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Suicide amongst young Inuit males: The perspectives of Inuit health and wellness workers in Nunavik

open access: yesSSM: Qualitative Research in Health, 2022
The rate of suicide amongst Inuit boys and men in Nunavik has risen since the 1980s. Despite this, little is known about the strengths and protective factors, and the unique risks, that contribute to suicidality amongst Inuit males. This article presents
William Affleck, PhD   +6 more
doaj  

Measuring the Circle: Emerging Trends in Philanthropy for First Nations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The Circle had the opportunity to undertake a multi-part research project to gain a more robust understanding of non-governmental funding to Aboriginal beneficiaries and causes in Canada over the past few years.
Marilyn Struthers, Mario R. Gravelle
core  

L’Arctique et l’internationalisme inuit [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
The driving force behind Inuit interest in international affairs has been the determination to solve the problems of under-development, environmental damage, social injustice, inadequate legal recognition and limited or non-existent self-government.
Jull, Peter
core   +1 more source

Genetic polymorphisms in CYP1A1, CYP1B1 and COMT genes in Greenlandic Inuit and Europeans

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2013
Background. The Indigenous Arctic population is of Asian descent, and their genetic background is different from the Caucasian populations. Relatively little is known about the specific genetic polymorphisms in genes involved in the activation and ...
Mandana Ghisari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inuit Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), Subsistence Hunting and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Canadian Arctic

open access: yes, 2015
This paper examines the role of Inuit traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) in adaptation to climate change in the Canadian Arctic. It focuses on Inuit relationships with the Arctic environment, including hunting knowledge and land skills, and examines ...
T. Pearce   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Reconsidering ‘Classical’ versus ‘Recombinant’ Teleologies: a Case Study of Philip Glass's Piano Etude No. 6

open access: yesMusic Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In contrast to the teleological nature of Western art music, minimalism has long been purported to be ‘anti‐teleological’ (Meyer 1963) – that is, the latter lacks the goal‐directedness that Wim Mertens (1983) views as a defining feature of the former.
Hunter Hoyle
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

Vitamin D-rich marine Inuit diet and markers of inflammation – a population-based survey in Greenland

open access: yesJournal of Nutritional Science, 2015
The traditional Inuit diet in Greenland consists mainly of fish and marine mammals, rich in vitamin D. Vitamin D has anti-inflammatory capacity but markers of inflammation have been found to be high in Inuit living on a marine diet.
L. K. Schæbel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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