Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 2, Indigenous Peoples Bridging the Digital Divide, Summer, 2005
Description
Discussion on the conference attended by 500 delegates from 20 indigenous reindeer-herding cultures from northern regions of North America, Europe and Asia.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 65, no. 2, 2006, pp. 162-168
Description
Study to examine the incidence and prevalence of liver discharge diagnosis with focus on cirrhosis among hospital-admitted patients in Greenland and Denmark.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 65, no. 3, 2006, pp. 219-227
Description
Study designed to document the prevalence of alcoholic liver disease in Greenlanders with a high alcohol intake, and to describe and compare the populations of patients with alcohol addiction in Greenland and Denmark.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2-3, Arctic Oil and Gas Development, 2006, pp. 4-6
Description
Introduction to journal issue featuring articles on major oil and gas developmental projects in the arctic and how the lives and lands of the Indigenous people are affected.
To access this article, scroll down to page 4.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 65, no. 5, 2006, pp. 463-465
Description
Discussion of a thesis which found that the HIV infected population in Greenland was middle aged, living in Nuuk and Sisimiut, and mainly infected by heterosexual contact.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 64, no. 1, 2005, pp. 86-98
Description
Concludes that being overweight did not correlate with either traditional or western food, and that obesity had adverse health effects on several health indicators.
Coverage includes historical and contemporary leaders, governance, and political activism in Canada, the United States, Circumpolar region, Australia and New Zealand.
Focuses on the risk factors: socio-demographic, upbringing, social relations, lifestyle, school/leisure time, traumatic experiences, and physical and mental health.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, Problématiques des sexes / Gender issues, 2006, pp. 123-133
Description
Discusses what gender roles look like through Inuit eyes and presents the three models of couplehood in the region: traditional, detached, and reversed.
Module One: Self-Determination as a Contemporary Characteristic
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II]
[Section One: Introduction to Peoples and Cultures II]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tamara Andreyeva
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Description
Discusses concepts of self-government and self-determination, looks at developments in specific countries, and gives overview of international organizations which address problems in common across the circumpolar North.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II]
[Section Four: Expressions of Self-Determination in Greenland, the North Atlantic, and Northern Scandinavia]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hans-Jørgen Wallin Weihe
Description
Overview of the importance of kinship relations, attitudes about child-rearing, education systems, and leisure activities in Greenland, the North Atlantic, and northern Scandinavia.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module Ten: Indigenous Rights and Self-Determination
University of the Arctic – BCS 100
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 100: Introduction to the Circumpolar World]
[Section Two: Contemporary Issues]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Greg Poelzer
Description
Looks at emergence of political activism and different approaches and forms of accommodation which have developed in Circumpolar North.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Module Seven: Modern State–Building and Indigenous Peoples
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I]
[Section Three: Secondary Societies]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Description
Overview of emergence and characteristics of the Russian, Canadian, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish states and how the different regimes impacted the peoples of the circumpolar North.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 331: Contemporary Issues of the Circumpolar World I]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Johnston
Dave Twynam
Description
Looks at role played by tourism and potential benefits and problems associated with it. Includes case studies from Greenland and Nunavut.
Developed for class delivered by University of the Arctic.
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II]
[Section Four: Expressions of Self-Determination in Greenland, the North Atlantic, and Northern Scandinavia]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hans-Jørgen Wallin Weihe
Description
Discusses social construction of language with emphasis on the influence of living conditions, lifestyle, population changes and national policy.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Nine: Secondary Societies: Centralization, Collectivization, and Relocation
[Section Three: Secondary Societies]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yvon Csonka
L. I. Vinokourova
Description
History of Indigenous settlement patterns in the Arctic and the government interventions that have disrupted them.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 65, no. 3, June 2006, pp. 243-252
Description
Study to predict the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and the associated burden to the health care system in Greenland, due to complications from the disease, which is expected to double by 2014.
Northern Review, no. 25/26, Governance in the Provincial Norths, Summer, 2005, pp. 172-196
Description
Looks at the early history of skiing from the beginning in the Stone Age to a time only a few centuries ago with a focus on the role of Sami contributions.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la Langue et les Savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 47-66
Description
Discusses Inuit interpretations of time and history and attributes contemporary differences between Canada and Greenland to different experiences since contact.