Results 21 to 30 of about 21,409 (274)

Trends in Inuit health services utilisation in Manitoba: findings from the Qanuinngitsiarutiksait study

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2022
There is a notable lack of research related to trends in Inuit accessing health services throughout the land known as Canada. Given Nunavut’s reliance on specialised services provided in the Northwest Territories, Alberta, Manitoba, and Ontario, this gap
Wayne Clark, Josée G. Lavoie, Leah Mcdonnell, Nathan Nickel, Jack Anawak, Levinia Brown, Grace Clark, Maata Evaluardjuk-Palmer, Frederick Ford, Rachel Dutton, Sabrina Wong, Julianne Sanguins, Alan Katz   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reconciliation, resilience and resistance in Inuit teacher's professional development and practices

Education in the North, 2018
In February 2017, 26 Inuit educators gathered in Nain, Nunatsiavut for the Inuit Education Forum. Teachers from each of the four Inuit regions in Canada were invited to share their experiences on education in Inuit Nunangat with the goal of identifying ...
 Kathy Snow, Shelley Tulloch, Heather Ochalski, Melanie O'Gorman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Liver biochemistry and associations with alcohol intake, hepatitis B virus infection and Inuit ethnicity: a population-based comparative epidemiological survey in Greenland and Denmark [PDF]

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2016
Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is common in Arctic populations and high alcohol intake has been associated with an increased risk of a number of diseases.
Karsten Fleischer Rex, Henrik Bygum Krarup, Peter Laurberg, Stig Andersen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influences Preceding “Nunatsiavut” Self-Determination: Historical, Political and Educational Influences on the People of Northern Labrador (Canada)

The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2007
What were the influences on the Inuit of Northern Labrador preceding the creation of the self-governing territory of Nunatsiavut? What are the preterritorial influences of the Inuit on the territory’s five schools?
Kirk David Anderson
doaj   +1 more source

(Re)birthing systems in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut: a place-based inquiry into Inuit birthing, systems of care, and maternal health research

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2023
Objectives: Within the Qikiqtaaluk Region (Eastern Nunavut), pregnant women are required to travel outside their home communities for birthing care. This model differs from the prior norm of place-based, midwife-attended birth and impacts Inuit wellness.
Laura Jane Brubacher
doaj   +1 more source

Preterm birth in the Inuit and First Nations populations of Québec, Canada, 1981–2008 [PDF]

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2012
Objectives: To evaluate preterm birth (PTB) for Inuit and First Nations vs. non-Indigenous populations in the province of Québec, Canada. Study design: Retrospective cohort study.
Nathalie Auger, Mélanie Fon Sing, Alison L. Park, Ernest Lo, Normand Trempe, Zhong-Cheng Luo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lung cancer in First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples in Canada – a scoping review

International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Lung cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in Canada and a leading cause of cancer mortality. Lung cancer also affects First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples significantly in Canada, which deserves further investigation as there is a ...
James Russell O’Grady, Jannatul Ferdus, Sayna Leylachian, Yinka Bolarinwa, Joshua Wagamese, Lisa K Ellison, Connie Siedule, Ricardo Batista, Amanda J Sheppard   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Opening Spaces for Indigenous Teaching and Learning through Community-Based Teacher Education

Education in the North, 2018
Following Nunatsiavut land claims on the Northeast Atlantic coast in Canada, Memorial University and the Nunatsiavut Government partnered to offer a community-based, Inuit-specific Bachelor of Education (IBED).
Shelley Tulloch, Sylvia Moore
doaj   +1 more source

Conceptualizing indicators as boundary objects in integrating Inuit knowledge and western science for marine resource management

Arctic Science, 2020
A complex co-management system exists across Inuit Nunangat, whereby federal, provincial, territorial governments and Inuit organizations manage natural resources cooperatively.
Melina Kourantidou, Carie Hoover, Megan Bailey   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inuit Sentinels: Examining the Efficacy of (Life) Writing Climate Change in Sheila Watt-Cloutier’s The Right to Be Cold

Canada and Beyond, 2022
The impact of climate change on Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic has been widely documented in a myriad of scientific publications. However, the cultural and identity shifts attached to these changes have often been overlooked in mainstream ...
Claudia Miller
doaj   +1 more source