Lists title, location of research, principal researcher, etc. for over ninety projects. Divided by topic area: social sciences, traditional knowledge, medical and health, and physical and natural sciences.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 4, no. 2, Special Edition: The State of the Aboriginal Economy: 10 Years After RCAP, Fall, 2005, pp. 129-140
Description
Looks at a project to harvest and market muskox meat, horns, hides, and quiviut (textile-grade soft body hair) to embed sustainable renewable resource development within traditional Inuvialuit culture.
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 374-377
Description
Book review of: Essentials of Medical Geology edited by Olle Selinus, Brian Alloway, Jose A. Centeno, Robert B. Finkelman, Ron Fuge, Ulf Linch and Pauline Smedley.
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.
Includes speaking notes for president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, text of partnership agreement between the Canadian government and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, paper on Inuit-specific needs in the area federal government programming, and background papers on health, education, housing, economic development, etc.
Editor's column introducing the articles for this issue including environmental issues, sustainability of the polar bear; and impact of climate change on health
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, 2005, pp. 121-172
Description
Book reviews of:
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann.
American Indian Themes in Young Adult Literature by Paulette F. Molin.
Black, White, and Indian: Race and the Unmaking of an American Family by Claudio Saunt.
Chaco Canyon: Archaeologists Explore the Lives of an Ancient Society by Brian Fagan.
Cherokee Medicine Man: The Life and Work of a Modern-Day Healer by Robert J. Conley.
The Cherokee Nation: A History by Robert J.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ross Gibson
Nick Schultz
Description
RCAP 168 contains a transcript of a telephone consultation between Counsel for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People, Nick Schultz and retired RCMP officer Ross Gibson who had been a witness to the relocation of Inuit to the High Arctic. The conversation focuses on the Gibson's recollection of events and their portrayal currently.
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.
This file contains a presentation by Andre Maltais that begins with a brief retrospective on the Quebec government's approach to the Aboriginal people of Quebec. The speaker lists a number of past measures that are making the lives of Quebec Aboriginal people better. They include the construction of a hospital in Kahnawake, a guaranteed income program of Cree hunters and trappers, construction of a number of airports in Inuit communities, and an Inuit teacher education program at the University of Quebec. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Shirley Thompson
Description
Discusses importance of the impact of environmental change on food security due to widespread poverty, contamination causing toxic impacts, and government policies restricting access to land and resources.
Chapter 3 from Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North edited by Fikret Berkes, Rob Huebert, Helen Fast, Micheline Manseau, Alan Diduck.
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.
Nasivvik Centre for Inuit Health and Changing Environments
Ajunnginiq Centre
Description
Reports on discussions which took place in a series of workshops focusing on environmental change and how it effects the four Inuit regions of the Canadian Arctic.
Pre-release English only version.