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Kivalliq Inuit women travelling to Manitoba for birthing: findings from the Qanuinngitsiarutiksait study

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background The Qanuinngitsiarutiksait study aimed to develop detailed profiles of Inuit health service utilization in Manitoba, by Inuit living in Manitoba (approximately 1,500) and by Inuit from the Kivalliq region of Nunavut who travel to Manitoba to ...
Josée G. Lavoie   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesThe 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

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]

open access: yesInternational 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cross-jurisdictional pandemic management: providers speaking on the experience of Nunavut Inuit accessing services in Manitoba during the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2023
Across Canada, the COVID-19 pandemic placed considerable stress on territorial and provincial healthcare systems. For Nunavut, the need to continue to provide access to critical care to its citizens meant that medical travel to provincial points of care (
Josée G. Lavoie   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Prevalence and Severity of Hand Eczema Among Adults in Tasiilaq, East Greenland. [PDF]

open access: yesContact Dermatitis
This study clinically assessed the point prevalence and severity of hand eczema (HE) in 295 adults from Tasiilaq, East Greenland. HE was common, with a prevalence of 22.4%. The severity and distribution across age, sex, and occupation were comparable to findings reported in other European studies.
Haulrig MB   +11 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Large Igneous Province Record Through Time and Implications for Secular Environmental Changes and Geological Time‐Scale Boundaries

open access: yesGeophysical Monograph Series, Page 1-26., 2021

Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact

An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Richard E. Ernst   +8 more
wiley  

+1 more source

La médiation des savoirs auprès des enseignants inuit en formation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Cet article concerne la formation des enseignants inuit dans le cadre d’un projet de partenariat entre une université et deux communautés du Nunavik. Nous présentons d’abord le contexte historique et social de la scolarisation chez les Inuit.
Maheux, Gisèle
core   +1 more source

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

open access: yesEducation 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

open access: yesArctic 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   +2 more
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

open access: yesInternational 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

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