Results 41 to 50 of about 79,007 (277)

“We’re Made Criminals Just to Eat off the Land”: Colonial Wildlife Management and Repercussions on Inuit Well-Being

open access: yesSustainability, 2020
Across Inuit Nunangat, Inuit rely on wildlife for food security, cultural continuity, intergenerational learning, and livelihoods. Caribou has been an essential species for Inuit for millennia, providing food, clothing, significant cultural practices ...
J. Snook   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Families navigating community resources: understanding and supporting Nunavimmiut families

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2021
In a project aiming to develop community-led resources for families in northern Quebec, Canada, members (Inuit and non-Inuit) of the project decided to meet with Inuit parents to hear their experiences and needs, and to better understand how family ...
Sarah L. Fraser   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Abdominal visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue and associations with cardiometabolic risk in Inuit, Africans and Europeans: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2020
Objectives Abdominal fat has been identified as a risk marker of cardiometabolic disease independent of overall adiposity. However, it is not clear whether there are ethnic disparities in this risk.
P. F. Rønn   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Changing the role of non-Indigenous research partners in practice to support Inuit self-determination in research

open access: yesArctic Science, 2020
Efforts to date have not advanced Indigenous participation, capacity building and knowledge in Arctic environmental science in Canada because Arctic environmental science has yet to acknowledge, or truly practice decolonizing research.
K.J. Wilson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inuit leaders announce national Inuit suicide-prevention strategy [PDF]

open access: yesCanadian Medical Association Journal, 2013
Burdened with a suicide rate nine times the Canadian average, Inuit leaders, heartsick at the prospect of losing more young people, are creating their own suicide-prevention strategy for Inuit people across Canada.
Nickels, Scot, Knotsch, Cathleen
openaire   +6 more sources

A framework for co-production of knowledge in the context of Arctic research

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2022
The Arctic has been home to Indigenous Peoples from time immemorial. Distinct Indigenous worldviews and complex knowledge systems have been passed on from generation to generation, evolving over time in a living process that continues to this day ...
Ellam Yua   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thyroid autoimmunity in Greenlandic Inuit

open access: yesEuropean Thyroid Journal, 2022
Objective This study aimed to provide the first data on the occurrence of thyroid autoimmunity among Inuit in Greenland, a distinct ethnic group who is not iodine deficient. Design This study is a population-based cross-sectional study. Methods Data were collected in Nuuk in West Greenland and in Ammassalik district in East Greenland.
Paneeraq Noahsen   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Inuit youth and environmental research: exploring engagement barriers, strategies, and impacts

open access: yesFACETS, 2022
Community leadership in Arctic environmental research is increasingly recognized as one of many pathways to Indigenous self-determination in Nunavut, Canada.
Hilary Sadowsky   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food Reward after a Traditional Inuit or a Westernised Diet in an Inuit Population in Greenland [PDF]

open access: yesNutrients, 2022
The food availability and dietary behaviours in Greenland have changed with increasing Westernisation. Food reward is an important driver of food choice and intake, which has not previously been explored in the Arctic population. The aim of this study was to explore differences in food reward after a four-week intervention period with a traditional ...
Hanne Pedersen   +8 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Language, culture and community among urban Inuit in Ottawa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Cet article traite des expériences sociales et des besoins d’une communauté urbaine inuit à Ottawa. Notre recherche s’appuie sur les données d’entrevues recueillies lors d’un partenariat de recherche avec le Centre pour enfants inuit d’Ottawa.
Patrick, Donna, Tomiak, Julie-Ann
core   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy