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UArctic Strategic Plan 2020
Get PDFUArctic (University of the Arctic) was created through an initiative of the Arctic Council (Iqaluit Declaration 1998) and was officially launched in 2001. UArctic is a cooperative network of universities, colleges, research institutes and other organizations concerned with
education and research in and about the North. UArctic builds and strengthens collective resources and collaborative infrastructure, thereby enabling member institutions to better serve their constituents and their regions.
Cooperation in education, research,
outreach and engagement enhances
human capacity in the North, promotes
viable communities and sustainable
economies, and engages partners from
outside the region
Creating Provincial and Territorial Search Filters to Retrieve Studies Related to Canadian Indigenous Peoples from Ovid MEDLINE
Get PDFAbstract: Introduction: Performing systematic review searches related to Canadian Indigenous peoples (First Nations,
Inuit, and Me´tis), particularly in areas of public health, is difficult because Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms for
both Indigenous peoples and geography do not retrieve all relevant articles in Ovid MEDLINE. Text�word searching
for Canadian Indigenous peoples presents challenges in the varieties of names, spellings, and languages. A series of
Canadian Indigenous peoples filters were designed to retrieve larger numbers of relevant articles. Objectives: The
objectives of this work were (i) to create first-generation search filters that retrieve studies from the Ovid MEDLINE
database related to Canadian Indigenous peoples, (ii) to determine whether or not the filters retrieve more records than
do searches using the MeSH headings alone, and (iii) to determine how many of the additional records are relevant.
Methods: Key terms describing both Canadian Indigenous peoples and Canadian geography were identified using
government, historical, and ethnographic publications. Name lists included current and historical names in multiple
languages, as well as local and settlement names, and names of linguistic groups. Filters, employing both text�word and
MeSH terms were created for each province and territory, excluding Prince Edward Island. Search results were reviewed for
false recalls related to terms with multiple meanings and groups of people whose lands straddle provincial and territorial
borders. Revised searches were refined with additional terminology that implies the presence of Indigenous peoples.
Duplicate records were removed from both the MeSH searches and the filter searches. Results from theMeSH searches were
then removed from the results of the filter searches. The remaining results were analyzed for relevance. Results: Twelve Ovid
MEDLINE filters were created and the challenges involved in creating them were documented. The filters increased recall
by 58 articles, 464% over MeSH searches alone. Of the additional articles retrieved, 28 (100%) met the criteria for relevance.
Discussion: The lists of challenges identified in the filter creation will assist other searchers in developing similar filters.
The filters allow searchers to retrieve substantially more articles than is currently possible with the MeSH terms alone
Perspectives of Families Working With Nunavut’s Foster Care System
Get PDFThe purpose of this report is to communicate the results of the data collected in phase two component three of the Child and Youth Mental Health Intervention, Research and Community Advocacy Project in Nunavut that assess the needs of foster parents engaged with the foster care system
Arctic Design - Opening the Discussion
No full textArctic Design. Opening the Discussion book aims at encouraging discussion on the role of design in the development of the Arctic
Inunnguiniq Parenting Support Program for Nunavummiut: Evaluation Report
Get PDFThe purpose of this project is to research, develop,
implement and evaluate child and youth mental health and wellness initiatives in Nunavut that focus on Northern and community-based ways of understanding and knowing about
healthy children and youth
EXPLORING THE PERSPECTIVES OF FRONTLINE MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS IN NUNAVUT
Get PDFThe purpose of this report is to communicate
the results of the data collected for the Child
and Youth Mental Health Intervention, Research
and Community Advocacy Project in Nunavut
at the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre
ATII GAMESHOW, Healthy Living Intervention for School Children in Nunavut: Evaluation Report
Get PDFThe purpose of this project was to improve the ability of Inuit children to make healthy choices about food and activity and carry health knowledge forward with them into adolescence and adulthood; to improve health literacy in Inuktitut; to engage children in a fun, team-style health promotion game; to promote and evaluate a local intervention developed by young, motivated Inuit youth workers in Nunavut.; to hire and train youth to lead and implement and deliver the intervention
ᑕᑯᓐᓈᕐᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑎᒍᐊᙳᐊᖃᕐᐸᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᑕᖏᑕ ᐋᖅᑭᔅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔾᔪᑏᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦᒥ/Perspectives of Foster Families Working with the Nunavut Foster Care System
Get PDFThe Arctic Yearbook
No full textThe Arctic Yearbook is the outcome of the Northern Research Forum and the University of the Arctic Thematic Network (TN) on Geopolitics and Security. The TN also organizes the annual Calotte Academy.
The Arctic Yearbook is intended to be the preeminent repository of critical analysis on the Arctic region, with a mandate to inform observers about the state of Arctic geopolitics and security. It is an international and interdisciplinary peer-reviewed publication, published online at [www.arcticyearbook.com] to ensure wide distribution and accessibility to a variety of stakeholders and observers. To read the full version of The Arctic Yearbook , please click the front page image.
This publication is available under limited copyright protection. You may download, distribute, photocopy, cite or excerpt this document provided it is properly and fully credited and not used for commercial purposes
University of the Arctic Digital Library: 2012 Update.
Get PDFThe University of the Arctic Digital Library project is an ongoing project in which PLC takes an interest. Some Digital Library functions are now operational at a level, integrated into the Arctic Virtual Learning Tools environment. This session will report on the 2011 meeting in Tornio/Kemi and Rovaniemi, Finland and review the developments to date and the future expectations for the library. A proposal has been developed for the June 2012 Council Meeting to establish a lead institution that would be responsible for the Digital Library. Developments in the University of the Arctic, itself, will also be discussed