Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Technical Series ; 05-116
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Summarizes findings from two phases of project which investigated whether poor indoor air quality could be responsible for the high rates of severe lower respiratory infections in Inuit children. Indoor air quality in 20 Cape Dorset residences and ventilation rates in 100 dwellings from four communities were measured.
[Nunavut Estimates by Marital Status and Age Group, 2001 to 2017]
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Based on 2011 Census counts adjusted for net census undercoverage.
Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division, CANSIM (Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System) table #051-0042.
Nunavut Female Population Estimates by Marital Status, 2001 to 2017, as of July 1
Nunavut Male Population Estimates by Marital Status, 2001 to 2017, as of July 1
Nunavut Total Population Estimates by Marital Status, 2001 to 2017, as of July 1
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Based on 2011 Census counts adjusted for net census undercoverage.
Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division, CANSIM (Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System) table #051-0042.
Nunavut Female Population Estimates by Single Years of Age, 1996 to 2017, as of July 1
Nunavut Male Population Estimates by Single Years of Age, 1996 to 2017, as of July 1
Nunavut Total Population Estimates by Single Years of Age, 1996 to 2017, as of July 1
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Based on 2011 Census counts adjusted for census net undercoverage.
Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division, CANSIM ( Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System) table #051-0001.
Nunavut Secondary School Graduates, 1998/99 to 2015/16
Nunavut Secondary School Gross Graduation by Region, 1998/99 to 2015/16
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Source: Department of Education, Government of Nunavut and Statistics Canada, Demography Division, CANSIM (Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System) table #051-0001.
Editor's column introducing the articles for this issue including environmental issues, sustainability of the polar bear; and impact of climate change on health
Project gathered information on health, well-being and access to health services that would inform policy planning, delivery of programs, and measurement of outcomes.
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.
Playing in the Digital Qargi: Inupiat Gaming and Online Competition in Kisima Innitchuna
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katherine Meloche
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 1-21
Description
Article considers the online platform used in the game Kisima Inŋitchuŋa (Never Alone) as a “place” where people gather and examines the ways that Inuit culture, values and sovereignty are taught and engaged with in those spaces.
Overview of the changes regarding involvement of local people in the process of incorporating indigenous knowledge into resource management decision making.
Talks about literacy programs developed for FNMI students in the Grasslands Regional Division No. 6 ,Lethbridge School District No. 51 and Pincher Creek.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 2, no. 1, 2005, pp. 117-129
Description
Describes the challenges faced by non-Inuit teachers and communities in a cross-cultural educational setting and suggests that teachers would benefit from learning about Inuit culture before beginning to teach.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la Langue et les Savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 371-374
Description
Review of Au Pays des Inuit: Un Film, un Peuple, une Légende (Atanarjuat, La Légende de l'Homme Rapide) by Bernard Saladin D'Anglure and Igloolik Isuma Productions.
Review in French.