Inuit

Compares the incidence of cancer among the 8 Arctic States and their northern regions with a special focus on Inuit, Athabaskans and Sami.

Demonstrates that international partnerships in cancer surveillance can work well, and that Inuit are at high risk for some cancers that are rare in other population groups.

Concludes that cancer is increasing among Inuit men and women in all regions, and suggests that they continue to be at extreme high risk, relative to non-Inuit populations.

Presents an introduction which contains two papers on the Inuit in Alaska, Canada and Greenland by the Circumpolar Inuit Cancer Review Working Group.

Investigates links between increased cancer rates and changes in living conditions.

Uses data from 2004-2005 Canadian Community Health Surveys and 2001 Aboriginal People's Survey for identifying demographic, socio-economic and geographic factors.

Comments on how demographic, socio-economic and geographic factors impact the health service given to Inuit compared to other Northern Canadians.

Contains sources which deal with the ability to foster learners' academic and personal success. Current as of 2010.

Focuses on works by Kenojuak Ashevak, Kananginak Pooroogook, Pitaloosie Saila, Suvinai Ashoona, Ningeokuluk Teevee, and Kakulu Saggiaktok. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 26.

Exhibition review at the National Gallery of Canada, 1995. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 50.

Presents opening remarks for an exhibition of Cape Dorset prints at the Public Library and Art Museum in London, Ontario. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 54.

Teaching and Learning Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Calgary, [20--?]

Elaborates on the three basics of maintaining an art collection: prevention, conservation and restoration. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 4.

"Applied Anthropology course student P. Sullivan interviewing ceramic artist Aksadjuak at Rankin Inlet, N.W.T." [NU]

Book review of: Caribou Skin Clothing of the Igloolik Inuit by Sylvie Pharand.

Book review of: Carved From the Land by Lorraine E. Brandson. Entire issue on one pdf. To access issue, scroll to page 40.

Curatorial notes from exhibition of the same name mounted at the National Gallery, Ontario, 2000. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 32.

Looks at an artist who uses art as a form of therapy after losing his wife and two children in a house fire. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 34.

Appears to be part of a series of 11 images in slide show of Inuit artifacts. Carver unknown. Title on file: Eskimo Artifacts.

Two different angles of carvings. On information card: Carvings executed by Pierre Karliig for the Acquatare Oil Co. in Calgary Alta. Picture taken at the Craft Shop in Rankin Inlet.

Brief discussion of the importance of the carving industry, characteristics and sources of different types of rock, and the effects of the 1982 recession. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Program combined store-based and community-based activities which promoted healthy eating and physical exercise. Describes project and outcomes, and discusses implications for research, policy and practice. Chapter from Population Health Intervention Research Casebook. Scroll to p. 36.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1976.

Looks at the unique recruitment of an Inuk woman as a nun in 1951.

Looks at a set of entertaining DVD's designed to promote awareness of the Essential Skills program.

Discusses a program which provides unemployed Aboriginal youth the targeted training they need to obtain either advanced training or employment in a specific occupation or trade.

Program provides essential skill training for underground mining, surface mining, and minerals processing operator.

Comments on program that focuses on helping unemployed or underemployed adult learners to increase literacy levels.

Looks at programs to help adult learners increase their academic levels while also enhancing their workplace essential skills.

Comments on a program meant to help working-age adults in Yukon communities acquire Essential Skills (ES)

Four main themes are covered: profile of mixed economy in the community; historical, political and cultural context; local views on barriers to economic success, and recommended strategies.

Curriculum Studies Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2001.

Suggests the lack of resources is one of the major challenges of re-establishing Inuit midwifery in the Canadian Arctic.

Investigates perspectives of daycare caregivers, parents and elementary teachers regarding children's Inuktitut language knowledge.

Description and evaluation of healing and training project which involved weekly talking circles for women and girls, workshops, individual counselling, and on-the-land camps. Sources of information include project files, Aboriginal Healing Foundation Process Evaluation Survey, key informant interviews with healing team and service providers, and documents and data collected by community support coordinator.

Comments on the success of the classroom model which has successfully helped a large percentage of participants gain employment in the childcare field.

Review of all infant deaths from the Nunvavut Bureau of Statistics. Shows unexpected infant deaths have the highest cause for infant mortality.

Study uses socio-demographics, drug use patterns, injections practices, sexual experiences, and HIV and HCV prevalence to compare women using drugs and in the sex trade with women who are not.

Suggests that developments and changes in Inuit art may occur as a result of Nunavut entering confederation. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 31.

Statistical table. Each variable can be searched.

Gives account of observations made when travelling to Cumberland Sound and Davis Strait in Nunavut. Section from book, Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885 edited by J.W. Powell.

Discusses how Inuit worldviews and customs were incorporated into graduation ceremonies.

Brief report on December 1, 2006 ceremonies held to mark the effective date of the Labrador Final Land Claims Agreement.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2007.

Report by President Eric Tagoona.

Looks at components and implementation of the Positive Youth Development Programme (PYD) developed to increase leadership skills in youth.

Comments on the subject matter in Inuit artist's works including domestic violence, substance abuse and depression.

Profiles the author of a children's book about the old way of life. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 20.

Brief historical summary including timeline of important events leading to the creation of Nunavut in 1999.