South Bay Park Rangers Employment Project for Persons Living with a Disability: A Case Study in Individual Empowerment and Community Interdependence
Alternate Title
Linking, Learning, Leveraging: Social Enterprises, Knowledgeable Economies, and Sustainable Communities
Research Report Series (Centre for the Study of Co-operatives) ; no. 08 / 03
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Isobel M. Findlay
Julia Bidonde
Maria Basualdo
Alyssa McMurtry
Research Reports Series (Community-University Institute for Social Research)
Description
Program located in Ile-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan provides on-the-job training, seasonal employment, work skills and experience, and independence for the individuals involved.
StatsUpdate: Labour Force, Annual Average for 2019
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Statistical table.
Source: Labour Force Survey.
Stories of Pediatric Rehabilitation Practitioners with/in Indigenous Communities: A Guide to Becoming Culturally Safer
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hilary Bryne
William Murphy-Gelderman
Daisy Petrucci
Naomie Gamondele
Hiba Zafran
Description
Primarily focuses on experiences of non-Indigenous professionals working in the field of neurodevelopmental diagnoses and rehabilitation in rural or remote communities.
Study of the Chevak Dialect of Central Yup'ik Eskimo
Theses
Author/Creator
Anthony Cabot Woodbury
Description
Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1981
Submission into the Inquiry into Community Stores in Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Central Land Council
Description
Submission emphasizes points including suggesting the Australian government could learn from Canada's Food Mail Program.
Subsistence and the Social Economy of Canada's Aboriginal North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David C. Natcher
Northern Review, no. 30, Spring, 2009, pp. 83-98
Description
Explores the interaction between subsistence and wage economies on a social, economic and political level.
Territorialities and Urbanities Transform: A Scenario-Based Approach to Local Planning and Decision Making in Inukjuak and Salluit, Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Geneviève Vachon
Mathieu Avarello
Julien Landry
Laurence St-Jean
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 44, no. 1/2, Builiding and Dwelling in Inuit Nunangat, 2020, pp. 207-236
Description
Looks at the development of Inuit villages that maintain continuity and adapt to challenges facing modern Inuit communities.
Total Employment by Industry for Nunavut's 19 Largest Communities, 2008 to 2019
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.
The Trail as Home: Inuit and Their Pan-Arctic Network of Routes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudio Aporta
Human Ecology, vol. 37, no. 2, April 2009, pp. 131-146
Description
Author use oral histories, traditional knowledge and place names as well as tools such as GPS to map the well-established trade routes connecting two Inuit settlements and important places across into contemporary geographical systems. Highlights the need to consider Inuit culture in terms of moving as a way of living.
Travelling and Hunting in a Changing Arctic: Assessing Inuit Vulnerability to Sea Ice Change in Igloolik, Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gita J. Laidler
James D. Ford
William A. Gough
Theo Ikummaq
Alexandre S. Gagnon ... [et al.]
Climatic Change, vol. 94, no. 3-4, 2009, pp. 363-397
Description
Discusses factors effecting hunters' ability to travel on the ice and harvest seal and walrus.
Unifying and Strengthening the Response to HIV and AIDS in Aboriginal Communities in BC: Final Report March 2009
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[First Nations Health Council]
Description
Results of gathering of representatives from several AIDS organizations, funders, federal and provincial governments, Tripartite First Nations Health Plan staff, and researchers which discusses and identifies strategies and challenges faced in ending the HIV epidemic.
Unintentional Injuries: Qanuilirpitaa? 2017: Nunavik Inuit Health Survey
Alternate Title
Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2017: Qanuilirpitaa? = How are we now?
E-Books
Author/Creator
Emilie Beaulieu
Richard E. Bélanger
Natalia Poliakova
Michel Lavoie
Pierre Maurice … [et al.]
Description
Using the Health Hardware Method to Measure Poverty in Indigenous Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eileen Willis
Meryl Pearce
Carmel McCarthy
Sharon Meagher
Ben Wadham
International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, vol. 3, no. 2, August 2009, pp. 191-202
Description
Studies four communities in southern Australia using Tregenza's adaptation to the Cost of Living methodology to create a connection between poverty and health.
The Views and Preferences of Residents Regarding Post-Secondary Programming in Four Remote Alberta Communities: Interim Report 2
Alternate Title
Learning Communities Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patrick J. Fahy
Nancy Steel
Patricia Martin
Description
Study involved interviews, observations, written surveys, meetings, and other consultations. Sample drawn from residents of Wabasca, Fox Lake, Ft. Mckay, and Fort Chipewyan in 2007-2008.
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate-Related Fire Impacts in Rural and Urban Interior Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah F. Trainor
Monika Calef
David Natcher
F. Stuart Chapin
A. David McGuire
et al.
Polar Research, vol. 28, 2009, pp. 100-118
Description
Explores whether fundamental differences exist between urban and rural vulnerability to climate-induced changes in the fire regime of interior Alaska.
Wapos Bay: A Mother's Earth: Study Guide
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay; episode 14
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Lyn Daniels]
Description
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: A Mother's Earth. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
Wapos Bay: Breakin' Too
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 25
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Two boys battle it out in a break dance challenge and kids in town start developing inappropriate behaviours in episode 25 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 24:00.
Wapos Bay: Dance, Dance: Study Guide
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay; episode 18
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Lyn Daniels]
Description
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: Dance Dance. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
Wapos Bay: Dance, Monkey, Dance
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 21
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Two boys ask the same girl to their class dance and must find a way to resolve their romantic conflict in episode 21 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 24:00.
Wapos Bay: Going for the Gold: Study Guide
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay; episode 15
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Lyn Daniels]
Description
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: Going for the Gold. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
Wapos Bay: It Came From Out There
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 26
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Three boys believe they have seen a UFO and take it upon themselves to investigate in episode 26 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 24:00.
Wapos Bay: Lights, Camera, Action: Study Guide
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay; episode 17
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Lyn Daniels]
Description
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: Lights, Camera, Action!. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
Wapos Bay: Patients
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 23
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Water is tested for drinking quality, two youth develop a rash, and children are bullied at summer day camp in episode 23 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 24:00.
Wapos Bay: Raven Power: Study Guide
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay; episode 16
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Lyn Daniels]
Description
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: Raven Power. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
Wapos Bay: Self Improvement
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 22
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Homes are in disrepair in this community and other remote communities, two boys skip out of school and must face the repercussions in episode 22 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 23:59.
Wapos Bay: The Hardest Lesson
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 20
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Three boys devise a plan to find love and a young girl becomes obsessed with looking mature in episode 20 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 24:00.
What's in Your Freezer? Traditional Food Use and Food Security in Two Yukon First Nations Communities
Theses
Author/Creator
Roseanne C. Schuster
Description
Community Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2009.
When Cultural Competence is Inadequate: An Opportunity for a New Approach to Child Welfare in Nunavut
Theses
Author/Creator
Patricia Johnston
Description
Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--The University of British Columbia, 2009.
Working Well Guide: Reflections on Providing Suicide Prevention Projects in Remote Aboriginal Communities in Central Australia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kristy Schubert
Description
Guide written for non-indigenous workers and for workers unfamiliar with the cultural, geographical and contexts of three remote communities.