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EmPower the Yukon. Using Community Renewable Energy in the Transition to Energy Resilience: A Social Enterprise Approach

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Furlong
Northern Review, no. 49, Place-Based Sustainability Research in the Provincial North, February 20, 2020, pp. 219-256
Description
Article discusses the basis of and frameworks for moving to a community centered model of renewable energy production in the Yukon; examines current models of energy infrastructure ownership and argues that community-based energy production would create resilience.
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Engaging Communities in Promoting the Health of Their Children

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cathy O'Mullan
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 1, January/February 2005, pp. 8-10
Description
Chronicles outcomes of the first year of a project including creation of special partnerships in community and the implementation of school health promotion programming.
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Engaging Remote Marginalized Communities Using Appropriate Online Research Methods

Alternate Title
The Sage Handbook of Online Research Methods
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Brian Beaton
David Perley
Chris George
Susan O’Donnell
Description
Discusses using participatory action research (PAR) methodology, developing culturally appropriate research, communication and data protocols, and working with intermediary organizations to help build relationships. Concludes with a list of best practices. Chapter from The Sage Handbook of Online Research Methods, 2nd edition, edited by Nigel G. Fielding, Raymond M. Lee, and Grant Blank.
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ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ENHANCE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Vivian R. Ramsden
Shari McKay
Shirley Bighead
Gail Boucher
Peter Butt ... [et al.]
Description
Using community-based surveys to determine the health priorities of four Indigenous communities to help develop the Green Light Program. Chapter in Promoting Change Through Action Research edited by Franz Rauch, Angela Schuster, Thomas Stern, Maria Pribila, Andrew Townsend . To view article scroll down to page 207.
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Enhancing Access to Care in Northern Rural Communities via Telehealth

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 2017 Northern, Rural, and Remote Health conference
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Jong
Ivar Mendez
Robert Jong
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 2, Collaborative approaches to wellness and health equity in the Circumpolar North..., 2019
Description
Authors assert that the Telehealth communication technologies could facilitate higher quality health services delivery in rural and remote communities while reducing costs of service provision; suggest increasing use and provide recommendations for doing so.
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Enhancing Equity for Aboriginal Peoples: Adult Basic Education On-Reserve

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vivian Hajnal
Michelle Prytula
Michael Cottrell
Practice and Theory in Systems of Education, vol. 8, no. 2, 2013, pp. 113-120
Description
Analysis of a four year project to provide on-reserve Adult Basic Education (ABE) to Indigenous communities to fulfill the their needs for achieving academic equality.
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Entrepreneurship in a Remote Sub-Arctic Community

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Leo-Paul Dana
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, vol. 20, no. 1, Fall, 1995, pp. 57-72
Description
Study attempts to provide a theoretical and empirically informed judgment about entrepreneurial activities in a small sub-Arctic Alaskan town.
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Environmental Change and Traditional Use of the Old Crow Flats in Northern Canada: An IPY Opportunity to Meet the Challenges of the New Northern Research Paradigm

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brent B. Wolfe
Murray M. Humphries
Michael F. J. Pisaric
Ann M. Balasubramaniam
Chris R. Burn
et al.
Arctic, vol. 64, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 127-135
Description
Looks at identifying the effects and consequences of climate warming on traditional territory and discusses the success of a community-researcher partnership.
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Environmental Health Action Plan Launched at Laramba

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christine Bain
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, September/October 1998, p. 9
Description
Brief description of how remote community in Northern Territory, Australia launched a plan to tackle environmental infrastructure issues which negatively impact health.
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Environmental Health Program at Wadeye

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Noel Wallman
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 5, September/October 2002, p. 21
Description
Briefly discusses how public health and sanitation improvements resulted in better health outcomes for the residents of this isolated community in Northern Territory, Australia.
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Environmental Health Work at Umbakumba Community

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nesman Bara
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, January/February 2003, p. 33
Description
Briefly reports on the efforts of Nesman Bara who along with three others has been responsible for a considerable improvement in the community's hygiene.
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An Environmental Scan of Emergency Response Systems and Services in Remote First Nations Communities in Northern Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
E. J. Mew
S. D. Ritchie
D. VanderBurgh
J. L. Beardy
Gordon M. Fortune ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1320208
Description
Studies remote Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities and lack of response capacity and services to meet their needs.
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Ernabella Arts Inc.

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Winifred Hilliard
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 3, no. 4, December 1979, pp. 33-37
Description
Examines the handicraft work undertaken since the late 1940s in the remote community in South Australia.
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"Errors Exposed": Inuit Relocations to the High Arctic, 1953-1960

Alternate Title
Documents on Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security ; no. 8
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shelagh D. Grant
Description
Examines the government's decision to move 92 Inuit to two locations on uninhabited and inhospitable High Arctic islands as a way to assert Canadian sovereignty in the region.
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Eskimo Art

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diamond Jenness
Geographical Review, vol. 12, no. 2, April 1922, pp. 161-174
Description
Comments on differences in artistic ability depending on geographical location.
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Eskimo Housing as Planned Culture Change

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
D. K. Thomas
C. T. Thompson
Description
Critiques federal government's programs for the provision of housing, which authors argue failed to take into account Inuit culture, designed and built houses suited to needs in the South rather than the North, and set up housing authorities and community councils that were, in effect, run by Whites rather than by Inuit members.
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Establishing a Culturally Sensitive Palliative Care Program in Rural Alaska Native American Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine A. DeCourtney
Kristina Jones
Melanie P. Merriman
Nina Heavener
P. Kay Branch
Journal of Palliative Medicine, vol. 6, no. 3, June 2003, pp. 501-510
Description
Studies a multi-disciplinary program that blends cultural practices with contemporary palliative care medicine to allow Alaska Natives and others living in remote communities to be cared for at home through the end of life.
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Ethnic Difference in the Prevalence of Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes Mellitus in Regions with Sami and non-Sami Populations in Norway: The SAMINOR1 Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ali Naseribafrouei
Bent-Martin Eliassen
Marita Melhus
Ann Radnhild Broderstad
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 75, 2016, p. article no. 31697
Description
Study "observes a heterogeneity in the prevalence of pre-diabetes and diabetes mellitus in different geographical regions both within and between different ethnic groups".
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Ethnic Disparities in Glycemic Control Among Rural Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sara A. Quandt
Ronny A. Bell
Beverly M. Snively
Shannon L. Smith
Jeanette M. Stafford
et al.
Ethnicity and Disease, vol. 15, no. 4, Autumn, 2005, pp. 656-663
Description
Study shows that despite high rates of oral diabetes medication, ethnic disparities remain and glycemic control is still a problem with Native Americans.
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Ethnocultural Identities and School Retention

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nkobi Owen Pansiri
AlterNative, vol. 8, no. 3, 2012, pp. 239-252
Description
States nation-state policies encourage stereotypes and prejudices which affect student self image in Indigenous minorities.
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An Ethnography of the Navajo Reproductive Cycle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Wright
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1/2, Spring-Summer, 1982, pp. 52-70
Description
Looks at the reproductive cycles of traditional and acculturated Navajo women to compare the way that menopause is experienced based on cultural beliefs.
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Evaluation of a Dementia Awareness Resource for Use in Remote Indigenous Communities

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Melissa Lindeman
Kerry Taylor
Pim Kuipers
Kylie Stothers
Karen Piper
Description
Pilot project called Looking Out for Dementia involved production of a 16 minute DVD in English and three Indigenous languages (Warlpiri, Kriol, Djambarrpuyngu), an accompanying flip chart in plain English, and a poster publicizing the resource. Evaluation carried out through observation, focus groups and telephone interviews with participants and coordinators of aged services.
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Evaluation of a Mobile Diabetes Care Telemedicine Clinic Serving Aboriginal Communities in Northern British Columbia, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew J. Jin
David Martin
David Maberley
Keith G. Dawson
David W. Seccombe
Joyce Beattie
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 124-128
Description
Findings revealed that a mobile clinic is a cost-effective method of healthcare delivery and results in improved patient outcomes.
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Evaluation of a Pilot Paediatric Concussion Telemedicine Programme for Northern Communities in Manitoba

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael J. Ellis
Susan Boles
Vickie Derksen
Brenda Dawyduk
Adam Amadu ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study of 20 participants assesses the effectiveness of a telemedicine programme in managing the remote diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of concussion patients. At the study’s conclusion 90% of participants met criteria for clinical recovery and close to $41 000 of treatment cost had been avoided.
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