Browsing by Subject "Inuit"
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Collision in the Arctic
(Dalhousie University Libraries Digital Editions, 2019)Web version available at https://digitaleditions.library.dal.ca/arctic/ .The digital edition originates from a manuscript prepared in 1964 by Barbara Hinds. Original typescript is available from the Dalhousie University ... -
A CONVERSATION PIECE ABOUT IMPLEMENTING INUIT LEGAL ORDERS INTO THE NUNATSIAVUT GOVERNMENT’S INUIT COURT
(2022-08-22)A majority of Inuit reside above the 55th parallel in 51 communities throughout Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, Nunavut and Inuvialuit. This area is Inuit Nunangat and each of these Inuit regions has their own modern treaty. The ... -
Decolonizing Childbirth: Inuit Midwifery and the Return of Delivery to the Canadian North
(2018-08-27)Since the 1970s, the mandatory evacuation of Inuit women to southern Canada for hospitalized childbirth has resulted in many negative impacts on communities including a loss of culture in the form of traditional knowledge ... -
Improving Shipping Governance in the Canadian Arctic by Integrating Inuit Perspectives and Area-Based Management: A Case Study of the Northern Low-Impact Shipping Corridors Initiative
(2023-04-04)Deepening impacts of climate change and biophysical changes in the Canadian Arctic have triggered interests in developing the maritime transportation section as well as concerns about shipping risks. This thesis explores ... -
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNICATING SOCIAL AND NATURAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC
(2024-08-08)Accelerated climate warming has cascading effects on Arctic ecosystems and northern communities, resulting in an urgent need for adaptation and communication strategies across circumpolar regions. As such, Arctic amplification ... -
INUIT GIRLS MAKE MEDIA: RESISTING STEREOTYPES THROUGH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH
(2019-04-05)Historically, entertainment media have reproduced inaccurate and stereotypical media representations of Indigenous peoples. In this thesis, I draw on concepts such as Stuart Hall’s theory of media influence, Pierre Bourdieu’s ... -
Just the Tip of the Iceberg: Southern Media Depictions of Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic
(2016-08-24)As climate change opens up the Arctic, Canada’s sovereignty in the region has received increasing attention in both federal politics and the media. Meanwhile, Inuit have lived in the Arctic since time immemorial. Many ... -
MOTHERS’ VOICES: KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION AND PARTICIPATION IN TEXTS ABOUT INUIT BIRTH
(2015-04-29)Authors from various disciplines have described the experience of pregnancy and childbirth for Inuit women with diverse goals in mind, ranging from perspectives on colonization and contemporary self-determination, to ... -
Narwhal co-management in Nunavut: Deepened collaboration needed to improve partnership, process and outcome
(2012-09-20)Since the ratification of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA) in 1993, narwhal harvesting in Nunavut has been governed by a formalized co-management regime. The Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, a body created under ... -
NU Healing: Empowering the Margin(alized)
(2015)The correctional system in Nunavut ignores the systemic social dysfunction underlying criminality in the Territory that has been the result of several generations of social and cultural displacement. As a physical manifestation ... -
A Qualitative Case Study Of Relationships Between Public Health And Municipal Drinking Water and Wastewater In Coral Harbour, Nunavut
(2013-08-21)Wide health gaps exist between Canada’s Inuit population and their non-Indigenous counterparts in nearly all categories. Two basic public health protection principles in any community worldwide are access to safe drinking ... -
Review of Justice System Issues Relevant to Nunavut: Part One
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 1999-01)This report on Justice Issues in Nunavut was commissioned by the Department of Justice and had the mandate of "providing an annotated review of all relevant literature and an issues framework" through "a comprehensive ... -
THREE ESSAYS ON LABOUR AND HEALTH OUTCOMES OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN CANADA
(2019-04-03)This dissertation contains three essays examining the labour market and health outcomes of vulnerable populations in Canada. The first essay examines the relationship between information-processing skills, educational ... -
Touchstone: Narratives in Contemporary Canadian Inuit Art
(2015)This thesis is an exploration of the origins of contemporary Canadian Inuit art with a special emphasis on the Houston family. It touches on continued and competing narratives on the creation of Inuit art, with a theoretical ... -
Winter House for an Inuvialuit Family: Dwelling, Collective Memory, and the Qallunaat Designer in the Western Arctic
(2019-08-27)Contemporary housing in the western Arctic is frequently based on Euro-Canadian (qallunaat) concepts of the home, which are ill-suited to Inuvialuit (Inuit) ways of life. Additionally, the forced settlement of Inuit peoples ...