Yukon

Website contains information, statistics, links, news and research on HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C.

Looks at the water crisis on reserves, and the right to safe drinking water and sanitation.

Reports on information gathered at Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Workshop and through interviews with community members and service providers.

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

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.

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.

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.

Case study explores the historical and contemporary factors that contribute to the challenges surrounding police-First Nations relations.

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.

Compares provincial and national averages of cancer death rates in the Yukon.

Agreement on self-government signed at Carcross, Yukon on the 22nd day of October, 2005; includes legislation, programs and services, and ratification procedures.

Brief case study of the First Nation's efforts to capitalize on the Yukon's natural environment without harming it.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2011.

Comments on a program meant to help working-age adults in Yukon communities acquire Essential Skills (ES)

Parents discuss concerns for the health of their children and develop a project to promote mental and physical fitness in the village of Old Crow. Duration: 55:00.

Looks at successful example of the delivery of family and children's services for other small communities to follow.

Agreement between the First Nations, the Government of Canada, and the Government of the Yukon signed in 1993; includes self-government, remedies, application of law, legal status of First Nation, transition provisions, legislative powers, services etc.

Compares 1983 to 1992 findings which focused questions on the purpose of schooling, community loyalty, ethnic identity and schools.

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

Findings suggest that physicians in the Yukon were more likely to test for chlamydia, resulting in higher rates compared to the rest of Canada.

Documentary on innovative program that brings the traditional form of Aboriginal justice-circle sentencing to the Canadian justice system as opposed to prison terms. Duration: 57:48.

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.

Author presents her impressions from an Australian perspective at the Circumpolar Women's Conference in Whitehorse, Yukon, November 1999.

Discusses Western approach to the oral tradition, and its meaning and utility.

Describes the oral tradition of predictions by shamans about the transformations that would take place with the arrival of the Europeans.

Looks at a case study of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation treaty negotiations in the Yukon Territory, and discusses a theoretical framework and findings to understand and explain other treaty negotiations involving municipal lands.

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.

Brief review looks at publications from 2005-2010.

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

Suggests there could be large economic gains from further investments to improve Aboriginal education.

Controversy among anthropologists and archaeologists regarding the date the Americas were first populated.

Explores whether cultural differences either enhance or hinder the working-group effectives or resource co-management boards established under Canada's comprehensive land claims process.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1981.

Guide developed in anticipation of request from National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls to identify relevant records with a focus on material created by the Yukon government. Divided into five thematic sections: early colonization, education, justice, health and social programs and intergovernmental relationships.

"...support document for schools or regions in the Western provinces and the territories wishing to develop curricula, learning resources or strategies dealing with Aboriginal languages".

Demonstrates genetic variations similar to that of the Oji-Cree may be important in determining obesity-related traits.

Looks at infrastructure systems, telecommunications, and maritime, aviation and ground transportation in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut .

Review of literature and international best practices, with focus on Canada.

Discusses Arctic identity as a relational, constructed process, open-ended and individualistic.

Investigated age, gender, ethnic background and history of middle ear disease as factors affecting the degree of hearing impairment. The article also discusses how language acquisition can be affected due to hearing loss.

Wildland Resource Science Thesis, (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2001.