Greenland

Argues that for problems of identity the strategy for change requires committed leadership, populations that demand change, and changes to institutions and bureacracies.

Discusses the relationship with the Inughuit of Northwestern Greenland and explorer Robert Peary.

Reports on changes to a child abuse centre in Greenland which has abandoned the one-door model in favor of becoming a knowledge centre with a travelling team of specialists.

Public Policy Research Project (M.P.P.)--Simon Fraser University, 2018

A mentoring program, which had success in African American and Latino communities, could have some value in the Greenlandic setting.

Young boys aged 11 to 12 years of age, from lower income households, were found to have the greatest risk of food insecurity.

Study results point to the need for further research to identify the factors responsible for the development of AMD.

Comparative statistics reveal that while tobacco and alcohol use declined, marijuana, hashish and solvent sniffing use increased.

Finds that prices, excise taxes, and rationing are closely linked to consumption.

Interview with Alootook Ipellie about shamanism, his works, and walking an invisible border.

Overview of Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme reports starting with the 1998 report Arctic Pollution Issues; A State of the Arctic Environment Report. Provides an update on contaminant levels and health effects.

Focuses on the work of Hans Egede (1686-1758).

Book review of: Ancient Iron and Slags in Greenland by Vagn Fabritius Buchwald.

Introduction to the themed issue ties together perspectives and considerations of the contributors.

Current as of 2010. Related document: Literature Review: The Literature on Bilingual Education

Current as of 2010.

Article focuses on the benefits of being proactive in regards to the topic of climate change in Greenland.

Chronicles the adaptability of the local population which utilized driftwood to create implements to enhance hunting prospects.

Presents overview of archaeological work in the Arctic and relationships between early Inuit culture patterns of the Aleutian, the Old Bering Sea Culture, and the Ipiutak culture.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.22 (105-166).

Focuses on box hearths, an axial feature and a boulder hearth at three excavated sites on the West Coast of Greenland.

Argues that historical analysis provides a means to tracing epistemological change over time.

Looks at some of the challenges associated with energy development in the Arctic which include environment, underdeveloped infrastructure and legal issues surrounding consultation.

Puts forward proposals to amend and enhance the Arctic Council's role.

States that scientific findings from research have influenced government policy, including those issues that involve Arctic Indigenous health and the disparities that exist in this region.

Comments on the AILI project which is Indigenous-initiated and driven. Excerpt from Endangered Languages Beyond Boundaries: Proceedings of the 17th FEL Conference edited by Mary Jane Norris, Erik Anonby, Maire-Okile Junker, Nicholas Ostler and Donna Patrick. .

Presents a set of recommendations which are related to research opportunities to help give the development of future health research in circumpolar neuroscience and behaviour.

Book review of: The Arctic Promise by Natalia Loukacheva.

Looks at umiak (open boats) and kayak (decked hunting canoe) used by Inuit in Canada, Greenland, Alaska and Asia and compares them to the Irish curraghs. Digitized copy of typescript is part of the unpublished reference work on the Northern Arctic and subarctic regions. Project ran from 1947-1951.

Discusses the positive and negative repercussions that arise as a result of tourism.

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

Virtual exhibition contains images of 32 items, each accompanied by a brief explanation.

Review on an exhibition at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art until September 19, 1993 in which art from Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Russia and Lapland was displayed. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 34.

Comparative study findings revealed that mercury showed best correlation between calculated and measured values.

Examines influences on systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

Study results of Canadians of South Asian and Chinese descent, Oji-Cree and Inuit (Greenland) indicated that the association between FTO gene associated with obesity extends to non-Caucasian subjects.

Shows the distribution of 11 cultural groups.

Shows the distribution of 11 Aboriginal groups.

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.

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

Depicts the Board's challenges addressing the declining amount of contaminated, traditional food versus the increasing consumption of high caloric, processed foods.

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