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

open access: yesInternational 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   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Copper Inuit Soapstone Trade [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
The existence of an important trade in soapstone vessels between Copper Inuit producers and the Inupiat of north Alaska during the 19th century is well known.
Morrison, David
core   +2 more sources

Transfer of Inuit qaujimajatuqangit in modern Inuit society [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper explores the nature and transfer of Inuit knowledge. Using our experiences in setting up workshops with elders and youths in the past 10 years, we argue that the notion that Inuit qaujimajatuqangit can be viewed as a corpus of knowledge that ...
Laugrand, Frédéric, Oosten, Jarich
core   +1 more source

“We don’t have the words in Inuktitut”: Pharmacy translations in Nunavut, Canada

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences, 2017
In efforts to preserve and revitalize Aboriginal languages, recently introduced language legislation in Nunavut, Canada requires the availability of all essential services in Inuit languages.
Sandra J. Romain
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesCanada 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

Frozen in Place: European American Ideologies and the Inuit [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
It has been claimed by Hugh Brody that European Americans maintain strong ideological connections between Inuit people and the Arctic environments they inhabit.
Buege, Douglas J.
core   +1 more source

Inequalities in relative cancer survival by race, immigration status, income, and education for 22 cancer sites in Canada, a cohort study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? While net cancer survival has markedly improved in Canada over the past decades, it is unclear whether all Canadians have benefited equally due to a paucity of data disaggregated by individual‐level equity stratifiers. Using data linkage of the census with the cancer registry, the authors provide nationally representative estimates of ...
Talía Malagón   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Niqivut (our food)—dimensions of Inuit country food harvesting and significance in Arctic Canada: bountiful, seasonal, “soul food”

open access: yesArctic Science
Harvesting mammals, fishes, birds, eggs, and plants underpins Inuit culture across Inuit Nunangat (Inuit homeland in Canada). Climatic and nonclimatic drivers affect Inuit access to these items and have cascading effects on social determinants of Inuit ...
Natalie Ann Carter   +9 more
doaj   +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

Berry Plants and Berry Picking in Inuit Nunangat: Traditions in a Changing Socio-Ecological Landscape

open access: yesHuman Ecology, 2019
Traditional food is central to Inuit culture and sense of identity. Recent changes in lifestyle, climate, and animal populations have influenced how people practice and experience activities on the land.
N. Boulanger-Lapointe   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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