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2007-08 FINAL REPORT (QAUJIGIARTIIT/ARCTIC HEALTH RESEARCH NETWORK - NUNAVUT)
Get PDFThis is the final report of the The Arctic Health Research Network for 2007-2008. The Network is the first Canadian tri-territorial health research network linking northern
regions. The network includes health research centers based in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and
Nunavut. To work towards its mandate to improve health outcomes through research, this network is and
must be a community driven, northern lead, health and wellness research network that facilitates the identification
of health research priorities in the three territories
Reviewer Health Research Ethics Checklist (Inuktitut)
Get PDFThe purpose of this checklist is to provide a guide for the reviewer as to the kinds of
ethical issues you should think about when reviewing a proposal for health research in
Nunavut
Health Research Ethics Workshop and Community Consultation. Summary Notes
Get PDFIn a workshop held in November 2007, participants from around Nunavut gathered to discuss health research, ethics, and health research priorities for Nunavut. The participants were from Iqaluit, Gjoa Haven, Rankin Inlet, Cambridge Bay, Kugaaruk, Clyde River and Ottawa, ON
The University of the Arctic: From Vision to Reality
Get PDFThis paper outlines the origins of UArctic from idea and inception through its early days and launch, with observations on the politics of building circumpolar cooperation in Northern education. It then discusses the evolution of three key program areas that aimed to meet the new university’s professed goals of building human capacity and regional identity in the Circumpolar North through international education, namely, the undergraduate Circumpolar Studies Program, the student mobility north2north Program, and the Arctic Learning Environment. The final section of the paper offers some observations on the challenges that lie ahead for the future development of UArctic
Conservation Hunting : People and Wildlife in Canada’s North
No full textThe international conference titled People, Wildlife, and Hunting: Emerging Conservation Paradigms brought together people sharing a common involvement or interest in conservation hunting and recognized the significant contribution hunting can make to social and ecological well-being. The goal of the conference was to explore the relationship linking trophy hunting, wildlife conservation, large-mammal management, community economies, and community sustainability in rural areas. This report focuses
more particularly (but not exclusively) upon community-based conservation hunting programs operating in the Canadian North. Conference participants included hunters, outfitters, community representatives, wildlife managers, researchers and conservationists from across Canada and from overseas
Ethical Principles for the Conduct of Research in the North
Get PDFSince the publication of the Ethical Principles in 1982, they have proven their worth by becoming the most widely cited and adopted among northern researchers in Canada. Since then, however, the situation in the North has changed significantly. Many First Nations, the Inuvialuit, and the Inuit have settled land claims and, in many cases, related Self-Government Agreements. Land and other regimes have altered. Researchers now find the research context shifting, often unpredictably. Communities have sometimes found themselves and their concerns disregarded by researchers. A renewed research relationship has been called for and is emerging. A new spirit of partnership between northerners and researchers is emerging in northern research. Of course, the nature of any particular partnership will depend on the specific project. The new partnership ethic, however, emphasizes the need to create meaningful relationships with the people and communities affected by research. Another change is the increasing involvement of northerners not
only as subjects or passive observers of research but in all aspects of the research process. Northerners are actively involved in research from conception to reporting, from funding to licensing. For all
parties to benefit fully from research partnerships, mutual understanding is critical. High quality research depends both on communities understanding the needs and concerns of researchers and on researchers understanding the needs and concerns of communities. Guidelines, or principles, are needed to provide a foundation for
and to foster a mutual understanding of community and researcher needs and goals and to ensure that research is carried out with the least friction and social disruption and the most co-operation and support. The 20 principles presented here are intended to encourage the development of co-operation and mutual respect between researchers and the people of the North. They are also intended to encourage partnership between northern peoples and researchers that, in turn, will promote and enhance northern scholarship
Arctic Pollution Issues: A State of the Arctic Environment Report
No full textA condensed version of the scientific/technical AMAP Assessment Report, presenting the information in a clear and readable manner for the non-scientific audience; richly illustrated and prefaced by an Executive Summary with recommendations specifically addressed to Ministers of the eight Arctic countries.
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Among the Chiglit Eskimos
Get PDFIn 1862, fourteen days after being ordained priest in the Congregation of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary- Immaculate, Émile Petitot left France for the Athabasca- Mackenzie region of the Canadian North. During the years he spent in the Canadian Northwest, Petitot was interested chiefly in the geography of the country and the ethnology of its people. His contributions to geography are exhaustive, and in the field of anthropology, his publications cover the Chiglit Eskimos, the Dene, and the Algonquin Indians. His linguistic works include a French-Eskimo vocabulary
BCS 100 Module 1: Introduction to the Circumpolar North
Get PDFThe module begins by explaining the myth of the Circumpolar North as a distant,
harsh and exotic place, devoid of community. The module then defines some of the
terms used to refer to the world’s northernmost places including: the Arctic and
Subarctic, the Boreal Region, the North, and, finally the Circumpolar North. The
module goes on to explain why it is important to study the Circumpolar North as one
large region and how countries cooperate; the difference between traditional,
indigenous, and western knowledge; and what interdisciplinary study is and why it is
so important. The module concludes with a discussion of diversity and comparative
analysis
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