implications for research, policy and practice. Chapter from Population Health Intervention Research Casebook. Scroll to p. 36.

Looks at the unique recruitment of an Inuk woman as a nun in 1951.