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Developing Multi-Level Institutions from Top-Down Ancestors

International Journal of the Commons, 2007
The academic literature contains numerous examples of the failures of both top-down and bottom-up common pool resource management frameworks. Many authors agree that management regimes instead need to utilize a multi-level governance approach to meet ...
Martha Dowsley
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Forensic psychiatry in the arctic – a comparative study of patient characteristics, health care system and legislation in greenland and nunavut

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction Greenland and the Canadian territory of Nunavut appear to have a different prevalence of forensic psychiatric patients, despite their comparable population and landmass sizes.
C. Upfold, C. Jentz, G. Chaimowitz, P. Heilmann, N. Nathanielsen   +4 more
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The magnitude and economic replacement value of wild meat obtained from ‘recreational’ big game hunting in the United States

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Meat production has notable benefits for food security, nutrition and various production economies, but has elicited substantial negative environmental impacts. Recreational hunting provides an alternative to agricultural meat production for over 24 million hunters worldwide.
Shane P. Mahoney, Richard D. Honor
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Nunavut: Our land, our people [PDF]

, 1993
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Inuit parent perspectives on sexual health communication with adolescent children in Nunavut: “It's kinda hard for me to try to find the words” [PDF]

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2014
Background: For Inuit, the family unit has always played a central role in life and in survival. Social changes in Inuit communities have resulted in significant transformations to economic, political and cultural aspects of Inuit society.
Gwen Healey
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Stakeholder and rightsholder engagement in environmental research: Lessons from Canadian scholars engaging diverse groups

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract To promote inclusivity, relevance and actionability of environmental research, scholars are engaging with rightsholders and stakeholders (Indigenous groups, governments and individuals) to co‐produce research. These transdisciplinary approaches represent diverse forms of ‘engaged’ research (e.g.
Jennifer M. Holzer, Andrew N. Kadykalo, Elson Ian Nyl Ebreo Galang, Anna Pieper, Nicole Klenk, Mark L. Mallory, Alana R. Westwood, Bonnie M. Hamilton, Catherine M. Dieleman, Poliana Mendes, Nicolas D. Brunet, Stephan Schott, Chad Walker, Karen F. Beazley, Lori Bradford, Steven J. Cooke, Marianne Falardeau, Vivian M. Nguyen, Jennifer Provencher   +18 more
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Returning childbirth to Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic

International 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, Bryarre Gudmundson, Josée G. Lavoie   +2 more
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Using dendroclimatic analysis of exotic deciduous conifers in an arboretum to document tree growth in response to climate change, Northeast Ohio, USA

PLANTS, 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, Nicholas Wiesenberg, Srushti Chaudari, Wenshuo Zhao, Mazvita Chikomo, Benjamin Gaglioti, Meagen Pollock   +6 more
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Permafrost characterization, mapping, modelling, and knowledge sharing in support of construction of community roads and trails over sensitive tundra. Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada

Arctic Science
As part of an Inuit-led initiative, a collaborative research project combined scientific methods and Inuit knowledge to design an environmentally friendly and climate change-resilient access route from the community of Kugluktuk to Kugluk Territorial ...
Michel Allard, Stephanie Coulombe, Marc-André Ducharme, Samuel Bilodeau, Larry Adjun, Leesee Papatsie, Gerry Attatahak, Samuel Gagnon   +7 more
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“Working Together”: The Dynamics of Multilevel Governance in Nunavut

Arctic 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
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