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Nunavut Food Price Survey, Comparison of 24 Select Food Items Basket, Baffin Region, 2016-2017
Nunavut Food Price Survey, Comparison of 24 Select Food Items Basket, Kitikmeot Region, 2016-2017
Nunavut Food Price Survey, Comparison of 24 Select Food Items Basket, Kivalliq Region, 2016-2017
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Basket items included: 2% milk, margarine, eggs, potatoes, carrots, bananas, apples, canned baked beans, soda crackers, canned cream of mushroom, ground beef, pork chops, wieners, canned pink salmon, white bread, frozen pizza, frozen corn, baby food in jars, macaroni and cheese dinner, spaghetti noodles, quick oatmeal, instant rice, frozen french fries, and white flour.
2017 Nunavut Food Price Survey,Comparison of Nunavut & Canada CPI Food Price Basket Items [4 tables]
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2017 Nunavut Food Price Survey,Comparison of Nunavut & Canada Consumer Price Index Food Price Basket Items [4 tables]
2017 Nunavut Food Price Survey,Comparison of Nunavut & Canada CPI Food Price Basket Items (Baffin Region)
2017 Nunavut Food Price Survey,Comparison of Nunavut & Canada CPI Food Price Basket Items (Kitikmeot Region)
2017 Nunavut Food Price Survey,Comparison of Nunavut & Canada CPI Food Price Basket Items (Kivalliq Region)
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Source for Canadian statistics: Statistics Canada, System of National Accounts, Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System (CANSIM) table #326-0012.
2017 Nunavut Food Price Survey Detailed Data Tables [4]
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2017 Average Food and Non-Food Item Prices, by Size and Region
2017 Average Food and Non-Food Item Prices, by Size and Region (Baffin Region)
2017 Average Food and Non-Food Item Prices, by Size and Region (Kitikmeot Region)
2017 Average Food and Non-Food Item Prices, by Size and Region (Kivalliq Region)
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Also includes prices for other household products such as bathroom tissue, foil wrap, diapers, etc.
2017 Nunavut Food Price Survey: Price Comparisons Per Kilogram and Litre
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Statistics on select vegetables and fruit, milk and alternatives, grain products, select meat and alternatives, and liquids. Listed for Nunavut as whole as well as Kivalliq, Baffin, and Kitikmeot regions.
Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic: Perspectives from the Barents Area
Alternate Title
AMAP 2017
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) 2017
E-Books
Author/Creator
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
no. 6
L’animal arctique au-devant de la scène: Introduction au bestiaire inuit = Spotlight on Arctic Animals: Introduction to the Inuit Bestiary
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Francis Lévesque
Études Inuit Studies , vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 3-28
Description
Introduction to the themed issue ties together perspectives and considerations of the contributors.
Arctic Traditional Knowledge and Wisdom: Changes in the North American Arctic: Perspectives from Arctic Athabascan Council, Aleut International Association, Gwich’in Council International, and Published Accounts
Alternate Title
CAFF Assessment Series Report No. 14 April 2017
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ilarion (Larry) Merculieff
Peter Abel
Chief James Allen
Maude Beaumier
Véronique Bélanger
Marie-Andrée Burelle ... Mart Ebert ... [et al.]
Associations between Omega-3 Fatty Acids and 25 (OH)D and Psychological Distress among Inuit in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hans-Ragnar Skogli
Dominique Geoffroy
Hope A. Weiler
Grethe S Tell
Laurence J. Kirmayer ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1302684
Description
Study looks at changes in nutrition and traditional practices affecting mental health.
Beyond Food Security: Accounting for Community Food Needs in Kugaaruk, Nunavut
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Merissa Daborn
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 52-55
Description
Comments on the food security crisis in Nunavut and the need for new policy approaches.
Cornus versus dentus et autres modalités d’association des animaux dans l’imaginaire inuit
Alternate Title
Horned versus Teethed and Other Modalities of Animal Association in the Inuit Imagination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vladimir Randa
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 51-71
Description
Author explores Inuit ontologies or knowledge systems around non-human members of their ecosystem; discuss how Inuit ways of knowing the animals are rooted in social and cultural factors of relationality.
Text in French.
Covering Bones: The Archaeology of Respect on the Kazan River, Nunavut
Alternate Title
Recouvrir les ossements : L’archéologie du respect sur la rivière Kazan, Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. Max Friesen
Andrew M. Stewart
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017
Description
Authors examine the archaeological evidence of the historic Inuit practice of burying the bones of harvested caribou; describe this as a manifestation of the respect and reverence Inuit communities held for the non-human members of their communities. Research conducted in collaboration with Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake) community members.
Dwelling and Nomadic Thoughts: Reflections on the Architecture of Youth (and Intergenerational) Centres in Nunavik
Alternate Title
Habiter et pensées nomades : Réflexions sur l’architecture des Maisons des jeunes (et intergénérationnelles) au Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marika Vachon
Myriam Blais
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 44, no. 1/2, Builiding and Dwelling in Inuit Nunangat, 2020, pp. 237-259
Description
Examines how architecture can be used to reflect meaning by its intended users.
Encounters Across Difference: The Digital Geographies of Inuit, the Arctic, and Environmental Management
Theses
Author/Creator
Jason C. Young
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2017.
Ensuring the Safety and Well-Being of Inuit Women in the Resource Extraction Industry: A Literature Review
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Description
Estimating Wildlife Harvest Based on Reported Consumption by Inuit in the Canadian Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tiff-Annie Kenny
Hing Man Chan
Arctic, vol. 70, no. 1, March 2017, pp. [1]-12
Description
Using data from the Canadian International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey 2007-2008, compiled data regarding country food consumption, population demographics, and average edible yield of species consumed.
First Nation Elders Who Use Wheeled Mobility: An Exploration of Culture and Health
Theses
Author/Creator
Lindsay Croxall
Description
Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Food (In)Security: Food Policy and Vulnerability in Kugaaruk, Nunavut
Theses
Author/Creator
Merissa Daborn
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2017.
Food Insecurity among Inuit Living in Inuit Nunangat
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2012
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paula Arriagada
Insights on Canadian Society, February 1, 2017, pp. 1-12
Description
Statistics for adults aged 25 and over from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.
Food Insecurity and Food Consumption by Season in Households with Children in an Arctic City: A Cross-sectional study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Huet
James D. Ford
Victoria L. Edge
Jamal Shirley
Nia King ... [et al.]
BMC Public Health, vol. 17, 2017, p. article no. 578
Description
Study conducted in Iqaluit, Nunavut concluded that food insecurity is a critical issue, with one-third of households with children experiencing food insecurity.
Food Politics: Finding a Place for Country Food in Canada's Northern Food Policy
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Eleanor Stephenson
George Wenzel
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 49-51
Description
Comments on the Government of Canada's review of the Nutrition North Canada program.
Food Security and Mining in Nunatsiavut
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Suzanne Mills
Johanna Tuglavina
Deborah Simmons
Russell Claus
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 39-41
Description
Comments on Statistics Canada data reporting 42% of adult Inuit in Nunatsiavut had experienced food insecurity in the previous 12 months.
Food Sovereignty and Self-Governance: Inuit Role in Managing Arctic Marine Resources
E-Books
Author/Creator
Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska
Description
Related Material: Summary and Recommendations Report.
The Inuit Food System: Ecological, Economic and the Environmental Dimensions of the Nutrition Transition
Theses
Author/Creator
Tiffannie Kenny
Description
Biology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Inuit, namiipita? Climate Change Research and Policy: Beyond Canada’s Diversity and Equity Problem
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pitseolak Pfeifer
Northern Review, no. 49, Place-Based Sustainability Research in the Provincial North, February 20, 2020, pp. 265-269
Description
Author examines the ongoing exclusion and disenfranchisement of Inuit people in Canadian research and policy making around climate change.
Inuit Symbolism of the Bearded Seal
Alternate Title
Symbolisme inuit du phoque barbu
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgitte Sonne
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 29-50
Description
Examines traditional Inuit and Yupiit stories, rituals, and colloquial sayings to reveal different meanings associated with the bearded seal in these Indigenous cultures. Finds that bearded seals can impart multiple meanings ranging from monstrous to protection to renewal and reproduction.
“It’s so hard to put tangible figures to it:” Examining Climate Change Impacts on Inuit Mental Health in Nunatsiavut, Labrador
Theses
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Middleton
Description
Population Medicine Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Guelph, 2020.
Living in Nunavik: Considering the Housing Production System Through Complexity
Alternate Title
Habiter le Nunavik : Considérer le système de production du logement en envisageant la complexité
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marika Vachon
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 44, no. 1/2, Builiding and Dwelling in Inuit Nunangat, 2020, pp. 301-321
Description
Explores the difference between a building versus a dwelling to find a more sustainable solution to Inuit housing issues.
Local Know-How and Self-Construction in the Tundra: A Reading of the Salluit Fjord Cabins
Alternate Title
Savoir-faire locaux et auto-construction dans la toundra. Une lecture des cabanes du fjord de Salluit (Note de recherche)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pierre-Olivier Demeule
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 44, no. 1/2, Builiding and Dwelling in Inuit Nunangat, 2020, pp. 109-159
Description
Examines the cultural and architectural significance of Nunavik's cabins and how they could be used to address the Inuit communities housing issues.
Never Alone: (Re)Coding the Comic Holotrope of Survivance
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michelle Lee Brown
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 22-44
Description
Article examines the use of gaming and other communication technologies as strategies for resistance, survivance and cultural resurgence; discusses practices of re/mapping, kinship-making and relationality.
Never Alone: The Art and the People of the Story
Alternate Title
Game Development Conference ; 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Dima Veryovka
Description
A Discussion on the visual style, cultural infusion and impact of the 2014 video game Never Alone. The game is based off the Iñupiat legend of Kanuk Sayuka and was created in cooperation with elders, storytellers, and artists from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council.
Duration: 50:01.
Nilliajut 2: Inuit Perspectives on the Northwest Passage Shipping and Marine Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
[Aqqaluk Lynge
Robert Comeau
Mary Simon
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Alfred E.R. Jakobsen … [et al.]]
Description
Essays by authors from across Inuit Nunangat and Greenland discuss the possible impacts of the opening of the Passage due to climate change.
Nunavut's Infrastructure Gap
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated
La perception du carcajou/glouton par les Inuit du Nord canadien: Du passé au present
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Laugrand
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 243-263
Description
Author describes the different perceptions of the wolverine in Dené and Gwich’in culture both as a presence that people must be wary of in the bush and status as a powerful tuurngaq (totem or spirit guide).
Text in French.
Profiling the eNuk Program
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alexandra Sawatzky
Ashlee Cunsolo
Oliver Cook
Dan Gillis
Inez Shiwak ... [et al.]
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 2, Innovations in Community Health and Wellness, July 2017, pp. 18-22
Description
Looks at Inuit strategy for monitoring and responding to the impacts of environmental change on health and wellbeing in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut.
Reflections on a Meaningful Architecture: The Symbolic and Material Universes of the Home for the Inuit of Nunavik
Alternate Title
Reflections on a Meaningful Architecture: The Symbolic and Material Universes of the Home for the Inuit of Nunavik (Research Note)
Réflexions pour une architecture significative : Univers symbolique et matériel de la maison chez les Inuit du Nunavik (Note de recherche)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Myrtille Bayle
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 44, no. 1/2, Builiding and Dwelling in Inuit Nunangat, 2020, pp. 161-182
Description
Using a literary review to identify the cultural importance of Inuit housing and its reflection of Inuit values.
Regional-scale Food Security Governance in Inuit Settlement Areas: Opportunities and Challenges in Northern Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Nicholas Girard
Description
Geography, Environment and Geomatics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
"A Sense of Seal" in Greenland: Kalaallit Seal Pluralities and Anti-Sealing Contentions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Naja Dyrendom Graugaard
Description
Discuss the Inuit seal hunting as a "sustainable, subsistence" practice and how this ideal ties in with the modern day seal hunts.
Snow Goggles
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Amelia Fay
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 1, February/March 2017, p. 17
Description
Brief article contains a photograph of an early 20th century set of snow goggles, probably from the Caribou Inuit in Nunavut.
"Straight from the Heavens into Your Bucket": Domestic Rainwater Harvesting as a Measure to Improve Water Security in a Subarctic Indigenous Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas Mercer
Maura Hanrahan
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1312223
Description
Discusses project to improve water access for the Inuit community of Black Tickle-Domino, Labrador.
Thinking Food Security "Outside the Box"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Johanna Tuglavina
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 42-43
Description
Comments on locals needing the same good quality food as the employees living and working at the mine site.
Thinking with Nunangat in Proposing Pedagogies for/with Inuit Early Childhood Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Caroline Rowan
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Brunswick, 2017.
Tracking Sources of Clostridium Botulinum Type E Contamination in Seal Meat
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Leclair
Jeffrey M. Farber
Franco Pagotto
Sandy Suppa
Bill Doidge
John W. Austin
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1380994
Description
Looks at meat handling practices in the communities of Kuujjuaq, Kangiqsualujjuaq and Tasiujaq.
Unsettling Ground: Arctic Urbanism on Fluid Geology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason McMillan
Lola Sheppard
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 44, no. 1/2, Builiding and Dwelling in Inuit Nunangat, 2020, pp. 183-205
Description
Examines architectural practices and its effects on the Inuit communities land engagement.