Geared toward Grades 7 and 8. Designed to improve literacy and communications skills while learning about Inuit traditional beliefs, shamanism and the traditional relationship with the environment.
Teacher's resource for use with primary students in Grades 4, 5, and 6. Goal is to improve students' literacy and communication skills while teaching about Arctic animals and hunting.
International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey: Health in Transition and Resiliency
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurie Chan
Nunavut Steering Committee of the International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey
Description
Summarizes results from supplemental survey to Inuit Health Survey which assessed environmental exposure to chemical contaminants.
Revised edition, originally published August 2011.
Northern Review, no. 35, Travel and Tourism in the Circumpolar North, Spring, 2012, pp. 69-95
Description
Describes findings from interviews with individuals from the federal government and Government of Nunavut, and industry personnel and managers. Concludes that a multi-stakeholder approach is needed to address challenges.
Six programs are discussed: Take a Kid Trapping & Harvesting; Kugluktuk High School, School Cooking Club; Harvester Support Program; Project Nunavut and the Country Food Market; Kuujjuaq Greenhouse Project; and Personal Gardening. Includes description, date program began, benefits and challenges for each initiative.
Documentary looks at two Inuit communities on Baffin Island and Northwest Greenland and how they are connected and adapting to social and environmental changes. Includes English sub-titles.
Duration: 82:23.
Teacher's resource for unit which strengthens students' literacy and communication skills while they learn about local plants, the environment, and their community.
Teacher's resource for use with Grades 3, 4, and 5 primary students. Unit designed to strengthen students' literacy and communication skills while learning about local plants, the environment, and their community.