Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 101, no. 7, December 1993, pp. 618-620
Description
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.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nick Schultz
Wilfred Doucette
Andrew Orkin
Description
RCAP 171 contains a transcript of a telephone consultation between Counsel for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People, Nick Schultz and journalist Wilfred Doucette who had been a witness to the relocation of Inuit/Eskimos to the High Artic. The conversation focuses on the portrayal, in the current media, of the events that took place during the relocation. Highlighted are articles from the newspapers; Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and The Boston Globe, among others. Also an area of concern was that of a CBC show "Quirk and Quarks" featuring lawyer Andrew Orkin.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 2, Summer, 1993, pp. 18-25
Description
Looks at the loss of the sun in mid-winter and how the Inuit of Igloolik regarded this phenomenon in traditional times.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 18.