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Promoting Inuit health through a participatory whiteboard video

open access: yesCanadian journal of public health, 2019
Setting The Inuit community of Rigolet experiences greater rates of self-reported acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) compared to southern Canada. Intervention A whiteboard video tool was collaboratively developed by Rigolet youth, community members ...
M. Saini   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Care Providers of Indigenous Children and Youth in the Child Welfare System: A Scoping Review

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Indigenous children continue to be significantly over‐represented in child welfare systems in Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. This scoping review represents a subset of a larger review, the objective of which was to consolidate the extant literature on Indigenous child welfare.
Amanda R. Ervin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

How much biotic nativeness matters across human demographic groups

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Many central concepts of conservation biology—such as nativeness—are structured by ecological and social factors. However, the social consequences of using these concepts to make conservation decisions remain inadequately understood. Some researchers argue that nativeness, rather than acting as an objective proxy for important ecological ...
Harold N. Eyster, Rachelle K. Gould
wiley   +1 more source

Association between wildfire smoke exposure and pediatric emergency department visits for headache

open access: yesHeadache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective The purpose of this study was to determine whether short‐term exposure to wildfire smoke is associated with emergency department visits for headache in children and adolescents. Background Wildfires are becoming increasingly common and are associated with numerous adverse health outcomes.
Hannah F. J. Shapiro   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exercise “Musk Ox”: Asserting Sovereignty “North of 60” [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The Second World War was over and the Canadian armed forces were being reduced rapidly. The first chilly blasts of the Cold War had not yet penetrated to the consciousness of most Canadians. What role could the forces play in the postwar world?
Halliday, Hugh A.
core   +1 more source

Household overcrowding and psychological distress among Nunavik Inuit adolescents: a longitudinal study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2018
About half of Nunavik Inuit live in overcrowded households compared to very few Canadians from the general population. Living in overcrowded households is associated with greater risks of suffering from mental health problems for Canadian adolescents ...
Camille Pépin   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Identity, Politics and Power: Stories of Teaching Language in Quebec

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Language teaching is an inherently political act, and in Québec it is inextricably tied to questions of cultural belonging and national identity. This study explores the experiences of English as a second language (ESL) teachers in French‐medium schools in Québec. Drawing on critical applied linguistics and identity theory, it examines how pre‐
Katherine Hardin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnic differences in leptin and adiponectin levels between Greenlandic Inuit and Danish children

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2013
Objective. In a recent study, we found that Greenlandic Inuit children had a more adverse metabolic profile than Danish children. Aerobic fitness and adiposity could only partly account for the differences.
Thor Munch-Andersen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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