Inuit

Two men examining snowshoes and mukluks at a display in Churchill, Manitoba.

Legend about an encounter with a spirit who attempts to eat one of the men.

Looks at a disorder known as Arctic Hysteria which affects different cultural groups living in circumpolar regions.

Integrated Studies in Education Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2012.

Book review of: Ukkusiksalik by David F. Pelly

Presents the story of an abused woman who went to the moon. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 14.

Discusses the process of excavating a site on Qikertaaluk Island containing Pre-Dorset tent rings and speculates on the possible function of the associated row of stones.

Evaluates the impact of efforts to promote the use of Inuktitut in the capital of Nunavut.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Université de Sherbrooke, 2012.

Book review of: The Quest For Knowledge is the Journey Itself by Tahoe T. Washburn.

Briefly describes a career planning game modelled on bingo.

Describes the frustration of being over analyzed and misinterpreted by some researchers without sufficient data and questions benefits to the people.

Discusses the 'self-identification' question added to the census by Statistics Canada in 1986.

Canadian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1988.

Looks at the legacy of residential schools, colonization and how personal history of abuse could be a predictor to violent behavior. On one pdf. Scroll down to page 19 to read article.

Report indicates that the majority of offenders have suffered from personal histories of violent victimization.

Concerns by the midwives in the region include unhealthy behaviours in young women, the decline of traditional beliefs particularly during pregnancy, and nutritional deficiencies.

Comments on the urgent need to enhance the delivery of culturally appropriate practices in emergency health care for Aboriginal people.

Looks at ecognizing Inuu norms when it comes to custody and adoption in the community of Uashat mak Mani-Utenam in northeastern Quebec.

Archaeology Thesis (Ph.D)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2016.

Looks at selected socio-economic trends and examines the multiple dimensions of poverty including lack of financial resources, absence of skills, knowledge, and capabilities to lead a fulfilled life, and social exclusion.

Findings show Aboriginal people at risk of respiratory ill-health due to uncontrollable factors combined with personal choices.

Looks at women's experiences in Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal. Research involved literature review and interviews with forty-six Inuit women, twenty-two service providers, and, when possible, focus groups. Four objectives of study were to identify motivations for migration/relocation to urban centres, examine challenges faced, discuss primary effects on roles and responsibilities, and to identify supports needed.

Brief biographic sketch on Annabella Piugattuk, a young Inuit actress.

Book review of: Ungipaghaghlanga. Let Me Tell You a Story. Quutmiit Yupigita Unigpaghaatangit. Legends of the Siberian Eskimos transliterated and translated by Christopher Patuwaq Koonooka from Stories Told By Ayveghhaq, Asuya, Alghalek, Nanughhaq, Wiri by G. A. Menovshchikov.

Curatorial notes for exhibition of the same name mounted at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, September 20, 1997 to April 5, 1998. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 36.

Book Review of: Unikkaaqatigiit (Putting a Human Face on Climate Change), by Scot Nickels, Chris Furgal, Mark Buell and Heather Moquin.

Reports on discussions which took place in a series of workshops focusing on environmental change and how it effects the four Inuit regions of the Canadian Arctic. Pre-release English only version.

Reports results of workshop discussions about observed changes in the environment, impact of changes, and present and future adaptations

Reports results of workshop discussions about observed changes in the environment, impact of changes, and present and future adaptations.

Reports results of workshop discussions about observed changes in the environment, impact of changes, and present and future adaptations.

The first in the educational series Uqalimaarummaq Reader. Developed for adult learners.

Cultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2015.

Summary. Infographic.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1997.

Two Canadians, Mary Simon of the Inuit Tapirisat and National Chief Ovide Mercredi, were invited to address the forty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Discusses comparative biochemical studies conducted to discover physiological basis for the Inuit's cold-weather acclimatization, in hopes that it could be applied to screen for Arctic service.

Contends that sufficient evidence exists that Indigenous peoples of Canada and Australia have been victims of "genocide". Entire journal on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 57.

Looks at the glottal stop in the Utkuhiksalik dialect.