Looks at an environmental assessment system, that aids in balancing the use of scientific and Aboriginal knowledge, to foster meaningful Aboriginal participation in federal and provincial environmental assessment procedures.
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 35-42
Description
Uses the NWT Official Languages Act, as an example, to show it is possible to revitalize 55 Aboriginal languages using statutory legislation.
Scroll down to page 35 to read article.
Looks at how First Nations and governments have responded to the decline of the caribou and examines the litigation that has resulted from such responses in British Columbia, Alberta, and the Northwest Territories.
Report explores education plan for ensuring Aboriginal youth have the skills and knowledge needed for academic success and bridging the achievement gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students.
[Fort Simpson School and Hostel — Northwest Territories]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
General Synod Archives
Anglican Church of Canada
Description
Presents the history of St. David's Anglican mission in 1858, and how the school opened up in 1955 and lasted until administration was transferred to the Territorial government in April, 1969.
Revised version.
Working with Communities and the Private Sector in the Canadian Arctic
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Sangita Sharma
Erin Mead
Joel Gittelsohn
Lindsay Beck
Cindy Roache
Description
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.
Documentary about a community radio station and the important role it plays in the Teetl'it Gwich'in town of Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories.
Duration : 1:06:11.
Measures cost of a nutritious diet for a family of four for one week using standard food items. Used by Nutrition North Canada to determine subsidies. Prices from March 2011 to March 2016.
Measures cost of a nutritious diet for a family of four for one week using standard food items. Used by Nutrition North Canada to determine subsidies. Table has been modified to show only the comparison with the base year, March 2011, and the yearly differences from March 2016 and March 2017.
Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 107-111
Description
Looks at a comparison of a traditional form of measurement to a community based monitoring project which will help to identify the advantages and disadvantages of the two methods.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 107.
Suggests that wild fruits are an important component of Gwich’in diets and are an important component of their traditional land use.
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Study found that patterns of sharing of country foods varied between hunters and wage earners; hunters tended to favour associations with distant and collateral relatives, while wage earners focused on parents and siblings. Discusses how these affiliations can affect vulnerability to environmental change.
Environmental justice, vol. 2, no. 3, 2009, pp. 117-125
Description
Analyzes contemporary mining developments in Northern Canada, particularly local conflicts, over access to resources that originate with colonialism and the expansion of global capital.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Journal of the American Sexually Transmitted Disease Association, vol. 36, no. 2, February 2009, pp. 79-83
Description
Study evaluated the efficacy of universal screening, treatment and contact tracing as a means of getting an accurate count of prevalence and limit transmission.
Briefing (Conference Board of Canada) ; February 2011
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 11-201]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Palladini
Description
This report calculates and compares the gross domestic product output in Canada’s Northern regions, including the three territories and the Northern parts of seven provinces, between 1999 and 2009.
Looks at the transformation of a school in Aklavik, Northwest Territories serving Métis, Inuvialuit and Gwichin residents.
Scroll down to page 1 to read article.
American Journal of Human Biology, vol. 14, no. 5, September 2002, pp. 649-658
Description
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.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Spring, 2002, pp. 22-29
Description
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.