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Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Louis-Jacques Dorais
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Tchoukotka / Chukotka, 2007, pp. 393-394
Description
Review of The Southernmost People of Greenland: Dialects and Memories = Qavaat – Oqalunneri Eqqaamassaallu by Maliâraq Vebæk ; edited by Birgitte Sonne and with a contribution on phonology by Birte H. Christensen. Review in French.
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[Recensions / Book Reviews]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Louis-Jacques Dorais
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Tchoukotka / Chukotka, 2007, pp. 382-383
Description
Reviews of Nuummi Noorliit 1733-2003 / Ny Herrnhut i Nuuk 1733-2003 by Kathrine and Thorkild Kjaergaard. Review in French.
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Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Murielle Nagy
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, Art et Représentation / Art and Representation, 2004, pp. 195-197
Description
Review of: Folk Art in Greenland throughout a Thousand Years by Gérard Franceschi, Asger Jorn, Tinna Møbjerg and Jens Rosing. Review in French.
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Reducing Unwanted Pregnancies in Greenland

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susanne Meldgaard
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 267-269
Description
Describes how collaboration between professionals and other key individuals and improved sexual education programming might achieve a 50% reduction in the abortion rate within 5 years.
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Relatives' Level of Satisfaction with Advanced Cancer Care in Greenland - A Mixed Methods Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mikaela Augustussen
Lisa Hounsgaard
Michael Lynge Pedersen
Per Sjøgren
Helle Timm
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1335148
Description
Study uncovers concerns from families living in rural and remote areas that have limited health care and are dealing with severe and fatal diseases.
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Reorganization of Perinatal Care in Greenland

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
G. Persson
P. Kern
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 397-398
Description
Discusses attempts to balance the benefits of proactive measures with increased costs and extended hospital stays in distant locations.
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Resource Development and Well-Being in Northern Canada

Alternate Title
ReSDA Gap Analysis Report ; no.7
Resource Development and Well-Being in Northern Canada: Myth or Opportunity
Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic Workshop Report ; no.7
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brenda Parlee
Description
Discusses if resource development will improve the well-being of people in the northern communities or add to the growing gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
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Results of an Arctic Council Survey on Water and Sanitation Services in the Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan M. Bressler
Thomas W. Hennessy
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 77, 2018, p. article no. 1421368
Description
One hundred and forty-two participants from seven Arctic nations described the current status of water, sanitation and hygiene services (WASH), including access to services, notification requirements for water-related infectious diseases, and examples of environmental-change events which impacted provision of services.
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Reviving the Tradition of Skin-Stitched Tattoos

Alternate Title
[Urban Interventions: Tupik Mi Polar Lab Project]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Maya Jacobsen
Holly Nordlum
Description
Speakers discuss their background, collaboration, and the difficulties encountered when trying to locate examples of the facial tattoos historically worn by Inuit women once they had come of age. Duration: 26:48.
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Risk Factors Observed in Health Care System 6 Months Prior to Completed Suicide

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tommy Lauth Grundsøe
Michael Lynge Pedersen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study examined medical records of 160 people who completed suicide in Greenland between 2012 and 2015. Findings were compared with a control group of 160 people who had not suicided in order to assess if risk factors could be identified through medical contact in the six months prior to suicide completion.
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The Role of Culture in Culturally Compatible Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tasha Wyatt
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 48, no. 3, 2009, pp. 47-63
Description
Captures the moment of friction between Danish and Greenlandic educational policy makers while attempting to implement Greenland's education reform.
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The Role of Skis and Skiing in the Settlement of Early Scandinavia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Weinstock
Northern Review, no. 25/26, Governance in the Provincial Norths, Summer, 2005, pp. 172-196
Description
Looks at the early history of skiing from the beginning in the Stone Age to a time only a few centuries ago with a focus on the role of Sami contributions.
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A Scoping Review of Indigenous Suicide Prevention in Circumpolar Regions

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Redvers
Peter Bjerregaard
Heidi Eriksen
Sahar Fanian
Gwen Healey ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 74, Special Issue: Suicide and Resilience in Circumpolar Populations , 2015, p. article no. 27509
Description
Search identified 95 articles which focused on distinct populations; 19 articles discussed specific interventions and seven of those described program evaluation in methods and results in detail. Majority of publications on specific interventions were in North America. Majority of prevention/intervention documentation was found in supporting grey literature.
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Seal Occurrence and Habitat Use during Summer in Petermann Fjord, Northwestern Greenland

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kate Lomac-MacNair
Martin Jakobsson
Alan Mix
Francis Freire
Kelly Hogan ... [et al.]
Arctic, vol. 71, no. 3, September 2018
Description
Researchers examine the ways that way different species of high arctic seals are making use of the Petermann Fjord and how that use is affected by variable ice coverage in a changing climate.
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Security Challenges and Legal Capacity of Greenland and Nunavut Jurisdictions

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum ; 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Natalia Loukacheva
Description
Comments on the role of law in measures that secure the legal scope of governance in the Arctic to deal with security challenges. Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
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Self-Government in Greenland

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jens Dahl
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Self-Determination, 2001, pp. 36-41
Description
Describes the transformation of Home Rule from it's conception in 1979 to the appointment of a self-government commission in 1999. To access this article scroll down to page 36.
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Self-Rated Health among Greenlandic Inuit and Norwegian Sami Adolescents: Associated Risk and Protective Correlates

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Rita Spein
Cecilia Petrine Pedersen
Anne Cathrine Silviken
Marita Melhus
Siv Eli Kvernmo
Peter Bjerregaard
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 19793
Description
Findings from over 700 youth indicated a majority of the respondents reported good health. The rate of self-reported poor/fair heath was three times higher among the Inuit subjects compared to the Sami.
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Sémantique des Affixes Incorporants en Langue Inuit (Groenland Oriental)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Tersis
Marc-Antoine Mahieu
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, Problématiques des Sexes / Gender Issues, 2006, pp. 157-181
Description
Argues that the variety of meanings which have been attached to Inuit words incorporating prefixes and suffixes are a result of translations.
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Semen Quality in Greenland

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gunnar Toft
Henning Sloth Pedersen
Jens Peter Bonde
INUENDO Research Team
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, pp. 174-178
Description
Lower sperm cell motility on the east coast appears to be related to the higher environmental contaminants detected there.
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