Communities

Looks at the case studies of three natural science projects in Nunavut and discusses the challenges that researchers have to incorporate traditional knowledge into their work and to design studies that are relevant to the communities.

Nutritional surveys of women aged 15 to 44 from Repulse Bay and Pond Inlet.

Article argues that two pre-contact Inuit artifacts, recovered from the Pingiqqalik site, depict interspecies transformation; author argues that this is evidence that interspecies relations were influenced by a cosmology rooted in multinaturalism.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Brunswick, 2002.

Looks at the evolution of Nunavik status as a member of the circumpolar and Canadian world, as well as the need for Quebec to adopt an Arctic policy after a history of neglect.

Studies the correlation between a drift from traditional food to market food and increased body mass index.

Discusses the social, material, and political changes taking place in Inuit communities and their impact on behaviours, attitudes, and lifestyle of the younger generation.

Examines evidence of transition from harp seals as dietary staple to fish and birds and reasons underlying the change.

Children in front of a snow-banked tent at Pangnirtung, N.W.T. [NU].

Children playing outdoors [in Rankin Inlet, NU]. Part of the "Inuit of Keewatin" series (#30).

Children at play. Part of the "Innuit of Keewatin" series (#29).

"R.G. Williamson's Children & Babysitter" Rankin Inlet, [NU].

A church in Igloolik, N.W.T. [NU].

The choir outside the Anglican church in the community of Apex at Frobisher Bay, N.W.T. [NU]. In 1987 Frobisher Bay was renamed Iqaluit.

Arson cause of fire at the igloo-shaped St. Jude's Cathedral in Iqualuit, Nunavut.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 1993.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oregon, 2011.

Overview of project aimed at Identifying and characterizing the vulnerability and resilience of food systems. Phase two looked at policy linkages and attempted to identify opportunities and priorities for adaptation intervention in high risk populations.

Discusses the need for Arctic communities to prepare for changes caused by loss of sea ice, increases in coastal erosion, migration of animals important to livelihoods and extreme climate events.

Reviews two projects that assess the impact of climate change on the health of two Inuit regions.

Looks at the effects of climate change on the wildlife, vegetation, and lifestyles on north communities.

Argues that policy intervention should focus on: transmission of environmental knowledge, emergency management capability, flexibility of resource management regimes, economic support to facilitate adaptation, increase research effort to identify risk factors and response options, protection of infrastructure, and promote awareness of climate change impacts

Describes changes over the past fifty years due to the interaction of climate change with social, economic, political, and technological changes.

Looks at the development of a multi-layered education program as a successful alternative to keeping pregnant Inuit women at home for maternity care.

Inuit women gathered outside the new school at Gjoa Haven, N.W.T. [NU].

Discusses the terms "settlement" and "community" and how they relate to contemporary Inuit residential places.

Contends that Inuit approaches to child rearing should be incorporated into educator training programs.

Explores Inuit capacity for change, which has not been sufficiently examined in recent investigative documents.

Discusses the Circumpolar Indigenous Pathways to Adulthood (CIPA) Study.

Atlantic Canada Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2006.

Looks at cases at three Inuit school communities that combine contemporary western science and traditional Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (knowledge).

Interview with a participating sculptor of the largest Inuit commission, in 1990. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 7.

Article provides a response to two papers which expressed the fears of loss of economic security and autonomy for Dene settlements.

Brief article about the signing ceremony which included stories regarding the meaning of the land claims agreement.

Article examines non-fiction texts about the search for the Northwest Passage to illustrate the contributions of Inuit people and communities to Arctic exploration.

Compares three case studies which show how games play a central role in different areas of the North. 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.

Discusses how and by whom research information should be purveyed to the community.

Community Development Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Alberta, 1979.

Resource and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.E.S.)--Dalhousie University, 2012.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 1994.

Discusses the fact that the adverse effects of climate change will fall on populations that have contributed little to the problem.

City Planning Thesis (M.C.P.)--University of Manitoba,1968.

Study shows that psychiatric issues in the Arctic appear to be connected to interpersonal, socioeconomic and societal changes.

Discusses the creation of a confidential listening and crisis intervention Help Line program to deal with the community's high suicide rate.

Statistics. Includes definitions on third tab. Source: 2011 National Household Survey.

Ratings determined by income level, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation.

Ratings determined by income level, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation