Nunavut

Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD Best of News in Review: Native Studies.

Research shows there are advantages to adopting assessment tool and using it in culturally appropriate ways for Inuit. Recommendation are given for development and delivery.

Cutting up seal meat for dogs. Northeast Devon Island, N.W.T. [NU].

Child crouching on ground holding puppy, with large dog lying on ground attached to chain. Caption by Dommasch: "Cornwallis Island, Resolute [NU] Native Settlement".

Child holding one dog on a chain in foreground., with another standing in background. Caption by Dommasch: "Cornwallis Island, Resolute [NU] Native Settlement".

Photograph of a wolf skin draped over boxes of field provisions. [Devon Island, NU]

Looks at 8 areas of commitment set out in the Action Plan: focused and active approach to suicide prevention, strengthened continuum of mental health services, youth skills, suicide prevention training, research on suicide and suicide prevention, communication and information sharing, healthy development in early childhood, and community development activities.

Looks at allegations by Inuit Elders of a mass slaughter or cull of Inuit sled dogs by the police between the 1950s and the 1970s.

Consists of literature review, survey and interview results, and summary of National Inuit Housing Consultation Meeting held in 2000.

Young filmmaker journeys to Igloolik, Nunavut to meet her father who she hasn't seen in 22 years. Duration: 9:59.

Examines Canadian Nunavut Aboriginal students' views on Western teachings in science education and the development of a culturally responsive curriculum.

Book review of Finding the Arctic by Matthew Sturm.

Film chronicles life at the isolated community depicting the reinforcement of the weir before commencing fishing. Duration: 30:20.

Fishing continues and is completed for the women to process the catch and cook some in a stone pot. Duration: 26:54.

Compares flint implements found at this site with those from circumpolar sites.

Photograph of fog flowing downhill on Devon Island, [NU].

Statistics for adults aged 25 and over from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.

Looks at the results of a cross-sectional survey on the prevalence of inadequate food security among preschool-aged children.

Looks at a community-based study in Igloolik, Nunavut on food insecurity, and how it is influenced by social, economic, political and environmental conditions.

Integrated Studies Thesis (M.A.)-Athabasca University, 2016.

Study results link household crowding with adverse respiratory outcomes.

Examines food insecurity in Nunavut and the viability of programs which follow the Greenland model. As part of study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with key informants from Denmark, Greenland, Nunavut and southern Canada.

Used basket comprised of 34 items. Statistical table. Sources: Pilot Nunavut Food Survey and Statistics Canada CANSIM (Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System) table #326-0012.

Contains a review of the literature, summary of programs and initiatives, list of individuals working to address food insecurity, media reports, and references and resources.

Looks at an assessment about the availability and accessibility of traditional and market foods in Nunavut.

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2006.

Discusses findings that while bone density of Inuit is decreased in women with Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2D) is reduced the risk of osteoporosis is mitigated.

Book review of: What's The Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses? by Richard Van Camp and illustrated by George Littlechild.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2010.

Focuses on the battle for Inuit education, language issues, and minority rights and offers solutions to the problems.

Looks at the connection between the right to free, prior and informed consent and the work of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK).

Presents thoughts on the implementation of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) in regard to an open pit iron mine on North Baffin Island.

Outlines globalization in a social context and examines how a new regional government can influence more traditional practices and values to address social issues and develop a strong economic, social, and cultural environment.

Describes how new technological mapping methods are incorporating Inuit geographical and environmental knowledge.

Presents key recommendations related to the effects of climate change on northern people.

Discusses the emergence of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) as a guiding principle that may influence wildlife management policy in the Territory of Nunavut.

Chapter in book: Smithsonian at the Poles: Contributions to International Polar Year Science edited by Igor Krupnik, Michael A. Lang, Scott E. Miller.

Uses lithic variability to examine Paleoeskimo material found in surface collections.

Proposed funding options for K-12 schools in Nunavut to deal with high pupil-teacher ratios, low student outcomes, high non-attendance, teacher recruitment and retention, and insufficient funding for special needs students.

Includes links to program, summary, speeches, and audio of two panel discussions. Part 1: Community Radio speech by Jack Anawak. Part 2: Panel discussion: Regional Radio: Taqramiut Nipingat Inc.(TNI) and CBC North featuring Claude Grenier, Salome Avva and Patrick Nagle. Part 3: Speech by George Hickes, Nunavut Minister responsible for Health and Suicide Prevention. Part 4: Panel discussion: Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, CFRT-FM, and TV Nunavut featuring Fanny He, Madeleine d'Agencourt, and Charlotte DeWolff.

Population Medicine Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Guelph, 2013.

Presents a study that looks at health and environmental risk perspectives associated with gender and place in two sets of northern Canadian Aboriginal communities.

Study identified 34 boards with a total of 210 members; 176 (84%) were males and 34 (16%) were females. Nine boards had no female members, and 18 had only one.

Study looks at gender imbalance in wildlife co-management boards in the Yukon. Current female representation ranges from 0 percent to 83 percent.

Looks at the role of women in resource development and community governance from an economic, socio-cultural and political point of view.