Inuit

Brief description of the role of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, formerly Inuit Tapiriit of Canada, the national Inuit advocacy group.

Search of PubMed, CAB Direct and Web of Science for peer-reviewed articles published between 2000 and 2015 produced 201 results which were then analyzed in terms of community-engagement, whether results were utilized by Indigenous communities, governments, or organizations, and whether the study results were accessible (open-access).

Investigates the transformation in symbolic definitions of the setting of a orphan Kaassassuk from Inuit myths.

Summary of findings of dealer survey conducted in Canada and United States. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Discusses issues involved in the jurying process conducted by the Canadian Eskimo Arts Council and the May Report on the financial viability of Inuit printmaking. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Promotes the implementation and employment of community research review committees which are distinct from research ethics boards.

Looks at the differences between traditional Inuit law and western concepts of law.

Brief overview of the acquisition policies and collections of major Canadian companies. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Paper from Looking to the Future: Papers from the Seventh Inuit Studies Conference, 19-23 August, 1990 edited by Marie-Josée Dufour and François Thérien.

Proceedings of conference which focused on assessment of current programs in communities, efficacy of program types and how research can improve services and prevention.

Comparative investigation reveals that declines have been recorded in total volume and per capita availability of wild foods in most settlements compared to the early 1980s.

Comments on a conference held to assess the status of the Inuit and Eskimo languages and to study the impact of educational and other maintenance policies. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 19.

Focus is on two policy fields, health and communications.

On information card: Rankin Inlet resident Willie Adams makes adjustments to the relays of the Comminterphone conference unit housed in the telephone exchange building of the small northern community. The interface unit permits up to four telephone calls from the exchange (background) to be aired simultaneously through a low power transmitter.

Excerpts from the book Taimanit, which showcases the best of the first annual Nunavut Literary Prize contest.

Comments on the new experiences, including moving pictures and fireworks, brought to Inuit on the coast of the Foxe Peninsula in the winter of 1921-22. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 20.

Examines the social memories of Inuvialuit elders; the historical interactions between Inuvialuit with other cultural groups; and concepts of social memory.

Analyzes conversations regarding Inuit employment at the Nanisivik mine which operated from 1976 to 2002.

Argues that women of the Late Dorset period shared more of the labor than Inuit women.

Comments on an exhibition which presents a visual record of Inuit life and social history by highlighting the work of 12 textile artists. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 4.

Comments on the 17 artists, representing all regions of the Arctic, in attendance at the Pan-Arctic Women's Workshop. Includes brief profiles. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 6.

Examines the writings of Lydia Campbell, Margaret Baikie and Elizabeth Goudie, all women with a mixed Innu and European background

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Union Institute, 1993.

Article demonstrates the potential for understanding wood use through experimental archaeology.

Sources include: books, chapters, articles, research reports, annotated bibliographies, opinion and discussion papers, organizational reports, legislation, and policies.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1986.

Project involved organizing gathering of families in order to hear their stories and opinions, and interviewing front line workers and police officers working in Nunavik.

Looks at the unique relationship between the Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.(NTI) , a non-profit organization established as a result of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.

"Reviews concepts and approaches related to cultural responsiveness in the literature in the field of education, pointing out how these are parallel with or might further inform practices in communication sciences and disorders."

Document aimed at developing workers' knowledge of world views, skill sets to deal with Aboriginal individuals and communities and ability to act as advocates of systemic change.

Comments on an artist who was awarded the Medal of Service of the Order of Canada by Governor General Roland Michener at the inaugural investiture. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 8.

Investigates the creative process that empowered Inuit adult learners.

Book review of: Writing on Ice by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, edited by Gisli Palsson.

Fine Arts Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1990.

Comparison of xenoestrogenic activity in serum in peoples with different levels of persistent organic pollutants (POP) exposure.

Workshops held for interpreter-translators to develop new vocabulary to describe climate change.

Interview with soapstone carver from Povungnituk Bay, Nunavik. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Brief overview of carver's work. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Photograph of an Inuk child at Yellowknife, N.W.T.

Selection of short writings by northern youth.

Looks at perceived causes and possible preventative steps to address the high Inupiat youth suicide rates in Northwest Alaska.

International Development Thesis (M.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 1999.

Examines the potential to enhance the defensive factors of Inuit youth.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Guelph, 2008.

Conference presentation by the former President of the National Inuit Youth Council advocates the creation of a separate government department for the Inuit.

Reports results of interviews with 17 youth between the ages of 14 and 19 living in Nunavut.

Curatorial notes for exhibition of the same name. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 37.

File contains a brief entitled " The Yukon Territory - A Brief" which includes a statistical breakdown of the population of the Yukon from 1901- 1951, including indigenous and Inuit peoples.