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Living in the South, Caring in the North: Exploring Inuit Women’s Care Responsibilities

open access: yes, 2020
The increased Inuit population in Canadian Metropolitan Areas (CMA) has recently gained attention among the scientific community as well as within Inuit organizations. However, existing literature has overlooked the distinct experience of Inuit women and,
Quintal-Marineau, Magalie   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Temporal and Spatial Organization in Collaborative Work by Nurses in an Emergency and Critical Care Center

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This study describes the work at an emergency and critical care center, focusing on the collaboration of multiple nurses when moving patients from the outpatient department to the ward. This study is an ethnomethodological ethnography based on fieldwork at a hospital and analysis of video data. The patient transport process is temporally organized into
Hiroki Maeda, Yumi Nishimura
wiley   +1 more source

A mission for grammar writing : early approaches to Inuit (Eskimo) languages

open access: yes, 2009
The Inuit inhabit a vast area of--from a European point of view--most inhospitable land, stretching from the northeastern tip of Asia to the east coast of Greenland.
Nowak, Elke
core  

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, Gisèle Maheux
core   +1 more source

How weather got its words: a history of meteorological English – Part 1: Old English to the Age of Discovery

open access: yesWeather, EarlyView.
The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary among its peers in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the diverse origins of the words we use. In this two‐part paper, we will explore these origins, including the Pontic‐Caspian steppe, the British Empire, latinophone scientists and a TV show. We
Kieran M. R. Hunt
wiley   +1 more source

Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and Western science: examples of research that demonstrate sovereignty and self-determination in the face of complex impacts from climate change

open access: yesArctic Science
Research in Inuit Nunangat, the Inuit homelands in Canada, historically failed to meaningfully engage host communities. After years of Inuit actively advocating for respect and inclusion, some practitioners of Western science are recognizing that past ...
Danielle SJ Nowosad   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design and pedagogical practices of an Inuit-focused Bachelor of Education program in Labrador

open access: yesEducation in the North, 2018
Memorial University’s 2009 Presidential Task Force on Aboriginal Initiatives called for the establishment of a community-based teacher education program for Labrador.
Sylvia Moore, Gerald Galway
doaj   +1 more source

From Nominalisation to Passive in Old Tibetan: Reconstructing Grammatical Meaning in an Extinct Language1

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on an analysis of the Old Literary Tibetan corpus—a corpus of the oldest documented Tibetic language—the present study provides evidence that literary Tibetan v3 verb stems (commonly termed ‘future’) initially encoded passive voice. New arguments put forward in this article range from Trans‐Himalayan nominal morphology to early Tibetan ...
Joanna Bialek
wiley   +1 more source

Being and becoming Inuit in Labrador

open access: yes, 2015
La recherche longitudinale permet de discuter de certaines des conséquences qu’ont pu avoir les organisations autochtones et les politiques identitaires sur les populations inuit et métisse euro-inuit du Labrador.
John C. Kennedy, Kennedy, John C.
core   +1 more source

Inuit mental health service utilisation in Manitoba: results from the qanuinngitsiarutiksait study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health
Despite decades of Inuit accessing services in Manitoba, Inuit-centric services remain scant and have only begun to emerge. This article reports on Inuit utilisation of mental health services in Manitoba.
Josée G. Lavoie   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

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