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The Sense of a Better Ending: Legal Pluralism and Performative Jurisprudence in Atanarjuat the Fast Runner

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian J. Macrae
Samantha Mackinnon
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. 547-570
Description
Author examines Igloolik Isuma's film as a formal and deliberate illustration of Inuit legal culture, legal practitioners, and legal principles; argues that Isuma places these elements of the Inuit legal system in conversation with the systems of contemporary justice in Canada.
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Signs of Urbanity: Visualing Orality and Directionality

Alternate Title
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michell Daveluy
Jenanne Ferguson
Description
Study of the use of multilingual and multigraphic signs in Inuit localities. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
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Silatuniq: Respectful State of Being in the World

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Betsy Annahatak
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 38, no. 1-2, Cultures Inuit, Gouvernance et Cosmopolitiques / Inuit Cultures, Governance and Cosmopolitics, 2014, pp. 23-31
Description
Comments on Inuit socialization from childhood to adulthood and defines silatuniq.
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Situating Nunavut Education With Indigenous Education Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Elizabeth McGregor
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 36, no. 2, Indigenous Education: Pathways to (Re)membering, 2013, pp. 87-118
Description
Looks at important differences in First Nations education in the Arctic and barriers faced nationally living between two worlds.
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Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-'85

E-Books
Author/Creator
John Wesley Powell
Description
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Ancient Art of the Province of Chiriqui, Colombia by William H. Holmes A Study of the Textile Art in Its Relation to the Development of Form and Ornament by William H. Holmes Aids to the Study of the Maya Codices by Cyrus Thomas Osage Traditions by Rev. J. Owen Dorsey The Central Eskimo by Dr. Franz Boas
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[Snow House]

Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph taken at Arctic Bay, N.W.T. [NU].
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Snowdrifts to be Added to "Igloo" Cathedral

Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 130, no. 7, September 2004, p. 12
Description
Focuses on the launch of a campaign to raise $7 million for a major renovation to St. Jude's Cathedral in Iqaluit.
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Space Syntax Analysis of Central Inuit Snow Houses

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter C. Dawson
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology , vol. 21, no. 4, December 2002, pp. 464-480
Description
Analysis of how the layout of buildings influences social and environmental interaction.
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The Spatial and Historical Evolution of Iqaluit

Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Natural Resources Canada
Description
Showcases the results of developing "interactive Web maps of Iqaluit based on aerial photographs from" 1948, 1958, 1969, 1995, and 2000. The maps and orthomosaics of Iqaluit are accompanied by photographs and text about the area and its history.
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Speaking Out: Housing Issues of Youth in Nunavik

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Olivia Ikey
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 44, no. 1/2, Builiding and Dwelling in Inuit Nunangat, 2020, pp. 261-267
Description

A discussion about the Inuit housing point system and the relationship between housing and employment for Inuit youth. 

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Special Committee for the Disabled

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Davidee Arnakak
Inuktitut, no. 82, 1997, pp. 41-43
Description
Describes the formation and membership of the committee, intended to help improve programming in Pangnirtung, NU.
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"Steering Our Own Ship?" An Assessment of Self-Determination and Self-Governance for Community Development in Nunavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger Ritsema
Jackie Dawson
Miriam Jorgensen
Brenda Macdougall
The Northern Review, no. 41, Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic, 2015, pp. 157-180
Description
Presents case study using a framework developed to determine the community capacity to benefit from economic development.
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Strangers Among Us

Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 10
E-Books
Author/Creator
David C. Woodman
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Structural Violence and the 1962-1963 Tuberculosis Epidemic in Eskimo Point, N.W.T.

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank James Tester
Paule McNicoll
Quyen Tran
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 36, no. 2, Les Tourisme dans l Artique / Tourism in the Arctic, 2012, pp. 165-185
Description
Reports on the factors that created an unmanageable situation: harsh living conditions, transitional Inuit lifestyles, and government policy.
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Stuck in the Ways of the South: How Meritocracy, Bureaucracy, and a One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Child Welfare Fails Nunavut's Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Johnston
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 6, no. 1, 2011, pp. 66-82
Description
Looks at a study that determines a unique approach, that differs from other parts of Canada, is needed when dealing with child welfare cases in Nunavut including knowledge of traditional Inuit culture.
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