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Digitization connects scattered specimens and enables new historical research: Plants from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881–1884)

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Widespread museum digitization initiatives have made the world's herbaria more accessible than ever, launching a renaissance of specimen use. We highlight the value of digitization to bolster both scientific and historical research using the specimens from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881–1884) to the Canadian arctic, remembered for its tragedy ...
J. Mason Heberling, Jackson P. Wright
wiley   +1 more source

Using dendroclimatic analysis of exotic deciduous conifers in an arboretum to document tree growth in response to climate change, Northeast Ohio, USA

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Rising temperatures and wetter conditions in the Midcontinent of North America are influencing climate responses in trees. Dendroclimatological analyses of four exotic deciduous conifer species from Secrest Arboretum, Northeast Ohio help identify past, present and future climate‐tree interactions.
Gregory Wiles   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Working Together”: The Dynamics of Multilevel Governance in Nunavut

open access: yesArctic Review on Law and Politics, 2017
Aboriginal self-government is changing the governance landscape in Canada. This paper focuses on a little-studied aspect of aboriginal self-government arrangements, namely the horizontal dispersion of power among non-governmental institutions in the ...
Thierry Rodon
doaj   +1 more source

Commentary: The Canadian Accounting Hall of Fame—An Analysis of Early Inductees and Immanent Critique*,†

open access: yesAccounting Perspectives, Volume 24, Issue 1, Page 251-274, March 2025.
ABSTRACT The Canadian Accounting Hall of Fame (CAHF) has inducted 31 members during its first three years of operation, with the stated intent of establishing a critical mass of inductees “who have made significant contributions to the development of the Canadian accounting profession” and of creating “a curated biographical history of accounting in ...
Alan J. Richardson
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing the 1993 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement

open access: yesArctic Review on Law and Politics, 2011
Following more than 20 years of research and negotiation, the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA) was ratified by Inuit and the Government of Canada in 1993.
Alastair Campbell   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trends in fentanyl‐containing drug samples seized by law enforcement agencies across Canada

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Canada's drug toxicity crisis has been largely attributed to a volatile fentanyl‐dominated unregulated drug supply with increasing reports of fentanyl detected in combination with benzodiazepines, stimulants and xylazine.
Shaleesa Ledlie   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Returning childbirth to Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2022
While Inuit living in Nunavut have been advocating for decades for the return of birthing to their own communities, over two-third of births continue to occur outside of the territory.
Erika Lee   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping Indigeneity in the RGS‐IBG map collections

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This article summarises and reflects on the ‘Mapping Indigeneity’ Map Room Conversation that formed part of the RGS‐IBG Annual International Conference 2024. Firstly, the maps from the RGS‐IBG collections displayed during the Conversation are presented and their relevance explained. Secondly, the authors offer a summary of the key points/
Peter R. Martin, Katherine Parker
wiley   +1 more source

How to Decolonize Democracy: Indigenous Governance Innovation in Bolivia and Nunavut, Canada

open access: yesBolivian Studies Journal, 2017
This paper analyzes the successes, failures, and lessons learned from the innovative experiments in decolonization that are currently underway in Bolivia and Nunavut, Canada. Bolivia and Nunavut are the first large-scale tests of Indigenous governance in
Roberta Rice
doaj   +1 more source

Intersections of Class and Colonisation: Access to Dental Care for Indigenous Peoples in Canada

open access: yesCommunity Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Inequitable access to healthcare is a central driver of the disproportionate burden of disease in Indigenous peoples. The aim of this study is to investigate inequities in access to dental care, accounting for supra‐additive effects at the intersections of educational attainment, household income, and Indigeneity.
Nasir Z. Bashir, Gustavo G. Nascimento
wiley   +1 more source

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