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Geographic isolation reduces genetic diversity of a wide‐ranging terrestrial vertebrate, Canis lupus
Ecosphere, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2023., 2023 Abstract Genetic diversity is theorized to decrease in populations closer to a species' range edge, where habitat may be suboptimal. Generalist species capable of long‐range dispersal may maintain sufficient gene flow to counteract this, though the presence of significant barriers to dispersal (e.g., large water bodies, human‐dominated landscapes) may ...
Salomé A. Frévol +6 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023 Inuit have lived along the shoreline of the frozen Arctic Ocean for centuries. Our wellbeing, culture, and identity are closely tied to safe and dependable ice access.
L. Beaulieu +11 more
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American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 33, Issue 4, July/August 2021., 2021 Abstract Objective Human dimensions of climate change research in the Arctic often proposes ways for local communities to adapt to changes to their environment, foregrounding problems posed by climate change while treating social, political, and economic factors as background conditions.
Elspeth Ready, Peter Collings
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Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 2, Issue 2, April–June 2021., 2021 Abstract Human activities and development have contributed to declines in biodiversity across the globe. Understanding and addressing biodiversity loss will require the mobilization of diverse knowledge systems. While calls for interdisciplinary practices in environmental research date back decades, there has been a more recent push for weaving ...
Dominique A. Henri +11 more
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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
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ARCTIC, 2023 This article adopts a cross-cultural lens to understand why Inuit women enter and leave mining jobs in Inuit Nunangat (Inuit homelands), Canada, using Nunavik as a case study. Previous research has often depicted Indigenous women as either victims of mining or as anti-mining activists. Interviews with ten Nunavimmiut women (Inuit women of Nunavik), who
Suzanne Mills +2 more
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Culturally relevant schooling in Nunavut: Views of secondary school educators [PDF]
, 2009 The Nunavut Department of Education is committed to creating culturally relevant Nunavut secondary schools using, as a foundation, the principles of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Inuit traditional knowledge and learning), bilingualism, and inclusive schooling.
Aylward, M.Lynn
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Les sens inuit de l’histoire et leurs divergences au Groenland de l’Ouest et au Nunavut [PDF]
, 2005 On ne peut nier que les sens que les Inuit et les Qallunaat ont de leur propre «histoire» (et de celle des autres) sont loin de concorder. Mais au-delà de quelques stéréotypes conçus comme des oppositions entre l’écrit et l’oral, l’histoire et le mythe ...
Csonka, Yvon
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Inuit gender parity and why it was not accepted in the Nunavut legislature [PDF]
, 2006 Cet article concerne les circonstances historiques qui ont mené au plébiscite non exécutoire de 1997 sur la parité des sexes dans ce qui allait devenir le Nunavut.
Williamson, Laakkuluk Jessen
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Humanities, 2023 N’we Jinan, a group of young Indigenous artists who run a mobile production studio and an integrative arts studio, travel to different Indigenous communities, where they support youth in writing and recording music that involves the local community. N’we
Joanie Crandall
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