Northwest Territories

Geography Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Guelph, 2016.

Discusses how a climate of danger and uncertainty in both the physical and social world shapes behaviour.

Presents interviews with immigrants, temporary workers, and refugees in either Whitehorse or Yellowknife about their daily lives and plans for the future.

Critical examination of the making and marketing of Nanook and issues raised by the case of Robert Flaherty's film.

Comments on the varying perspectives of elders, leaders, parents and teachers when posed with a research question regarding student achievement.

Agricultural and Resource Economics Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2002.

Provides links to information submitted by the twenty national and regional First Nations and other Aboriginal organizations in their reports.

Discusses the Brightening Our Home Fires project which involved thirty women from four communities and intended to provide enhancements to current service delivery and health concerns.

Discusses infrastructure challenges surrounding internet connectivity in NWT, strategies for meeting these challenges, and how increased connectivity requires increased digital literacy. Stresses that increased competency with digital technologies allows for them to be used as methods of cultural preservation.

Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.

Explores past and present history of post-secondary education from the second world war to the 1980s and influence of southern Canadian universities.

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2000.

Of the three groups studied (Aboriginals, Inuit, non-Aboriginals) for obesity, blood pressure and lipid/glucose factors, Aboriginals had the highest scores with Inuit scores not much higher than non-Aboriginals.

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2008.

Results indicate that Aboriginal women tend to have different predictors of high-risk HPV that may affect progression to cervical cancer.

Indian and Northern Education Program (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1972.

This book contains photographs of people and places in the Canadian Far North, taken while Mathers was "on a trip from Edmonton to the mouth of the MacKenzie River". There are a number of images of "Esquimaux" wearing traditional clothing and stone lip ornaments, as well as of Native people carrying out tasks at various forts along the Athabasca and Slave Rivers.

Information in brief document comes from a combination of historical documents and oral histories.

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

Book review of: Finding Dahshaa: Self-Government, Social Suffering, and Aboriginal Policy in Canada by Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox.

Book review of Finding the Arctic by Matthew Sturm.

Explores the question "what ecological and social (institutional) factors affect how, when, and to what extent Traditional Knowledge holders have in decisions about key resource management issues?"

Slides appear to be a series of 14 images in a slide show about Canada's North. On slide: "Arctic Games"

Slides appear to be a series of 14 images in a slide show about Canada's North. On slide: "Drum Rhythms Arctic Winter Games" In the picture is John Munro, Minister of Amateur Sport.

Slides appear to be a series of 14 images in a slide show about Canada's North. On slide: "Drum Rhythms Arctic Winter Games"

Slides appear to be a series of 14 images in a slide show about Canada's North. On slide: "'Ayagag' Event Arctic Winter Games"

Slides appear to be a series of 14 images in a slide show about Canada's North. On slide: "Ayagag Event Arctic Winter Games"

Slides appear to be a series of 14 images in a slide show about Canada's North. On slide: "Harpoon Toss Arctic Winter Games"

Slides appear to be a series of 14 images in a slide show about Canada's North. On slide: "Harpoon Toss Arctic Winter Games"

Slides appear to be a series of 14 images in a slide show about Canada's North. On slide: "Harpoon Toss Arctic Winter Games"

Slides appear to be a series of 14 images in a slide show about Canada's North. On slide: "Harpoon Toss Arctic Winter Games".

Photograph of athlete performing one hand reach. On slide: "Arctic Games"

Slides appear to be a series of 14 images in a slide show about Canada's North. On slide: "Arctic Games"

Depicts Inuit Blanket Toss. On slide: "Arctic Games"

Slides appear to be a series of 14 images in a slide show about Canada's North. On slide: "Native Dancers Arctic Winter Games"

Slides appear to be a series of 14 images in a slide show about Canada's North. On slide: "Drum Rhythms Arctic Winter Games"

Looks at lack of representation of First Nations people living in reserve communities in Northern Ontario. Includes recommendations.

Focuses on duty to consult and Indigenous rights.

Plant Ecology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1977.

An Inuk man fishing in the traditional style; location unknown. Part of the "Inuit of Keewatin" series (#22).

One Caucasian, four Inuit. Duplicate of BW Currie slide # 25.

Hare Indians of the Northwest Territories and their two domestic bases: siblings and conjugal units.

Resources and Environmental Program Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2002.

Brief profile of the artist followed by photographs of some of his work. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 44.

Looks at a symposium designed to allow participants to develop their artistic skills and to learn more about how their art is sold and marketed. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 22.

Author uses traditional stories of Yamozha to talk about the relationship that the Tłįchǫ (Tlicho) have historically had and are rebuilding with the land; draws on teachings of Elders to discuss the importance of language, sacred place names, and people “living in spirit with the environment, with the animals.” Video of conference presentation: Trails of our Ancestors Duration: 47:22

Article describes the refinement and implementation of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) in Dene/Métis Communities to assess what traditionally harvested foods are being consumed and what the potential is for exposure to environmental contaminants as a result.

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