Northern Review, no. 38, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 3-5
Description
Introduction to special issue containing essays presented at the International Centre for Northern Governance and Development Conference held in Saskatoon in 2012.
Examines the high cancer rates in Inuit populations and highlights challenges to receiving care, from diagnosis through to survivorship or palliative care.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1291868
Description
Studies the linguistic and cultural differences among medical institutions that challenge interpreters who know many of their clients at a personal level.
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.
Database used for tracking people and community changes using population, education, culture, labour force, wellbeing, income, government, and housing categories. Sources include Northwest Territories Bureau of Statistics, Statistics Canada and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 58, no. 12, June 2004, pp. 2625-2636
Description
Addresses the impacts on colonial relations on suicide rates and advocates for narrative research, intergenerational communication, and community action for solutions.
Research aims to support the creation of Indigenous law materials for communities, academic institutions, and practitioners with a focus on Inuit perspectives.
Describes the role of the Regional Contaminants Coordinators (RCCs) who developed several projects under CACAR-II (Canadian Arctic Contaminants Assessment Report)
Les Inuit du Labrador à la chasse : Modèles saisonniers, techniques et animaux tels qu’ils apparaissent dans les carnets anciens des frères Moraves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thea Olsthoorn
Études Inuit Studies , vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 125-149
Description
Author gathers and studies accounts from the journals of Moravian settlers in Labrador; written between 1771 and 1778 these accounts contain depictions of seal and caribou as prey animals, information on when the Inuit hunted these animals and the techniques they used, and clues that suggest transformation between human and nonhuman beings.
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Issue 2014: Revitalizing Education in Inuit Nunangat, 2014, pp. 61-65
Description
Looks at the Nunavut Agreement and implementation specifically Article 23 dealing with employment within Government and Inuit education.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll to page 61 to read article.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, Art et Représentation / Art and Representation, 2004, pp. 171-183
Description
Reviews six books about Inuit art:
Celebrating Inuit Art, 1948-1970 by Maria von Finckentein
Inuit Art/An Introduction by Ingo Hessel.
Histoires de l’Art des Inuits du Québec by Michel Nöel and Jean Chaumely.
Le Refus de l’Oubli: Femmes-Sculptures du Nunavik by Céline Saucier.
The Inuit Imagination: Arctic Myth and Sculpture by Harold Seidelman and James Turner.
Sculpture of the Inuit by George Winton.
Reviews in French.
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Issue 2014: Revitalizing Education in Nunangat, 2014, pp. 66-69
Description
Overview of program that has Inuit-specific course content and academic cultural skill development.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 66 to read article.