Northwest Territories

Book review of, Biocultural Diversity and Indigenous Ways of Knowing by Karim Aly-Kassam.

Comments on the evolution of the co-op and printmaking. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 26.

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.

Looks at the game of hockey in the community of Holman, Northwest Territories and the effects on the Inuit youth.

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.

First Nations Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2000.

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

Case study examines the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of a 82-year-old man who developed an infection at the site of a permanent pacemaker implant.

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.

Explores way to enhance capacity and well-being in Tłįcho community by identifying strengths and vulnerabilities and pinpointing strategies to increase capacity and manage change and opportunities.

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.

Photograph of frame of canoe being built at Jean-Marie River, Northwest Territories. Shack and river in background.

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.

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.

Looks at governance, economy, infrastructure and an economic development strategy in order to promote sustainable growth in the north.

Government responses to specific recommendations developed as a result of consultation meetings.

Focuses on the lived experiences of two men of colour who, because of their uncommon skills, had access to social and economic prospects not usually available to men of non-European descent.

Looks at issues in the context of remote locations as expressed by the women living there. Concludes with recommendations in the areas of health and social services, education, politics and leadership, justice and culture.

Camp setting with a tipi and tent, male in foreground facing camera. Trees and mountains in background; summer scene.

Reviews the effects that mining industries can have on the well being of the people in the Northwest Territories.

Examines social and political context of policy development by the territorial government when dealing First Nations issues.

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.

Canoes and unidentified persons at Vermilion [Creek, NWT]. One man in canoe, others on shore.

A group of Inuit dressed in traditional hide clothing gathered outdoors; location unknown. Part of the "Inuit of Keewatin" series (#11).

Natural Resources Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Manitoba, 2003.

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.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1993.

Reports on three challenges to economic planning: the boom and bust cycle, carrying capacity, the distribution of wealth generated by resource development.

Looks at the decline in trapping due to adoption of a western way of living in the Chipewyan community of Snowdrift in the Northwest Territories between 1960 and 1961.

Study compared results gathered by testing Oji-Cree from northern Ontario and Manitoba, the Inuit from the Keewatin region of the Northwest Territories and non-Aboriginal people from Manitoba

"D. McDonald" at Dunvegan Lake, N.W.T. Photograph.

Children playing outdoors [in Rankin Inlet, NU]. Part of the "Inuit of Keewatin" series (#30).

Children at play. Part of the "Innuit of Keewatin" series (#29).

Study surveys 151 children 8 – 12 years old in seven schools in the Northern Slave Region of the Northwest Territories to assess their knowledge and opinion about the wolverine (gulo gulo). Children in rural areas had more knowledge of the species, and in both rural and urban communities there were negative associations with the species, but also an appreciation of their ecological role.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1995.

Statistical data from Health Transitions in Arctic Populations used to compile statistical tables on all circumpolar countries and their northern regions outlining health status, determinants and healthcare.

Examines the debris recovery efforts surrounding the crash of Soviet nuclear-powered satellite in 1978; notes that a misunderstanding of the North, its climate, its residents and their cultures created many barriers for Canadian and United States military teams.

Reviews two projects that assess the impact of climate change on the health of two Inuit regions.

Argues that policy intervention should focus on: transmission of environmental knowledge, emergency management capability, flexibility of resource management regimes, economic support to facilitate adaptation, increase research effort to identify risk factors and response options, protection of infrastructure, and promote awareness of climate change impacts

Discussion on a study to identify signals of what might be occurring to Aboriginal people as a result of the Proton pump inhibitors substitution policy.