Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, The UN Decade: Expectations and Realities, 2004, pp. 4-7
Description
Introduction to journal issue featuring articles assessing the impact of the UN Decade of Indigenous Peoples on Indigenous peoples around the world.
To access this article, scroll down to page 4.
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 04-031
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Analysis of types of activities and how they are distributed within dwellings. Concludes that the trend toward greater number of small rooms taking place in Euro-Canadian homes is not compatible with Inuit families' patterns of interaction.
Highlights from research report of same name.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 41, no. 2, 2004, pp. 238-250
Description
Discusses the emergence of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) as a guiding principle that may influence wildlife management policy in the Territory of Nunavut.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 135-138
Description
Counselling approaches structured to resemble both Inuit ideals of constructive assistance and Western counselling methods proved to be the most effective.
Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum ; 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Ford
Barry Smit
Description
Comments on the changing climatic conditions that have increased the exposure of the community to climate related risks and the resulting coping strategies used by Inuit communities.
Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
Risk Analysis: An International Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, August 2004, pp. 1007-1018
Description
Results show little downside economically or nutritionally when replacing some "country food" with food from other sources, but few have actually altered their lifestyle perhaps because of the high value placed on the traditional economy.
Medical Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, San Francisco, 1983.
Study focuses on males of Sanctuary Bay, an Inuit settlement in the Arctic.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 58, no. 12, June 2004, pp. 2625-2636
Description
Addresses the impacts on colonial relations on suicide rates and advocates for narrative research, intergenerational communication, and community action for solutions.