Social Science and Medicine, vol. 152, March 2016, pp. 35-40
Description
Examines food insecurity in Nunavut and the viability of programs which follow the Greenland model. As part of study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with key informants from Denmark, Greenland, Nunavut and southern Canada.
Canadian Food Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, December 2016, pp. 104-126
Description
Examines coverage in two newspapers: The Globe and Mail and the National Post over a 14-year period between April 1, 1999 to September 1, 2013. Analysis suggests that reports reinforced perceptions about the Inuit as Other by focusing on issues such as hunger, poverty and income.
Discusses the colonial marginalization of "country foods" and the resulting food insecurity in Inuit communities in Nunavut.
Geography [Honours] Thesis (B.A)--McGill University, 2016.
Reports the results of a survey completed by 62 women, aged 19 or older which asked questions about experience, perceptions and feelings with respect to the Meadow bank goldmine which operates in the vicinity.
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Qualitative Assessement.
Northern Review, no. 43, Nursing Education in the Circumpolar North, 2016, pp. 1-10
Description
"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".
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 75, Sexual and Reproductive Health Promotion in Circumpolar North, 2016, p. article no. 32135
Description
Identifies five themes needed for prevention and sexual health intervention programming by utilizing Two-Eyed Seeing and storytelling sessions to get information.
Federal program is meant to reduce cost of food in remote communities by subsidizing transportation costs for northern retailers. Paper argues that the system has been built on flawed and overly ambitious policy rationale. Lists steps needed to address issues with program.
Uses ethnographic sources for information about geographical location and character of winter settlements, communication and transportation networks, mobility of families, hunting grounds, seasonal hunting and trading, and hunting strategies.
Through examination of archaeological record and unpublished historical documents, looks at women's responses to contact with Euro-American men in the early 20th century at Iita, northwestern Greenland and Floeberg Beach on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut.
Arctic, vol. 59, no. 4, December 2006, pp. 370-380
Description
Studies the presence of contaminants in the Arctic food web and discusses how the contaminants pose a threat to human and environmental health and well-being.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 21-25
Description
Highlights of a marketing seminar which featured presentations by government representatives, economic development officers, gallery owners, wholesalers, and artists.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 21.
Environmental Research, vol. 100, no. 3, March 2006, pp. 295-318
Description
Argues for vigilance for monitoring populations as 3% of Inuit women participants’ methylmercury (MeHg) exposure was in Health Canada's level of concern (20–99 μg/L), and 56% of Inuit cord samples exceeded the revised United States Environmental Protection Agency guidelines.