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ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓂᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᐸᑦᑕᐅᖄᖅᐸᑦᑐᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑏᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ / 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
BCS 100 Module 3: Northern Environments
Get PDFThe landscapes of the Circumpolar North have been shaped by the interplay of physical, chemical and biological processes operating over many millennia or many millions of years.
Many of the physical features and processes found in the Circumpolar North are unique to this part of the earth. The flora and fauna of the northern regions are unique because the environments they inhabit are extreme and finely balanced.
This module provides a brief introduction to the physical and biological features and processes of the Arctic and Subarctic regions and highlights the significant factors that influence those features and processes
BCS 100 Module 7: Climate Change
Get PDFThis module will give students an overview of the factors that cause climate change, the shortterm and longer-term records for global and Arctic air temperature, and forecasted temperatures for the next century. As well, some of the observed and predicted biophysical impacts of climate change are discussed
Understanding Earth's Polar Challenges: International Polar Year 2007-2008 - Summary by the IPY Joint Committee
Get PDFThe International Polar Year (IPY) 2007–2008, co-sponsored by ICSU and WMO, became the largest coordinated research program in the Earth’s polar regions, following in the footsteps of its predecessor, the first and second International Polar Years in 1881-1883 and 1932-1933 and the International Geophysical Year 1957–1958.
An estimated 50,000 researchers, local observers, educators, students, and support personnel from more than 60 nations were involved in the 228 international IPY projects (170 in science, 1 in data management, and 57 in education and outreach) and related national efforts. IPY generated intensive research and observations in the Arctic and Antarctica over a two-year period, 1 March 2007–1 March 2009, with many activities continuing beyond that date.
The summary "Understanding Earth's Polar Challenges: International Polar Year 2007-2008" captures the context, motivations, initiation, planning, implementation and the outcomes of the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007–2008, as well as the lessons derived from this key undertaking
BCS 100 Module 2: Northern Perceptions
Get PDFVarious classification schemes have been promoted to define the boundaries of the Circumpolar North. Several of these classification schemes will be examined in this module with a view to developing an appreciation of the various approaches adopted by researchers to define the boundaries of the Circumpolar North
BCS 100 Module 4: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar North
Get PDFPeoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar North surveys people in the North, including minorities and settlers. Using a variety of criteria, this module describes the peoples of the North, making clear distinctions between settlement patterns, migration and assimilation of different ethnic groups. After an introduction to the peopling of the Arctic, we explore traditional subsistence
economies of the taiga, tundra, and coast, and other adaptations to ecological and historical change. The module also discusses non-indigenous peoples, how they came to settle in such northern territories, and the emergence of market economies that coexist with traditional ways of life. Finally, we look at demographics and culture, and the role of urban centers in the North. There is a section at the end of the module for guided research into northern peoples and cultures today
BCS 100 Module 6: Political Systems
Get PDFThis module introduces students to the political systems of the circumpolar North. Part
one will compare majoritarian and consensual democracies, using examples from
Canada and the Nordic countries to illustrate the specific characteristics of these two
different democratic models. Part two will explore liberal and social democracies. The
third part of the module looks at the broad spectrum of federal and unitary systems, as
well as the concepts of decentralization and devolution. The Arctic states offer a wide range of federal, quasi-federal and unitary models, and some innovative examples of
devolved and decentralized government. Case studies from the Russian Federation, Greenland and Canada will be used to illustrate the differences among these models of government. Finally, part four examines circumpolar cooperation through multilateral organizations, such as the European Union and the Arctic Council
