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.
Contemporary Linguistics Analysis: An Introduction
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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.
Participants discussed issues related to consultation and equality and then identified a number of specific directions to guide future actions and interventions. Roundtable held March 30-April 1, 2000.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 4, Winter, 1997, pp. 3-9
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Contends that while the past 50 years of exhibits have been molded by collectors, promoters and merchants, the next 50 years will benefit from the involvement of Inuit artists and others.
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Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 2, Summer, 2000, pp. 4-16
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Discusses, in part one of a three-part series, the aesthetic and logic of early still photography in the Arctic.
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Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 4, Winter, 2000, pp. 4-11
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Looks at the special type of photojournalism developed by Inuit in Nunavik and the profiles and works of independent photographers.
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Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 3, Fall, 2000, pp. 4-15
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Looks at the work of two photographers who deal with the same topic and geographical region but with radically different results.
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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.
Museum Anthropology, vol. 24, no. 1, Spring/Summer, 2000, pp. 14-25
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Discusses the missionary's influence on the arts and his role in the creation of the Povungnituk Sculptures Society and La Fèdèration des Coopèratives du Nouveau Quèbec.