International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry (ICR) Report ; 2017:1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eilene Adams
Roksana Avevkhay
Burmaa Batkhishih
Khoschimeg Bayandalai
Olesya Bolotaeva ... [et al.]
Description
"This book provides a snapshot of both the rich, diverse and living culinary traditions as well as introduction to the food systems of Arctic Indigenous Peoples."
Argues that the Government of Canada's Indigenous Housing Strategy creates a large service gap for the 87 per cent of the population that does not reside on reserve and is disproportionately represented among the homeless and those in need of core housing. Proposes a Fourth Strategy to address needs not covered in the existing framework.
Northern Review, no. 43, The North and the First World War, April 2017, pp. 9-30
Description
Discusses the participation of the Yukon in the war including those who enlisted, those committed to efforts at home, women volunteers who fund raised and personal stories of participation by such folks as Joe Boyle, Robert Service, George Black, Martha Black and others.
Includes links to program, summary, speeches, and audio of two panel discussions.
Part 1: Community Radio speech by Jack Anawak.
Part 2: Panel discussion: Regional Radio: Taqramiut Nipingat Inc.(TNI) and CBC North featuring Claude Grenier, Salome Avva and Patrick Nagle.
Part 3: Speech by George Hickes, Nunavut Minister responsible for Health and Suicide Prevention.
Part 4: Panel discussion: Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, CFRT-FM, and TV Nunavut featuring Fanny He, Madeleine d'Agencourt, and Charlotte DeWolff.
Arctic, vol. 71, no. 4, December 19, 2018, pp. 365-374
Description
Authors examine the hydrocarbon extraction industry on Alaska’s North Slope; use the observed and documented effects on people and communities to suggest local-to-local strategies for sustainable oil-industry development in Greenland
Northwest Territories Research Project Report for Territorial Stakeholders: Rural and Northern Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Report for Territorial Stakeholders
Rural and Northern Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pertice Moffitt
Heather Fikowski
Description
Study focused on identifying the needs of women, gaps and associated challenges in service provision, and strategies for developing non-violent communities. It took place over the course of five years and involved individual interviews and focus groups with RCMP, community health nurses, shelter and victim services workers, counsellors and social workers.
Participants were asked about: priorities related to HIV in the communities they worked with, service gaps, effective strategies and programs, and community strengths and challenges which create support or impede HIV response.
Arctic, vol. 71, no. 4, December 19, 2018, pp. 407-421
Description
Article describes a school based food security program; using a community-based participatory approach a hoop house greenhouse was constructed and a community garden was used to increase local food production, engage youth in land-based food practices, and increase community capacity and skill. Authors note considerable community buy-in and support for the project in the community of Wapekeka.
Housing Needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives in Urban Areas: A Report from the Assessment of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Housing Needs
Housing Needs of Native Hawaiians: A Report from the Assessment of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Housing Needs
Mortgage Lending on Tribal Land: A Report from the Assessment of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Housing Needs
Authors examine how traditional Indigenous knowledge might be integrated into knowledge-production and governance structures in the Norwegian and Finish Atlantic Salmon fisheries. Article advocates for using the Näätämö co-management project as an example of best practice in Arctic Environmental governance.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 77, 2018, p. article no. 1422669
Description
Improving ventilation, replacing leaky woodstoves and providing education about indoor air quality (IAQ) and respiratory health resulted in reduced symptoms, lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) and school absenteeism in children with lung conditions.
Scoping literature review investigates current state of knowledge, gaps in knowledge/understanding, existing baseline data and methodologies of interest.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1323493
Description
Discusses the benefits of Chaplain BASE (Building Access to Specialists through eConsultation) service. eConsult provides advice instantly from specialists which otherwise patients would have to wait for.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 25, no. 3, 2018, pp. 78-91
Description
Study uses data from the 2012 National Inpatient Sample to identify disparities between the two groups in terms of alcohol abuse, depression, diabetes, and post-traumatic stress related health concerns.
Northern Review, vol. 44, The North and the First World War, April 2017, pp. 51-78
Description
" ... this article complicates the glowing contemporary and historical assessments of the Yukon's war effort by revealing the social divisions, frustrations, and disillusionment that also mark the community's complex First World Ward experience".
Full report on project which looked at the effects of situating camps associated with Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline project close to small and already vulnerable communities.
Brief discussion of project which looked at effects of situating camps associated with Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline project close to small and already vulnerable communities.
Disaggregated data from the report Indigenous Contributions to the Manitoba Economy for the region north of the 53rd parallel.
Related material: Indigenous Contributions to the Manitoba Economy.
Reports results from a survey of 135 housing providers to check status of Indigenous employment, obtain information on training experiences, and gauge how organizations were coping as housing agreements expired.
Includes 11 case studies: Lloydminster Métis Housing Group; Tawaak Housing Association; Native People of Sudbury Development Corporation; Native Inter-Tribal Housing Co-operative; Kinew Housing Incorporated; Namerind Housing Corporation; Centre d’Amité Autochtone de Val d’Or; Metis Urban Housing Corporation; Cariboo Friendship Society; Grey Mountain Housing Society; and Skigen-Elnoog H
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 1, 2018, pp. [21]-33
Description
Argues that increased access to communications technology and narrowing the digital divide would have positive effects in the lives of Aboriginal peoples in Quebec and discusses how, when implemented in accordance with cultural values, it can be used to improve education and health outcomes.
Authors argue that current top-down policy models have produced poor outcomes, and that social and economic change must start at a grass-roots level and be tailored to individual communities' specific geographical and cultural concerns. Looks at the issues through fieldwork in the remote settlement of Wakathuni.
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 4, 2018, pp. 133-156
Description
Study explores the role of rural women in the farming and gathering of indigenous vegetables, and the impact of the shift to consumption of modern, less nutritious varieties. Research examines benefits of cultivating and consuming traditional vegetables, and identifies barriers to increased production.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, January 2018, p. article 1
Description
Describes framework developed to represent community values for the purpose of informing program and policy agendas and discusses what community members saw as making a service work well and why.
Northern Review, no. 47, Dealing with Resource Development in Canada's North, August 03, 2018, pp. 3-8
Description
Editorial introduction to the issue on Northern resource development, discusses history of Northern resource extraction practices and Indigenous perspectives around those practices. Examines contemporary discourses surrounding extractive resource practices in the North and ties issue articles to this discussion.
Northern Review, no. 47, Dealing with Resource Development in Canada's North, August 03, 2018, pp. 167-185
Description
Study employs the Arctic Social Indicators (ASI) framework to assess the health of six communities in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR). Indicators assessed include: health and population, material well-being cultural vitality, closeness to nature, education, and fate control.
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 4, 2018, pp. 157-166
Description
Author describes her experience conducting ethnographic research with Indigenous Tz’utujil residents of Santiago Atitlán, as they navigate the growing tourism industry in their town.
Remote Indigenous Media and Communications: Radio Listenership Summary
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Remote Communications Association (IRCA)
Description
Statistics for the remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander radio service such as: stations listened to regularly, rates of listenership, rates by population groups, language and content preferences, impact of mobile connectivity, sources of Government information, and listener demographics.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 42, no. 1, 2018, pp. 91-114
Description
Discusses the viability of decentralized political structures within the Navajo Nation in terms of efficiency, transparency, culturally appropriate governance and improved service delivery.
Lists number of officers, rate per 100,000, criminal code incidents per officer, and per capita cost.
Source: Statistics Canada, Police Administration, Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System (CANSIM) Table 254-0002.
Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division, Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System (CANSIM) tables #17-10-0020-01 and #17-10-0040-01.