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Causes and risk factors for infant mortality in Nunavut, Canada 1999–2011
BMC Pediatrics, 2012 Background The northern territory Nunavut has Canada’s largest jurisdictional land mass with 33,322 inhabitants, of which 85% self-identify as Inuit.
Collins Sorcha A +6 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 +2 more
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Intersections of Class and Colonisation: Access to Dental Care for Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Community 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
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How to Decolonize Democracy: Indigenous Governance Innovation in Bolivia and Nunavut, Canada
Bolivian 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
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Comment on “On the pass‐through rate of the Nutrition North Canada subsidy”
Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, EarlyView.Abstract Naylor, Deaton and Ker provide estimates of Nutrition North Canada subsidy pass‐through using data we collected and an identification strategy we devised. They propose an alternative econometric specification based on estimating passthrough for separate monopoly and non‐monopoly sub‐samples and aggregating the coefficients using subsidy share ...
Tracey Galloway, Nicholas Li
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Caribou co-management in Nunavut: Implementing the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement
Rangifer, 2003 In 1993 the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA) was signed and this lead to the creation of Nunavut in 1999. Under the NLCA caribou and other wildlife in Nunavut are co-managed by government and Inuit. The Nunavut Wildlife Management Board (NWMB) is the
Michelle Wheatley
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Tuberculosis in Nunavut: a century of failure [PDF]
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2011 In 1911, when CMAJ began publishing, the seriousness of tuberculosis was such that CMAJ devoted six articles to the topic in its first volume. Among them was the journal’s first editorial on tuberculosis, which prophetically noted the then-novel recognition of the role of childhood ...
Noni, MacDonald +2 more
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The collective application of shorebird tracking data to conservation
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Addressing urgent conservation issues, such as the drastic declines of North American migratory birds, requires creative, evidence‐based, efficient, and collaborative approaches. The abundance of over 50% of monitored North American shorebird populations has declined by over 50% since 1980. To address these declines, we developed a partnership
Autumn‐Lynn Harrison +71 more
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Rangifer, 2016 Migratory barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) provide an opportunity to examine the genetic population structure of a migratory large mammal whose movements and distribution, in some instances, have not been heavily influenced by ...
Keri McFarlane +5 more
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International Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.This scoping review synthesizes evidence on atopic dermatitis (AD), psoriasis, and hidradenitis suppurativa in North American Indigenous peoples across 49 studies and 63 clinical trials. Findings reveal consistently high disease burden in AD, marked underrepresentation in trials and guidelines, and five evidence‐based recommendations to advance ...
Rachel Asiniwasis +17 more
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