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Reimagining Child Placement: Insights From First Nations and Inuit Foster Parents in Québec

open access: yesChild Abuse Review, Volume 35, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article highlights how Indigenous foster parents are reimagining child placement in child welfare systems. Drawing on qualitative research involving 40 foster families from First Nations and Inuit communities in Québec, and using an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), we explore how these families' culturally rooted practices ...
Lisa Ellington   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Le sens « caché » des mots inuit

open access: yesRevue d'Études Autochtones
Les mots de l’inuktitut sont généralement composés d’un certain nombre de morphèmes dont chacun a son sens propre. L’analyse sémantique de ces parties composantes révèle souvent une signification sous-jacente qui diffère de celle du mot dans son entier ...
Louis-Jacques Dorais
doaj   +1 more source

Identity, Politics and Power: Stories of Teaching Language in Quebec

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 782-792, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Language teaching is an inherently political act, and in Québec it is inextricably tied to questions of cultural belonging and national identity. This study explores the experiences of English as a second language (ESL) teachers in French‐medium schools in Québec. Drawing on critical applied linguistics and identity theory, it examines how pre‐
Katherine Hardin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relating propositions : subordination and coordination strategies in a polysynthetic language [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper discusses the relationship between the morphological structure of language and its syntactic structure. Although it is primarily a single language which is analysed in detail, namely, Inuktitut, an Eskimo language of the Canadian Eastern ...
Nowak, Elke
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Libraries and the Arctic: Language Education Support

open access: yesLibrary Ideas, 2018
The Arctic inspires awe. This unique region of the world has been studied in many ways by many different disciplines. The discipline of librarianship can also add to its study.
Karen Bordonaro, Shelby Angalik
doaj   +1 more source

An analysis of language provisions in the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
The Nunavut Act and Nunavut Land Claims Agreement were negotiated in response to a plethora of needs and desires, as expressed by the Government of Canada, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Nunavut Tungavik Inc., an organization ...
Hust, Victoria, Tulloch, Shelley
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Water Mass Assemblages and Nutrient Dynamics in Nares Strait: A Multiyear Perspective

open access: yesJournal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 12, December 2025.
Abstract Nares Strait is a critical gateway for the export of Arctic waters and nutrients toward the North Atlantic. Yet, the fine‐scale structure, variability, and long‐term evolution of its water masses and nutrient concentrations remain poorly characterized. Here, we combine almost two decades of high‐resolution hydrographic and biogeochemical data (
G. Barut   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceptions of Climate‐Related Risk by Indigenous Communities: A Systematic Review

open access: yesWIREs Climate Change, Volume 16, Issue 6, November/December 2025.
This systematic review examines how rural Indigenous communities perceive climate‐related risks, emphasizing cultural, spiritual, and mental health dimensions. Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge highlights adaptation strategies that enhance resilience and inform inclusive climate policies.
Cesar Cervantes Benavides   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trophic Structure and the Isotopic Niche Dynamics of the Tasiujaq (Eclipse Sound, Nunavut, Canada) Marine Food Web

open access: yesAquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 35, Issue 9, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Rapid warming in the Arctic is causing cumulative impacts on ecosystems, including widespread reduction in sea ice extent, resulting in shifts in primary production, which can have cascading bottom‐up trophic influences on marine food web structure and function. Understanding trophic interactions and the structure of local food webs across the
Reyd Dupuis‐Smith   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Choix langagiers dans la capitale du Nunavut

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2003
This article describes some elements of the linguistic behaviour of Inuit living in Iqaluit, the capital of the new territory of Nunavut. By observing linguistic interaction in 45 households and interviewing 50 Inuit adults from Iqaluit, we elucidate the
Louis-Jacques Dorais
doaj  

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