Discusses the progress of Nunavut’s socio-economic goals and the challenges in advancing their economic and social objectives while coping with economic, social and environmental changes.
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
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Key findings: higher education results in higher income ranges, women are more likely to have completed high school and plan to continue their educations, and women most often cited family responsibilities as reason not to continue school.
2015 Nunavut Food Price Survey: Food Groups by Community and Region [Comparison Report]hintherFri, 12/11/2015 - 00:00
Documents & Presentations
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Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
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Lists costs in each community and compares prices to the Nunavut average. Categories: vegetables and fruits, milk and alternatives, grain products, and meat and alternatives. Data gathered in March 2015.
Identifies and assesses all the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healing programs that address psychosocial issues among Australia's Indigenous peoples.
Contemporary Linguistics Analysis: An Introduction
E-Books » Chapters
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Eung-Do Cook
Darin Flynn
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Discusses Canada's First Nations nine language families, the separate language family of the Inuit and the mixed language of the Métis.
Chapter nine from Contemporary Linguistics Analysis: An Introduction by William O'Grady, John Archibald.
IRPP Choices, vol. 14, no. 9, August 2008, pp. 1-26
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Reviews changes that have taken place since the signing of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement using various indicators such as income, education, and life expectancy.
Journal of Nutrition, vol. 125, no. 10, October 1995, pp. 2501-2510
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Examines the exposure of Arctic Indigenous women, living in two communities of the Canadian Arctic, to polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides via their diet.
European Consortium for Political Research General Conference ; 2015
Documents & Presentations
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Wilfrid Greaves
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Compares how organizations representing the two peoples have characterized security in the North. The Inuit have emphasized environmental protection, preservation of cultural identity and maintenance of political autonomy. The Sami, when dealing with the same sorts of issues, tend not to frame arguments in terms of security.
Encyclopedia Arctica. Transportation and Communications
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Howard A. Chapelle
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Looks at umiak (open boats) and kayak (decked hunting canoe) used by Inuit in Canada, Greenland, Alaska and Asia and compares them to the Irish curraghs.
Digitized copy of typescript is part of the unpublished reference work on the Northern Arctic and subarctic regions. Project ran from 1947-1951.
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 103, no. 7/8, July-August 1995, pp. 740-746
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Reports the levels of cadmium, lead, and mercury in traditional foods from Qikiqtarjuaq, Baffin Island and the related health risks and benefits of eating these foods.
Writer, director and producer discusses his experiences while working for the National Film Board teaching film and video production in the North.
Duration: 1:21:54.