Exner-Pirot, Heather

Argues that Canada should lead governance reform in the Arctic due to unique location within the Circumpolar World.

Looks at land development through increased Aboriginal involvement in economic opportunities and business ventures as a means to improving Aboriginal employment conditions.

Looks at the development and implementation of programs at the University of Saskatchewan College of Nursing to encourage Indigenous student success.

Discusses how Canada is perceived by the international community and how their contemporary relationship with its Indigenous populations effects those perceptions.

A report outlining the benefits and creation of greenhouses to improve Indigenous life expectancies.

Looks at strategies to increase the number of qualified, local Aboriginal nurses in the Saskatchewan and Canadian health workforce.

Discusses evolution and significance of concept of protection of human security, which focuses on environmental and cultural threats to the survival of societies, groups, and individuals.

Reports on results of Readiness for Practice Survey conducted with 26 participants. Topics included clinical problem solving, learning techniques, professional identity, trials and tribulations, skills students were uncomfortable performing, and confidence in caring for number of patients. Results showed that respondents' concerns closely matched those found when survey had been administered general nursing student populations.

"This compendium includes ten reports outlining baccalaureate level nursing programs, delivered in all corners of the Circumpolar North, that have unique but often analogous challenges and contexts".

Discusses concepts of self-government and self-determination, looks at developments in specific countries, and gives overview of international organizations which address problems in common across the circumpolar North. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Discusses how each area contributes to an individual's sense of belonging to a unique community. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Discusses traditional economies and lifeways of Indigenous peoples living in the subarctic boreal forest, focusing on hunting, fishing, gathering and small-scale reindeer herding. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Discusses the role of language, literature, media, art, family and education. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Overview of traditional livelihoods of the Aleut and Iñupiat of Northern Alaska; the Yupiit and Chukchi of the Russian Far East; the Inuit of Nunavut; the Isertormeeq, Kalaallit and Kujataamiut of Greenland; and the coastal Sami people of the European Far North. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Looks at how peoples of Greenland and Northern Europe have used media, literary works, and education to express their Indigenous identities. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Discusses the switch from small-scale to large-scale reindeer herding and reasons for the change. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Overview of the impact European explorers, traders and settlers had on traditional livelihoods of Indigenous peoples of the circumpolar North. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Discusses past and emerging practices, giving examples of projects taking place throughout the circumpolar region. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Gives overview of impact modern nation-state governance has had on Indigenous populations and discusses disputes over land and independence. Also gives examples of integration and assimilation into southern markets. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Looks at ways in which governments and social agencies disrupted traditional settlement patterns of northern peoples and effects of industrialization using examples from Canada, Russia, Norway, and Alaska. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Overview of emergence and characteristics of the Russian, Canadian, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish states and how the different regimes impacted the peoples of the circumpolar North. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Discusses northern movements for regional and Indigenous autonomy and cultural self-determination. Includes three examples: Greenland, Nunavut, and the Sami people of Northern Europe. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Overview of class offered through the University of the Arctic which focused on the circumpolar North.

Overview of third-year class delivered by the University of the Arctic.