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Community-Based Health Research Led by the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation

Alternate Title
Community-Based Health Research Led by VGFN
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sonia Wesche
Roseanne C. Schuster
Pam Tobin
Cindy Dickson
Darcie Matthiessen ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 4, 2011, pp. 396-406
Description
Discusses an exceptional research partnership which studied food security.
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Community-Based Participatory Research Projects and Policy Engagement to Protect Environmental Health on St Lawrence Island, Alaska

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pamela K. Miller
Viola Waghiyi
Gretchen Welfinger-Smith
Samuel Carter Byrne
Jane Kava
Jesse Gologergen
Lorraine Eckstein
Ronald Scrudato
Jeff Chiarenzelli
David O Carpenter
Samarys Seguinot-Medina
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21656
Description
Findings from a series of exposure assessments indicate the presence of carcinogenic chemicals is cause for concern by local community leaders.
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Community Crisis Planning for Prevention, Response, and Recovery: First Nations Service Delivery Model

Alternate Title
First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum Framework
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gaye Hanson
Jenn Redvers
Lisa Taylor Hanson and Associates
Description
Guide for developing plans to deal with short-term situations such as fire, extreme weather conditions, hazardous spills, disease outbreak, search and rescue of missing citizens, and alleged suicide, homicide, assault, etc. Based on the work of Kwanlin Dün First Nation.
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Community Engagement in Environmental Assessment for Resource Development: Benefits, Enduring Concerns, Opportunities for Improvement

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aniekan Udofia
Bram Noble
Greg Poelzer
Northern Review, no. 39, Consultation and Resource Development in Northern Communities: Russia, Scandinavia & Canada, 2015, pp. 98-110
Description
Looks at the benefits of getting a community involved in environmental assessment (EA) and discusses capacity, streamlining environmental assessment, and participation in resource development.
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Community Feast a Success in Prince Albert National Park

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shannon Bond
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 9, October 2011, p. 9
Description
Looks at the second annual multi-racial event that promotes understanding of First Nations and Métis culture and history. Article located by scrolling to page 9.
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Community Story Circles: An Opportunity to Rethink the Epistemological Approach to Heritage Interpretive Planning

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lesley Curthoys
Brent Cuthbertson
Julie Clark
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, vol. 17, [Indigenizing and Decolonizing Environmental Education], 2012, pp. 173-187
Description
Authors discuss their experience taking part in story circle in northern Ontario and its application as a research method.
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Community Voices: Perspectives on Renewable Energy in Nunavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole C. McDonald
Joshua M. Pearce
Arctic, vol. 66, no. 1, March 2013, pp. 94-104
Description
Survey sample of thirty individuals included both Inuit and non-Inuit residents of Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet, and Resolute Bay. Although participants expressed concerns about protection of environment and wildlife, effects of technology, and lack of government initiatives, they generally supported wind and solar power, but opposed hydropower.
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Comparative Baseline Levels of Mercury, Hsp 70 and Hsp 60 in Subsistence Fish From the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region of Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence K. Duffy
Erica Scofield
Tauni Rodgers
Molly Patton
R. Terry Bowyer
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Endocrinology, vol. 124, no. 2, October 1999, pp. 181-186
Description
Reports the mercury levels in five subsistence fish, northern pike, burbot, whitefish, grayling and sheefish, from the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta region of Alaska.
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A Comparative Study on Dams and Power-water Diversion Projects across Canada, with Emphasis in Northern Ontario Proposed Water Developments and the Indian People Who Will Be Directly Affected by Their Impacts

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Harry Achneepineskum
Description
The author, a member of the Ogoki (Martin Falls) band in northern Ontario, expresses concern with the Canadian government's plan to dam rivers in Canada and divert the water to the United States. He notes that Aboriginal land will be flooded, according to government proposals.
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Comparison of Contaminants From Different Trophic Levels And Ecosystems

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
R. Dietz
F. Riget
M. Cleemann
A. Aarkrog
P. Johansen
et al.
The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 245, 2000, pp. 221-231
Description
Reports that this study shows the highest mercury and POP levels in the Arctic are found in the food consumed by the Greenland Inuit.
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Compass of Compassion: Reflections on a Choctaw Vision of Alliances and Unrecognized Peoples Following Katrina

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Brown Childs
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, Special Issue: Indigenous Locations Post-Katrina: Beyond Invisibility and Disaster, 2008, pp. 85-91
Description
Looks at Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, in light of a class system that marginalizes people and then leaves them at the mercy of federal bureaucrats who pretend they don't exist.
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Compendium of Research Undertaken in Nunavut 2002

Alternate Title
Nunavut Research Compendium, 2002
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Research Institute
Description
Lists title, location of research, principal investigator, etc. for over ninety projects. Divided by topic area: health related, physical science, social science and traditional knowledge
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Compendium of Research Undertaken in Nunavut 2003

Alternate Title
Nunavut Research Compendium, 2003
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Research Institute
Description
Lists title, location of research, principal investigator, etc. for over ninety projects. Divided by topic area: health related, physical science, social science and traditional knowledge.
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Compendium of Research Undertaken in Nunavut 2005

Alternate Title
Nunavut Research Compendium 2005
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Research Institute
Description
Lists title, location of research, principal researcher, etc. for over ninety projects. Divided by topic area: social sciences, traditional knowledge, medical and health, and physical and natural sciences.
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Composition of Fish Consumed by the James Bay Cree

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D. L. Belinsky
H. V. Kuhnlein
F. Yeboah
A. F. Penn
H. M. Chan
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, vol. 9, no. 2, June 1996, pp. 148-162
Description
Studies the levels of heavy metals, nutritional minerals, and fatty acids found in five species of female fish consumed by the James Bay Cree.
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Concentrations and Frequencies of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in a Native American Population That Consumes Great Lakes Fish

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shawn L. Gerstenberger
John A. Dellinger
Larry G. Hansen
Journal of Toxicology. Clinical Toxicology, vol. 38, no. 7, December 2000, pp. 729-746
Description
Study to determine if a potential source for human exposure to hazardous chemicals is the consumption of contaminated fish.
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Concentrations of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB's), Chlorinated Pesticides, and Heavy Metals and other Elements in Tissues of Belugas, Delphinapterus Leucas, from Cook Inlet, Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul R. Becker
Margaret M. Krahn
Elizabeth A. Mackey
Rabia Demiralp
Michele M. Schantz
Michael S.Epstein
Mary Kate Donais
Barbara J. Porter
Derek C.G. Muir
Stephen A. Wise
Marine Fisheries Review, vol. 62, no. 3, Summer, 2000, pp. 81-99
Description
Comparative study reveals variance in levels of contaminants dependent on location.
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