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Inuit perspectives on sustaining bilingualism in Nunavut [PDF]

, 2009
This article presents an Inuit perspective on how bilingualism and biliteracy may be achieved and sustained in Nunavut. The Nunavut Literacy Council interviewed “language role models” (i.e., Inuit who are admired for their skill in acquiring, using, and ...
Chenier, Cayla, Crockatt, Kim, Onalik, Janet, Pilakapsi, Quluaq, Shouldice, Monica, Tulloch, Shelley   +5 more
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“We don’t know anything about whales”: ecological knowledge and ways of knowing in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada

Arctic Science, 2018
This paper reports on interviews conducted during June and July 2015 to document ecological knowledge of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories.
Peter Collings, Tristan Pearce, Joseph Kann   +2 more
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Using interactive multimedia to document and communicate Inuit knowledge [PDF]

, 2005
Media technology has acted as both a threat to local knowledge and language, and a tool to strengthen it. More and more, indigenous peoples are using media for their own purposes from art to communication to education.
Gearheard, Shari
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Relationality and legitimacy : learning to negotiate meaningful research among aboriginal and non-aboriginal researchers [PDF]

, 2016
This paper describes the ethical issues involved when research is conducted in a Inuit context by non-Inuit researchers. It draws on the experience of a three-year participatory action research project in Nunavik.
Garakani, Tatiana, Peter, Émilie
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Community-based conservation and traditional ecological knowledge: implications for social-ecological resilience [PDF]

, 2013
Our review highlights how traditional ecological knowledge influences people's adaptive capacity to social-ecological change and identifies a set of mechanisms that contribute to such capacity in the context of community-based biodiversity conservation ...
Corbera, Esteve, Ruiz Mallén, Isabel
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Inuit qaujimajatuqangit. Shamanism and Reintegrating Wrongdoers

, 2021
Inuit ...
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What is happening where? An evaluation of social sciences research trends in Nunavut (2004–2019)

FACETS
Research licensing administered by the Nunavut Research Institute (NRI) affords Nunavummiut (people of Nunavut) an opportunity to engage in research. The NRI partnered with researchers at McMaster and Carleton Universities to investigate social sciences ...
Alexis Polidoro, Natalie Carter, Gita Ljubicic, Alison Perrin, Jamal Shirley   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mobilizing Inuit <i>Qaujimajatuqangit</i> in Narwhal Management through Community Empowerment: A Case Study in Naujaat, Nunavut

ARCTIC, 2018
This research examines the relationship between government wildlife management and the use of Inuit knowledge or Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) through a case study focusing on narwhal (Monodon monoceros) harvesting in the community of Naujaat, Nunavut.
Erin Keenan, Lucia M. Fanning, Chris Milley   +2 more
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Discours et identité à Iqaluit après l’avènement du Nunavut [PDF]

, 2006
Examining the results of interviews conducted in Iqaluit in 2003 with 35 Inuit individuals, this article attempts at shedding some light on the perceptions of respondents concerning the language situation in the North after the advent of Nunavut.
Dorais, Louis-Jacques
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Flipping data on its head: Differing conceptualisations of data and the implications for actioning Indigenous data sovereignty principles

Global Public Health
Indigenous data sovereignty is of global concern. The power of data through its multitude of uses can cause harm to Indigenous Peoples, communities, organisations and Nations in Canada and globally.
Stephanie Cunningham-Reimann, Aarti Doshi, Sterling Stutz, Gabriel B. Tjong, Angela Mashford-Pringle   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source