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Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, Volume 131, Issue 8, August 2026.Abstract Differential thaw subsidence is one of the main effects of ice‐rich permafrost degradation, especially in the discontinuous permafrost zone. Although thawing of ice‐rich permafrost can lead to thermokarst, water ponding, and major damage to critical northern infrastructure, thaw subsidence is not often monitored due to the lack of long‐term ...
M. St‐Cyr, R. Fortier, J. W. Molson
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Molecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 16, August 2026.ABSTRACT Isolated populations are susceptible to decline through the accumulation of deleterious mutations and inbreeding depression. As a consequence of habitat alteration, isolated populations are also expected to become increasingly prevalent.
R. W. Orton +5 more
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Cahiers de la Recherche sur l'Education et les Savoirs, 2016 By establishing itself into the continuum of discussion between the “integrationist” and “parallelists” paradigms of aboriginal education, which was recently put forward by Widdowson and Howard, this article examines the everyday negotiations that ...
Marise Lachapelle
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Reimagining Child Placement: Insights From First Nations and Inuit Foster Parents in Québec
Child 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
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Element concentrations in tissues reveal spatial structure of Atlantic walrus management stocks
The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 90, Issue 4, May 2026.Differences in tissue element concentrations confirm geographic differentiation between 2 of Canada's walrus management stocks but reveal additional spatial structure within the largest stock that may have management implications. Abstract Ensuring harvested animal populations are managed at appropriate scales requires an understanding of underlying ...
Alexander M. Jardine +3 more
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Tracking sources of Clostridium botulinum type E contamination in seal meat
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2017 Botulism in Nunavik, Quebec is associated with the consumption of aged marine mammal meat and fat. The objective was to identify meat handling practices presenting a risk of contamination of seal meat with C. botulinum. Potential sources of contamination
Daniel Leclair +5 more
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Le logement social au Nunavik [PDF]
Recherches amérindiennes au Québec, 2018 Cet article étudie la participation des acteurs régionaux à l’élaboration et à la mise en oeuvre de l’Entente concernant la mise en oeuvre de la Convention de la Baie-James et du Nord québécois en matière de logement au Nunavik. Cette entente est centrale, d’un point de vue politique, pour comprendre la situation du logement au ...
Therrien, Aude, Duhaime, Gérard
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9th North American Caribou Workshop, 23-27 April 2001, Kuujjuaq, Québec, Canada.
Rangifer, 2003 From April 23 to 27, 2001, more than 230 caribou experts migrated to the 9th North American Caribou Workshop, held at the treeline in the Inuit town of Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, Québec.
Rolf Egil Haugerud (ed. in chief) +2 more
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Temporal trends of alcohol and drug use among Inuit of Northern Quebec, Canada [PDF]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2015 Background: Alcohol and drug use is a serious health problem for many indigenous populations across Canada, including Inuit. The literature on substance use in these populations is too sparse to devise public health interventions.
Marilyn Fortin +3 more
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Modernité réflexive au Nunavik [PDF]
Globe, 2011 Dans cet article l’auteur suggère que les Inuit définissent une modernité unique, en ceci qu’elle fait coexister institutions modernes et traditionnelles. L’étude de la chasse présentée dans ce texte suggère que les Inuit ont maintenu le don du gibier parce qu’ils ont réussi à combiner le mode traditionnel de réciprocité avec un système de ...
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