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Author/Creator
Clare Wasteneys
Description
Focus is on quantity and quantity of care available and innovation models for delivery. Consists of literature review and interviews with key informants who perform delivery, policy or administrative functions.
Aboriginal People and Mining in Nunavut, Nunavik and Northern Labrador
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Author/Creator
Jon Pierce
Robert Hornal
Description
Includes historical review of the industry and its impact on the Inuit, role of mining sector in the Canadian economy, and identification of key problems and opportunities with respect to Inuit participation.
Aboriginal Peoples and Quebec: Competing for Legitimacy as Emergent Nations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russel Lawrence Barsh
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, 1997, pp. 1-29
Description
Discusses the implications for the Aboriginal majority in Northern Quebec should the province separate from the rest of Canada.
Aboriginal Political Representation: A Review of Several Jurisdictions
Alternate Title
Background Paper (Law and Government Division, Parliamentary Library) ;
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Niemczak
Description
Briefly looks at efforts made in Maine, Scandinavia, New Zealand and Canada to provide some form of political representation which would increase Aboriginals' ability to influence government operations.
1994 version.
Addressing Inuit Women’s Economic Security and Prosperity in the Resource Extraction Industry
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Author/Creator
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Description
Reports results of literature search and qualitative and quantitative survey data from 29 women living in Arviat, Salluit, Inuvik, and Baker Lake. Study's focus was sexual violence and harassment in the workplace, and identifying gaps, opportunities and recommendations to ensure women's safety and economic security.
Related material: Literature Review.
Analyse des Institutions Municipales et Foncières Instituées par le Convention de la Baie James et du Nord Québécois sur le Territoire du Nunavik
Alternate Title
Analyse de Deux Institutions Créées par la Convention de la Baie James
Theses
Author/Creator
Stéphane Lavallée
Description
Law Thesis (L.L.M.)--McGill University, 1994.
Between Two Worlds
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rhonda Kokiapik
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 14, no. 4, Women of the North, Fall, 1994, pp. 21-22
Description
Presents a college student's thoughts on living in a big city compared to a remote village.
Biculturalism in Post-Secondary Aboriginal Education: An Inuit Example
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher Fuzessy
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1997.
Bilinguisme et biculturalisme chez les atikamekw
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Sarrasin
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Culture and Education: Aboriginal Settings, Concerns, and Insights, 1994, pp. 165-181
Description
Outlines motivations for bilingual instruction, curriculum, and difficulties involved in implementation, and argues that such a program will eventually lead to a hybrid language and culture.
Book Review
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ben K. Jukpor
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 360-363
Description
Book review of: Louis 'David' Riel: 'Prophet of the New World.' by Thomas Flanagan.
Bringing Birth Home
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Beth Gallagher
Emanuel Lowi
Canadian Geographic, vol. 117, no. 1, January/February 1997, pp. 50-[?]
Description
Describes an innovative midwifery program in northern Quebec which allows women to give birth in their own community.
Coming Down South to School: Northern Native Women in a Montreal College (John Abbott College)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Collier
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 14, no. 4, Women of the North, Fall, 1994, p. 20
Description
Comments on the experiences of First Nation and Inuit women attending a southern college.
COVID-19 – Price Trends in Nunavik During the Public Health Crisis in the Spring of 2020
Alternate Title
Nunivaat Analytics ; 2021 (1)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sébastien Lévesque
Gérard Duhaime
Description
Statistics on price index for all products and prices indices for major product categories, selected non-perishable and selected food products, fruit and vegetables, baby products, and butter.
Cultural Approaches to Native Canadian Housing : An Evaluation of Existing Housing Projects in Cree Communities in Northern Quebec
Theses
Author/Creator
Ghader Afshari-Mirak
Description
Architecture Thesis (M.Arch.)--McGill University, 1994.
Includes case studies of Chisasibi (Fort George), Mistissini, Nemaska, Waswanipi.
Culture and Intercultural Dynamics: The Life Stories of Three Women from Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (Volume II)
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Author/Creator
Camil Gerard
Anne-Marie Siméon
Yvette Maltais-Jean
Ivy Bradbury
Description
One participant was Aboriginal hunter, one was a French Canadian farmer, and one was an immigrant from England. Focus was on six characteristics: language, religion, social relations, family, intergenerational links, and rites of passage.
Definition of an Inuit Cultural Model and Social Determinants of Health for Nunavik Community Component: Qanuilirpitaa? 2017: Nunavik Inuit Health Survey
Alternate Title
Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2017: Qanuilirpitaa? = How are we now?
The IQI Model of Health and Well-being
E-Books
Author/Creator
Christopher Fletcher
Mylene Riva
Marie-Claude Lyonnais
Ida Saunders
Aani Baron … [et al.]
Description
The Devil in New France: Jesuit Demonology, 1611-50
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter A. Goddard
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 78, no. 1, March 1, 1997, pp. 40-63
Description
Discusses 17th century Jesuit perception of Algonquian and Iroquoian peoples.
Discordant Voices, Conflicting Visions: Ojibwa and Euro-American Perspectives on the Midewiwin
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael R. Angel
Description
Interdisciplinary Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 1997.
Document Regarding Bill 96
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Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQ)
Description
Argues for exemptions and amendments to The Bill, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec, which requires that French be used exclusively in the healthcare and education systems, public services, workforce and economic development.
Dorset Tip Fluting: A Second "American" Invention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick Plumet
Serge Lebel
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 2, 1997, pp. 132-162
Description
Describes and analyzes the characteristic style of tip fluting points in the Early and Middle Dorset.
Employment in Nunavik: Profile and Trends
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sébastien Lévesque
Description
Aggregate statistics, as well as for each community in the region.
Highlights Nunavik Employment Profile and Trends at a Glance.
Environmental Assessment and Viable Interdependence: The Great Whale River Case in Northern Quebec
Theses
Author/Creator
Peter Royston Mulvihill
Description
Aménagement Thesis (Ph.D.)--Université de Montréal, 1997.
Evaluation of the Effects of the Quebec First Nations and Inuit Faculties of Medicine Program (QFNIFMP): Final Report 2019-2020
E-Books
Author/Creator
Patricia Montambault
Evaluation of the Health and Social Services System in Nunavik: The User’s Perspective
E-Books
Author/Creator
Annie Baron
Amélie Breton
Sébastien Dubé
Description
Related Material: Executive Summary.
A Feasibility Study to Overcome Barriers for Aboriginal Home Ownership
Alternate Title
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
D. V. York
Research Report (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Description
Focused on the socio-economic characteristics of the Aboriginal population of the Ottawa-Hull region, with particular attention to households occupying rental properties owned and operated by Gignul Non-Profit Housing Corporation or on their waiting list.
Fielding Culture: Dialogues Between Art History and Anthropology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ruth B. Phillips
Museum Anthropology, vol. 18, no. 1, February 1994, pp. 39-46
Description
Focuses on the move from the Eurocentric approach to art history and anthropology to more material culture studies.
Fivecentsiapik: The Little Five Cents
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marybelle Mitchell
Peter Murdoch
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 3, Fall, 1994, pp. 51-57
Description
Interview with Peter Murdoch regarding his work with the Hudson's Bay Company and his involvement in incorporating a cooperative for the people of Povungnituk.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 51.
FNLED: Quebec First Nations Labour and Employment Development Survey = EDMEPN: Enquête sur le développement de la main-d’œuvre et de l’emploi chez les Premières Nations
Alternate Title
Booklet 1: Sociodemographic Profile and Life Course
Booklet 2: Culture, Identity, Language and Wellness
Booklet 4: Education, Skills and Aspirations
Booklet 5: Occupation and Employment
Booklet 6: Income and Needs Satisfaction
Booklet 7: Methodology
Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Mathieu-Olivier Côté]
[Jasmine Sawadogo]
[Nicolas Couet]
From Breath to Beadwork: Lessons Learned From a Trauma- Informed Yoga Series With Indigenous Adolescent Girls Under Youth Protection
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica W. G. Barudin
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 1, Honouring the Sacred Fire: Ending Systemic Racism toward Indigenous Peoples, 2021, pp. 21-37
Description
Examines the use of culture with yoga and meditation as means to help at-risk Indigenous youth.
Gambling, Internet and Media Use: Qanuilirpitaa? 2017: Nunavik Inuit Health Survey
Alternate Title
Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2017: Qanuilirpitaa? = How are we now?
E-Books
Author/Creator
Richard E. Bélanger
Gina Muckle
Yohann Courtemanche
Natalia Poliakova
Christopher Fletcher
Marie-Claude Lyonnais
Description
Healing and Conversion: Medical Evangelism in James Bay Cree Society
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronald Niezen
Ethnohistory, vol. 44, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 463-491
Description
Draws parallels between biomedicine and evangelical religion and traces its dissemination in three distinct phases.
A Health Profile of the Inuit: Report of the Santé Québec Health Survey among the Inuit of Nunavik, 1992; Volume I, Health Determining Factors
E-Books
Author/Creator
Santé Québec
A Health Profile of the Inuit: Report of the Santé Québec Health Survey among the Inuit of Nunavik, 1992; Volume II, Health Status and Its Consequences
E-Books
Author/Creator
Santé Québec
High Blood Cadmium Levels are Not Associated with Consumption of Traditional Food Among the Inuit of Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maritza Rey
Fernand Turcotte
Claude Lapointe
Eric Dewailly
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, vol. 51, no. 1, May 1997, pp. 5-14
Description
Attributes high cadmium levels found in Inuit to smoking rather than consumption of liver and kidneys of caribou and sea mammals.
HIV/AIDS and Aboriginal Communities: Impact of HIV/AIDS on Native Populations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Colette Vidal
Description
Examines several aspects of disease; who is at risk of infection social and psychological characteristics, treatments and care in communities.
Homelessness in First Nations Communities: New Insights to Guide Intervention
E-Books
Author/Creator
Emilie Grantham
In Defense of Mohawk Land: Ethnopolitical Conflict in Native North America
E-Books
Author/Creator
Linda Pertusati
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Incorporating the Familiar: An Investigation into Legal Sensibilities in Nunavik
E-Books
Author/Creator
Susan G. Drummond
Indigenous Land-Based Education and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alex Wilson
Kelsey Wrightson
Injury Mortality Among the Cree of Northern Quebec, 1982-91
Theses
Author/Creator
Nicole Damestoy
Description
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University 1994.
The Innuulisivik Maternity Centre: Issues around the Return of Inuit Midwifery and Birth to Povungnituk, Quebec: Paper Prepared as Part of the Research Program of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher Fletcher
Description
Discusses general history of the area, factors leading to establishment of the centre, its operations, training issues, maternal health risks, and traditional beliefs surrounding childbirth.
Instructional Discourse of Inuit and Non-Inuit Teachers of Nunavik
Theses
Author/Creator
Alice Eriks-Brophy
Description
Communication Sciences and Disorders Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1997.
Interpersonal Violence and Community Safety
Alternate Title
Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2017: Qanuilirpitaa? = How are we now?
E-Books
Author/Creator
Richard Bélanger
Gina Muckle
Anne-Julie Lafrenaye-Dugas
Natalia Poliakova
Mylene Riva … [et al.]
Description
Inuit Attitudes Toward Deviant Behavior: A Vignette Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Christopher M. Fletcher
Lucy J. Boothroyd
The Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, vol. 185, no. 2, February 1997, pp. 78-86
Description
Six different cases of a man with strange behaviour were presented to Inuit adults to be rated for a willingness to live, work or hunt with him.
Inuit Concepts of Mental Health and Illness: An Ethnographic Study
Alternate Title
[Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report ; no. 4]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Christopher Fletcher
Ellen Corin
Lucy Boothroyd
Description
Identifies Inuit knowledge and perspectives and the basis of mental health problems with explanations for the behaviour.
Iron Defeciency and Anemia: Qanuilirpitaa? 2017: Nunavik Inuit Health Survey
Alternate Title
Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2017: Qanuilirpitaa? = How are we now?
E-Books
Author/Creator
Audrey Lavoie
Mélanie Lemire
Benoit Lévesque
Pierre Ayotte
It Takes a Community: Framework for the First Nations and Inuit Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects Initiative: A Resource Manual for Community-based Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects
Alternate Title
Framework for the First Nations and Inuit Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects Unitive
E-Books
Author/Creator
FAS/FAE Technical Working Group
National Steering Committee
Description
Reprint 2001.
Jimmy Arnamissak: "Leaving Something That People Remember You By."
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Simeonie Kunnuk
Jimmy Arnamissak
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 1, Spring, 1997, pp. 26-29
Description
Presents an interview with a carver from Inukjuak, Nunavik.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 26.
The Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project: Intervention, Evaluation, and Baseline Results of a Diabetes Primary Prevention Program with a Native Community in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann C. Macaulay
Gilles Paradis
Louise Potvin
Edward J. Cross
Chantal Saad-Haddad ... [et al.]
Preventive Medicine, vol. 26, 1997, p. 779–790
Description
Three-year participatory research project involving program taking place in a Mohawk community near Montreal. Program focused on elementary school children, with supporting programs for teachers, families and the community.
[Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Economic Case Study: Part II]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Simon Brascoupé]
Description
Argues that the First Nation located in Quebec has laid the foundation for comprehensive development success. Includes history, community profile, discussion of administrative practices, training needs assessment, and five year plan for economic self-sufficiency,