Mortality in Innu communities in Labrador, 1993-2018: a cross-sectional study of causes and location of death [PDF]
International Journal of Circumpolar HealthIn Canada, most people prefer to die at home. However, the proportion of deaths that occur in hospital has increased over time. This study examined mortality rates and proportionate mortality in Innu communities in Labrador, and compared patterns to ...
Nathaniel J Pollock, Russell Dawe
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Patshitinikutau Natukunisha Tshishennuat Uitshuau (a place for Elders to spend their last days in life): a qualitative study about Innu perspectives on end-of-life care [PDF]
BMC Palliative CareBackground Indigenous palliative persons and their families often have different values, spiritual traditions, and practices from Western culture and Canadian health systems.
Russell Dawe, Nathaniel J Pollock
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Increasing Innu participation in public health: a qualitative study of data governance among Innu in Labrador, Canada [PDF]
BMJ Public HealthIntroduction Indigenous Peoples are not always engaged in setting health priorities and decry misapplication and misinterpretation of their data. Indigenous data governance and sovereignty can help overcome these issues, but they are variably implemented
Richard Long +5 more
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Perfluoroalkyl acid and bisphenol-A exposure via food sources in four First Nation communities in Quebec, Canada [PDF]
Public Health Nutrition, 2023 Objective: To document perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAA) and bisphenol-A (BPA) exposure in four First Nation communities in northern Quebec compared with the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS Cycle 5 2016–2017) and examine the associations between dietary ...
Claudelle Dubeau +6 more
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Innu Minuinniuin: Understanding Ways of Achieving Wellbeing Among the Labrador Innu [PDF]
Recherches amérindiennes au Québec, 2021 The Labrador Innu lived for millennia in the Quebec-Labrador Peninsula as nomadic hunters. Commencing in the 1950s, successive policies imposed on the Innu by federal and provincial governments brought significant disruptions to their traditional way of life.
Zunino De Ward, Leonor
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Fostering the conduct of ethical and equitable research practices: the imperative for integrated knowledge translation in research conducted by and with indigenous community members [PDF]
Research Involvement and Engagement, 2018 Plain English summary Integrated knowledge translation is a research approach in which researchers work as partners with the people for whom the research is meant to be of use.
Janet Jull +3 more
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“The Land Nurtures Our Spirit”: Understanding the Role of the Land in Labrador Innu Wellbeing [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 Leonor M Ward +2 more
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Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental, 2022 En febrero de 2021, el río Magpie, también conocido como Mutehekau Shipu en lengua Innu, fue reconocido legalmente como una entidad viva con derechos, por el Consejo Innu de Ekuanitshit y el Condado Regional de Minganie en Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canadá ...
Yenny Vega Cardenas, Uapukun Mestokosho
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Dystopie, Fragmentation et Filiation dans 'Aquariums' de J.D. Kurtness
Revue Nordique des Études Francophones, 2023 J.D. Kurtness stands out on the indigenous literary scene for her unique style, inspired by dystopian and apocalyptic writing. In Aquariums, the author delivers a fragmented novel of filiation, mixing the different (non-)stories of a lineage and of the ...
Jody Danard
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Marcher dans les pas des prédécesseurs
Géographie et Cultures, 2021 Examining how the acquisition and transmission of knowledge among the Dene are intimately linked to their experience of the land, anthropologist Allice Legat’s (2012) refers to walking as the ultimate experience for linking the narratives shared by ...
Caroline Desbiens +2 more
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