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Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
[2008 February Report of the Auditor General to the Government of the Northwest Territories]: Northwest Territories Housing Corporation: Public Housing and Homeownership Programs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sheila Fraser
Description
Evaluates delivery of programs, maintenance of existing assets, effectiveness of planning and risk management, and adequacy performance measurement.
Aboriginal Head Start: Making a Difference in the Northwest Territories: Longitudinal Evaluation of Aboriginal Heal Start in the Northwest Territories 2000 to 2008: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jennifer Chalmers
Liz Cayen
Marjan Saghatoleslami
Cheryl Bradbury
Description
Reports on the history of the program, development of model evaluation and the 2008 longitudinal evaluation study on the communities of Fort Smith, Hay River, Fort Providence, Bechokò, Yellowknife/Ndilo, Inuvik, Paulatuk and Fort McPherson.
All Saints School — Aklavik, NWT
Alternate Title
Anglican Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
General Synod Archives
Anglican Church of Canada
Description
Provides a short history of the All Saints School in Aklavik, founded in 1919 by Bishop James Richard Lucas of the Diocese of Mackenzie River.
The Arctic: Gender Issues
Alternate Title
Info Series (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; PRB 08-09E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Clara Morgan]
Description
Looks at relationship between gender issues and the environment, economic conditions, domestic violence, health, housing, homelessness and politics.
The Arctic: Northern Aboriginal Peoples
Alternate Title
InfoSeries (Library of Parliament)
Publication (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; PRB 08-10E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Tonina Simeone]
Description
Comments on some of the key challenges for northerners and their governments.
Camp Setup = Dechı̨tah ats’et’ı̨ gha seenı ́ots’ı̨ ́ ɂáh
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Documents & Presentations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Describes setting up a tent and benefits of spruce matting.
Circumpolar Health Indicators: Sources, Data, and Maps
Alternate Title
Circumpolar Health Supplements
Articles » General
Author/Creator
T. Kue Young
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Supplement 3, 2008, pp. 1-128
Description
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.
Clinical and Economic Effects of a Therapeutic Substitution Policy for Proton Pump Inhibitors in Aboriginal Patients in Northern Communities in Canada's Northwest Territories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathryn Gaebel
Neda Toeg
Mitchell Levine
Disease Management & Health Outcomes, vol. 16, no. 3, 2008, pp. 175-182
Description
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.
Community-coordinated Research as HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategy in Northern Canadian Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Edwards
Steve Mitchell
Nancy L. Gibson
Jim Martin
Cecilia Zoe-Martin
Pimatisiwin, vol. 6, no. 2, Summer, 2008, pp. 111-127
Description
Interventions and activities, of the Tłįchǫ Community Services Agency’s (TCSA) Healing Wind Strategy, to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and HIV / AIDS
[Community Development] Project Planning Guide
Alternate Title
[Community Development Program Planning Guide]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
NWT Literacy Council
Nunavut Literacy Council
Description
Designed to assist with community development in the field of literacy. Includes information on creating a vision, developing goals and objectives, and formulating and carrying out a work plan.
Dene Laws = Mek’éé Dene Ts’ı̨lı
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Documents & Presentations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Elders' brief descriptions of nine rules to live by.
Dene Medicine: An On-the-Land Healing Resource for Dene Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dene Nation
Description
Lists uses, location, harvesting, medicinal properties, preparation, and Elder's teachings for each plant.
Development of a Coastal Community Climate Change Action Plan for Arviat, Nunavut
Theses
Author/Creator
Darren Thomas
Description
Natural Resource Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2008.
Everything is Related: Unemployment, Mental Health and Addiction and the Need for Cooperative Action
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andy Sibbald
Visions, vol. 5, no. 1, Aboriginal People, Summer, 2008, pp. 12-14
Description
Comments on the effects of unemployment.
Factors Associated with Food Insecurity Among Women in a Small Indigenous Canadian Arctic Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Lauren Gabrielle Goodman
Description
Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2008.
Food Frequency Questionnaire Assessing Traditional Food Consumption in Dene/Métis Communities, Northwest Territories, Canada
Alternate Title
Food Frequency Questionnaire Assessing Traditional Food Consumption in Dene/Metis Communities, Northwest Territories, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mylène Ratelle
Kelly Skinner
Sara Packull-McCormick
Brian Laird
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 79, no. 1, Article: 1760071, May 13, 2020
Description
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.
Food Sovereignty and Self-Governance: Inuit Role in Managing Arctic Marine Resources
E-Books
Author/Creator
Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska
Description
Related Material: Summary and Recommendations Report.
Gwich'in Outdoor Classroom Project
Alternate Title
Building the Evidence. Evaluation Summaries ; 2007-ES-10
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Crime Prevention Centre
Gwichya Gwich'in Googwandak: The History and Stories of the Gwichya Gwich'in as told by the Elders of Tsiigehtshik
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert P. Wishart
Arctic, vol. 61, no. 4, December 2008, pp. 442-443
Description
Book review of: Gwichya Gwich'in Googwandak: The History and Stories of the Gwichya Gwich'in as told by the Elders of Tsiigehtshik by Micheal Heine, Alestine Andre, Ingrid Kritsch and Alma Cardinal.
[Hunters at the Margin: Native People and Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
George W. Wenzel
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 32, no. 2, Franz Boas et les Inuit / Franz Boas and the Inuit, 2008, pp. 197-198
Description
Book review of: Hunters at the Margin by John Sandlos.
Hunters at the Margin: Native People and Wildlife in Conservation in the Northwest Territories
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kent H. Redford
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 38, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 520-522
Description
Book review of: Hunters at the Margin: Native People and Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories by John Sandlos.
Images of Justice: A Legal History of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut as Traced through the Yellowknife Courthouse Collection of Inuit Sculpture
Alternate Title
[McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 16]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dorothy Harley Eber
Indigenous Peoples’ Land And Resource Rights
Alternate Title
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert B. Anderson
Bettina Schneider
Bob Kayseas
Description
Examines Roque Roldán Ortiga’s six criteria for judging the quality of a particular land and resources rights regime with regards to Indigenous governments; and looks at how those criteria can be used to measure the degree to which Aboriginal peoples in Canada have been successful with their struggle to have of their land, resource and other rights recognized.
An Integrated Arctic Strategy
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami]
Description
Submitted to the Canadian Federal Government to ensure that the Inuit are involved in any Arctic strategies that would affect their destinies. Seven themes are explored, as well as key pressures and key risks.
Integrating Gwich'in and Inuvialuit Perspectives in a Community School in the Northwest Territories: A Case StudySchool in the Northwest Territories: A Case Study
Theses
Author/Creator
Janna M. Wolki
Description
Education Thesis (MEd) -- University of Western Ontario, 2020.
The Integration of Students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders into Northern Schools; An Ill-structured Problem
Theses
Author/Creator
William Gowans
Description
Education Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2008.
Inuit & Cancer: Discussion Paper
Alternate Title
Inuit and Cancer: Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
p. 27
Description
Opens a dialogue on the unique needs and issues relating to cancer among the Inuit.
Inuit Position on the Management of Municipal Wastewater
Alternate Title
Inuvialuit Regional Impact Assessment
National Inuit Position Paper regarding the CCME Canada-Wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent and Environment Canada’s Proposed Regulatory Framework for Wastewater
Nunatsiavut Regional Impact Assessment
Nunavik Regioinal Impact Assessment
Nunavut Regional Impact Assessment
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Contains links to the National Inuit Position Paper regarding the CCME Canada-Wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent and Environment Canada’s Proposed Regulatory Framework for Wastewater and regional appendices.
Inuit Statistical Profile [2008]
Alternate Title
Inuit in Canada: A Statistical Profile
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Includes variables related to age, language, health, and education of Canadian Inuit people.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami: 2007-2008 Annual Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
“The land is a healer”: Perspectives on Land-Based Healing from Indigenous Practitioners in Northern Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer MétisseRedvers
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 15, no. 1, 2020, pp. 90-107
Description
Looks at the experiences of Indigenous practitioners from the three territories to discuss how a strong land relationship can lead to better mental health for Indigenous communities.
Legacy of Residential Schools: Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women
Alternate Title
From Truth to Reconciliation: Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Beverley Jacobs
Andrea J. Williams
Description
Describes the findings of the Sisters in Spirit initiative and work with grieving families.
Chapter from From Truth to Reconciliation: Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools edited by Marlene Brant Castellano.
A Life Vest for Hudson Bay's Drifting Stewardship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nunavut Hudson Bay Inter-Agency Working Group
Arctic, vol. 61, no. 5, Supplement 1, 2008, pp. 35-47
Description
Discusses the use of scientific and Inuit knowledge to understand the effects of natural and human-induced changes on the Arctic marine ecosystem and the collaboration needed to unify the coastal and marine governance in the eastern Canadian Arctic.
Like the Sound of a Drum
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Macdonald Stainsby
Canadian Dimension, vol. 42, no. 2, March/April 2008, p. [?]
Description
Book review of: Like the Sound of a Drum: Aboriginal Cultural Politics in Denendeh and Nunavut by Peter Kulchyski.
Like the Sound of a Drum: Aboriginal Cultural Politics in Denendeh and Nunavut
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ken Atkinson
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 21, no. 1, May 2008, p. 141
Description
Book review of: Like the Sound of a Drum by Peter Kulchyski.
Moose Hide = Golǫdhéh
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Media » Film and Video
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Describes the process of preparing and curing moose hide.
National Inuit Position Paper Regarding the CCME Canada-Wide Strategy For the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent and Environment Canada's Proposed Regulatory Framework for Wastewater
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Johnson
Description
A review of the strategy and the framework show a lack of research in science, applied science and social science.
Native Communications Society of the Northwest Territories
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Native Communication Society
Description
NCS is the voice of the Aboriginal people of the Northwest Territories. Their mission is to strengthen and revitalize northern Aboriginal cultures and languages through communications technology.
Negotiated Spaces: Work, Home and Relationships in the Dene Diamond Economy
Theses
Author/Creator
Virginia Valerie Gibson
Description
Mining Engineering Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2008.
Northern Housing Report 2020
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Statistics on labour market and economy, affordability, social and affordable housing, core housing need, and the rental and homeowner market for Yellowknife, Whitehorse and Iqaluit.
Northern Indicators 2007
E-Books
Author/Creator
Andrea Street
Description
Primary data source Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System (CANSIM).
A Northern Lawyer
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessi Casebeer
Northern Review, no. 50, Law in the Canadian North, April 07, 2020, pp. 191-193
Description
Author’s personal reflections and commentary on the practice of Canadian law in Northern communities. Discusses issues of dislocation from local languages and peoples, and the general transience of law professional working in the North.
The Northwest Territories Residential Southern Placement Program: Dislocation and Colonization through ‘Care’
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alannis McKee
Sean A. Hillier
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 15, no. 1, 2020, pp. 34-47
Description
Looks at the Residential Southern Placement Program as an extension of colonization by the removal of Indigenous populations with cognitive disabilities from the Northwest Territories.
"Not the Almighty": Evaluating Aboriginal Influence in Northern Land-Claim Boards
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Graham White
Arctic, vol. 61, no. 5, Supplement 1, December 2008, pp. 71-85
Description
Looks at the importance of Aboriginal involvement with land-claim boards, and their influence over government decisions affecting the wildlife and environment of traditional aboriginal lands.
Oil and Gas and the Inuvialuit People of the Western Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leo-Paul Dana
Aldene Meis-Mason
Robert B. Anderson
Journal of Enterprising Communities, vol. 2, no. 2, 2008, pp. 151-167
Description
Presents a research paper that illustrates how oil and gas activities on Inuvialuit land will transform the lives of the people.
One Good Book Away from Becoming a Leader: First Nations Literature in a Northern Classroom
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Catlin
Language & Literacy, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 1-18
Description
Discusses how a teacher incorporated First Nations literature into high school English to motivate her students to read.
The Oral Tradition is Like the Mackenzie Delta
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Kroetsch
Northern Review, no. 28, Spring, 2008, pp. 181-186
Description
Argues that the oral story is part of our bodies, not part of a book, and each story tells the story of all of us.
Pedagogical Pathways for Indigenous Business Education: Learning from Current Indigenous Business Practices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Simon T. Berge
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Section: Indigenizing Entrepreneurship , January 31, 2020
Description
Article examines business practices in three Arctic communities and discusses how these cooperative practices reflect community-centered, culturally rooted values.
Pihuaqtiuyugut: We Are the Long Distance Walkers
Alternate Title
The Living Literacies of Ulukhaktok: A Community-based Research Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Emily Kudlak
Alice Kaodloak
Cynthia Chambers
Helen Balanoff
Description
Transcriptions of Elders' oral histories of the Kangiryuarmiut's seasonal migration and culture, and description of the Ulukhaktok Literacy Research Project.