Qaujigiartiit Arctic Health Research Network Nunavut (AHRN)
Description
Contains a review of the literature, summary of programs and initiatives, list of individuals working to address food insecurity, media reports, and references and resources.
Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, vol. 16, no. 2, April 2009, pp. 201-223
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Presents a study that looks at health and environmental risk perspectives associated with gender and place in two sets of northern Canadian Aboriginal communities.
Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE)
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Links to videos, which present highlights from indigenous communities in nine countries, aimed at contributing to the evidence base used to make global policies to protect Indigenous Peoples' food resources and promote good health.
Outlines evidence that climate change is due to increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, looks at how those changes are affecting communities and what can be done to manage risk.
Related material: Vol. 2: Workbook and Case Studies.
Presents a workshop that considered the climate change impacts and adaptation strategies in three general geographic areas: the Eastern Arctic, the Western Arctic, and the Yukon/Mackenzie region.
Related material: Vol. 1.
Overview of Conference held in Iqaluit, Nunavut February 2009, which brought together stakeholders committed to economic development for brainstorming and planning.
Human Ecology, vol. 37, no. 2, April 2009, pp. 131-146
Description
Author use oral histories, traditional knowledge and place names as well as tools such as GPS to map the well-established trade routes connecting two Inuit settlements and important places across into contemporary geographical systems. Highlights the need to consider Inuit culture in terms of moving as a way of living.