American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 3, 2009, pp. 111-165
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Book reviews of 20 books:
The American Indian Oral History Manual: Making Many Voices Heard by Charles E. Trimble, Barbara W. Sommer and Mary Kay Quinlan.
Collaborating at the Trowel's Edge: Teaching and Learning in Indigenous Archaeology edited by Stephen W. Silliman.
Doctor to the North: Thirty Years Treating Heart Disease Among the Inuit by John H.
Uses data from 2004-2005 Canadian Community Health Surveys and 2001 Aboriginal People's Survey for identifying demographic, socio-economic and geographic factors.
Health and Place, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2009, pp. 403-411
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Argues that environmental dispossession disproportionately affects the health of Aboriginal peoples, but what is not known is how its effects are sustained over time.
American Antiquity, vol. 58, no. 2, April 1993, pp. 203-234
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Discusses technology transfer between Dorset and Thule and the lack of evidence of personal contact. Argues that material was salvaged from Dorset sites.
Describes the partnership formed between the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), and the staff at Nunavut Arctic College (NAC), to recruit and retain nurses in Nunavut.
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.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, p. 137
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Examines problems that have confronted the Nunavut Housing Corporation, and looks at program and policy initiatives undertaken to address the situation.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 250-261, 263
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Author discusses the challenges of Arctic sovereignty, and suggests that the development of an integrated Arctic strategy must include federal, provincial and territorial governments and Aboriginal organizations to improve the lives of the Inuit.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 220-249, 263
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Looks at how new media technologies such as the Nanisiniq Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) Adventure Website can be used as a resource in the preservation and promotion of Inuit traditional knowledge.
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 101, no. 7, December 1993, pp. 618-620
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Contends that Québec Inuit women have the greatest body burden known to develop from exposure to organochlorine contaminants, due to their location at the top of the arctic food chain.
Journal of Ecotourism, vol. 8, no. 2, June 2009, p. 161–175
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Looks at the economically important form of Aboriginal ecotourism and how Inuit communities are working to accommodate the non-Inuit culture and the market economy.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 181-197, 263
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Discusses new linguistic policies, the dominance of the English language, and the need for bilingualism in Nunavut institutions to stop the erosion of the Inuit language.
Mental Health, Substance Use and Suicidal Behavior Among Young Indigenous People in the Arctic: A Systematic Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Venla Lehti
Solja Niemelä
Christina Hoven
Donald Mandell
et al.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 69, no. 8, October 2009, pp. 1194-1203
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Looks at the possibility of regional and ethnic differences in mental health and the link between substance use, suicide rate and mental health of youth in the Arctic.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 82-108, 263
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Discusses unresolved legal and political matters that question Canadian Arctic sovereignty and looks at different approaches to sovereignty by the Government of Canada, Arctic Indigenous peoples, and other Northerners.
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 117, no. 3, March 2009, pp. 481-487
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Contends that physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling is a useful tool in the assessment of exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in infants.
Journal of Agromedicine, vol. 14, no. 2, Sixth International Symposium: Public Health and the Agricultural-Rural Ecosystem, 2009, pp. 90-96
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Looks at the challenges of planning and delivering culturally appropriate health care without knowing accurately health status and health service needs.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 159-180, 263
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Discusses the preservation, protection and promotion of the Inuit language and debates about the development of language politics and policies in Nunavut.
Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 90, no. 2, February 2009, pp. 740-751
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Study hypothesized that peoples’ perceptions would be influenced by their cultural models about forests and would vary amongst regions with different forest use histories and among different cultural groups. The study found that the social dimension was rated low overall, except for with the Métis and Innu of Labrador.