Teacher Turnover in Isolated Native Communities: A Qualitative Reflection
Theses
Author/Creator
Brendan Banasik
Description
Education Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2002.
Teaching as Learning in a Yup'ik Eskimo Village
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kimberly C. Price
English Journal, vol. 93, no. 2, Being and Becoming a Teacher, November 2003, pp. 42-48
Description
Author shares experiences of being a high school teacher in Tununak, Alaska.
Team Translates Bible into Inuktitut
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 128, no. 6, June 2002, p. 18
Description
Inuit Anglican clergy and Canadian Bible Society completes monumental task.
Telephone Survival Skills
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Janet Tamalik McGrath
Inuktitut, no. 91, 2002, pp. 98-101
Description
Provides guidelines, some Inuktitut words and phrases for telephone usage and some existing words being used to describe new technology.
Through Mala's Eyes: Life in an Inuit Community: A Learning Resource
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Through Mala's Eyes: Life in an Inuit Community: A Learning Resource
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Description
Series of lesson plans built around the first-person narrative of a fictitious twelve-year-old boy living in the community of Salluit, Nunavik. Designed for students from 9 to 12 years of age.
Thunder on the Tundra: Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit of the Bathurst Caribou
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Karim-Aly S. Kassam
Arctic, vol. 55, no. 4, December 2002, pp. 395-397
Description
Book review of: Thunder on the Tundra by Natasha Thorpe, Naikak Hakongak, Sandra Eyegetok and The Kitikmeot Elders. Presents findings from the Tuktu and Nogak Project, 2001.
Thunder on the Tundra: Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit of the Bathurst Caribou
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nic Larter
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 552-554
Description
Book review of: Thunder on the Tundra by Natasha Thorpe, Naikak Hakongak, Sandra Eyegetok and the Kitikmeot Elders.
"To Bring a Little Bit of the Land": Tanya Tagaq Performing at the Intersection of Decolonization and Ecocriticism
Theses
Author/Creator
Meredith Boerchers
Description
Music and Culture Thesis (M.A) - Carleton University, 2019.
Total Labour Force by Occupation, Nunavut’s 19 Largest Communities, 2008 to 2019
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.
Tracking Change: An Analysis of Efforts to Involve the Nunavut Public in Wildlife Monitoring
Theses
Author/Creator
James Malcolm Shirley
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (M.E.S.)--Dalhousie University, 2002.
Tuberculosis in the Inuit Community of Quebec, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dao Nguyen
Jean-François Proulx
Jennifer Westley
Louise Thibert
Serge Dery
Marcel A. Behr
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 168, no. 11, December 1, 2003, pp. 1353-1357
Description
Findings indicated a relatively high transmission rate in a geographically isolated, sparsely populated region, made control and eliminating TB more challenging.
The Tupiq Program: Inuit Community Development in an Institutional Program
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ellen Hamilton
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 37-39
Description
Describes a sixteen- week holistic corrections program used by Fenbrook Institution (Ontario) which addresses the specific needs of Inuit offenders.
Les Tuurngait dans le Nunavik Occidental Contemporain
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nathalie Ouellette
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, Populations et Migrations / Populations and Migrations, 2002, pp. 107-131
Description
Discusses how despite the influence of Christianity and although no longer associated with the Inuit shaman, the concept of the Tuurngait still permeates the worldview of contemporary Inuit.
Twenty “Must-Read” Research Articles for Primary Care Providers in Nunavik: Scoping Study and Development of an Information Tool
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vincent Paquin
Glenda Sandy
Gentiane Perrault-Sullivan
Gabriel Fortin
Michel Cauchon ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Project evaluated and selected 20 research articles which were then summarized and presented to 190 health workers and regional stakeholders in Nunavik in 6 thematic emails: Child Development, Infectious Diseases, Traditional and Modern Medicine, Metabolism, Nutrition and Contaminants, and Inuit Perspectives. Article lists were also published online.
Un Alignment de Pierres Peut-Il Être un Nangissat Paléoesquimau?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claude Pinard
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 111-129
Description
Discusses the process of excavating a site on Qikertaaluk Island containing Pre-Dorset tent rings and speculates on the possible function of the associated row of stones.
Understanding Fall-Risk Factors for Inuvialuit Elders in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julia S. Frigault
Audrey R. Giles
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 1, March 31, 2019, pp. 13-27
Description
Study uses the social determinants of Inuit health (SDoIH) as a conceptual framework, conducts 12 semi structured interviews and participant observations to assess how factors of personal health status and conditions, personal health practices and coping skills, physical environments, social support networks, and access to health services affect older Inuvialuit adults’ likelihood of experiencing a fall.
Unikkaartuit: Meanings of Well-Being, Sadness, Suicide, and Change in Two Inuit Communities
Alternate Title
Final Report to the National Health Research and Development Programs, Health Canada ; Project no.6606-6231-002
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael J. Kral
Description
Study demonstrates that family, kinship, communication, and traditional knowledge are essential to Inuit conceptions of well-being.
Unprecedented Public Health Effort Tackles Soaring TB Rates in Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carolyn Brown
CMAJ, vol. 191, no. 36, September 09, 2019, pp. E1010-E1011
Description
Describes the planning and implementation of a mass-screening clinic in Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut following the death of a young Inuk women in 2017.
An Update on Nutrition Surveys in Isolated Northern Communities: Revised 24-hour Diet Recall Data from the Food Mail Nutrition Surveys (1992 and 1993) and the Santé Québec Health Survey among the Inuit of Nunavik, 1992, and Original Data From the 1997 Food Mail Nutrition Surveys
E-Books
Author/Creator
Judith Lawn
Urban Inuit in Canada: A Case From Montreal
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nobuhiro Kishigami
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Indigenous People in Urban Areas, 2002, pp. 54-59
Description
Article focuses on aspects of Inuit urban life in Canada, particularly those in Montreal, Quebec.
To access this article scroll down to page 54.
Variation in Instructional Discourse Features: Cultural or Linguistic? Evidence from Inuit and Non-Inuit Teachers of Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alice Eriks-Brophy
Martha Crago
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 4, December 2003, pp. 396-419
Description
Argues that teachers' cultural values about communication and interaction affect their assessment of students' academic and communicative competence.
Views of Traditional Ecological Knowledge [TEK] in Co-Management Bodies in Nunavik, Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evelyn J. Peters
Polar Record, vol. 39, no. 1, January 2003, pp. 49-60
Description
Results of a survey of members of committees formed pursuant to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement; three elements emerged: complex views of traditional knowledge, role of Inuit in attempting to shape the role of TEK in decision-making and need for financial support to collect TEK.
Violence, Sexual Abuse and Health in Greenland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tine Curtis
Finn B. Larsen
Karin Helweg-Larsen
Peter Bjerregaard
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 61, no. 2, 2002, pp. 110-122
Description
Analyses the prevalence of violence and sexual abuse among the Inuit in Greenland. The article also studies associations between health and having been a victim of abuse.
Vitamin A Concentration in Umbilical Cord Blood of Infants From Three Separate Regions of the Province of Québec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Dallaire
Eric Dewailly
Ramesh Shademani
Claire Laliberté
Suzanne Bruneau
et al.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 94, no. 5, September-October 2003, pp. 386-390
Description
Comparative study findings indicate that regular Vitamin A supplements during pregnancy can play a role in improving infant health development.
Voices of Silence, Texts of Truth: Imperial Discourse and Cultural Negotiations in Nineteenth-Century British Arctic Exploration Narrative
Theses
Author/Creator
Erika Behrisch
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2002.
Vulnerability of Subsistence Systems Due to Social and Environmental Change: A Case Study in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole M. Herman-Mercer
Melinda Laituri
Maggie Massey
Elli Matkin
Ryan Toohey ... [et al.]
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 3, September 10, 2019 , pp. 258-272
Description
Researchers explore the vulnerability of the subsistence existence in the Cup’ik village of Chevak and Yup’ik village of Kotlik; findings indicate that a high level of adaptability and ingenuity exists in these communities, but raise concerns of new barriers and vulnerabilities arising from accelerating climate change and socio-cultural changes.
A Way of Life That Does Not Exist: Canada and the Extinguishment of the Innu
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Georg Henriksen
Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, 2002, pp. [316]-321
Description
Book review of: A Way of Life That Does Not Exist by Colin Samson.
What's Not Set in Stone: Labrador Carvers' Views On the Cultural and Market Aspects of Inuit Art
Theses
Author/Creator
Alison J. Edmunds
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2002.
"When a Lapp is Out on the High Fells": Literary Voice and Cultural Identity for the Sámi
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Osgood Dana
Scandinavian Studies, vol. 75, no. 2, Eight Seasons: the Sámi and Their Changing Culture, Summer, 2003, pp. 201-228
Description
Looks at several works:
Muittalus Samiid Birra by Johan Turi,
Terveisiä Lapista by Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Saamelaiset by Kirsti Paltto.
"When the Caribou Failed": Ilia Tolstoy in the Barren Lands, 1928-1929
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Graham A. MacDonald
Manitoba History, no. 45, Spring/Summer, 2003, pp. 2-11
Description
Discussion historical contact with the Inuit including a silent
film entitled The Silent Enemy.
“Whose voices are not in the room?” Indigenous Women’s Participation in the Arctic Climate Crisis Research
Theses
Author/Creator
Elissima De Oliveira Menezes
Description
Marine Management Thesis (MMM)--Dalhousie University, 2019.
Wildlife Management in Nunavik: Structures, Operations, and Perceptions Following the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Gombay
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 2, June 19, 2019 , pp. 181-196
Description
Article extends Lorraine Brooke’s 1995 study of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA) and its effectiveness in creating a wildlife co-management regime; concludes that little progress has been made since 1995, and the power relationships between Inuit and non-Inuit Government agencies remains problematic.
Woman of the House: Gender, Architecture, and Ideology in Dorset Prehistory
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Genevieve LeMoine
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 40, no. 1, 2003, pp. 121-139
Description
Argues that women of the Late Dorset period shared more of the labor than Inuit women.
Writing on Ice: The Ethnographic Notebooks of Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Morrison
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, Inuit and Qallunaaq perspectives: Interacting points of view, 2002, pp. 216-222
Description
Book review of: Writing on Ice edited and introduced by Gisli Palsson.
Youth Perspective
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tunu Napartuk
Inuktitut, no. 91, 2002, pp. 64-73
Description
Conference presentation by the former President of the National Inuit Youth Council advocates the creation of a separate government department for the Inuit.
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