Description
The Nasivvik Centre for Inuit Health and Changing Environments is a multidisciplinary research and training centre funded by the Institute of Aboriginal Peoples Health (IAPH), one of the 13 institutes of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The Nasivvik Centre is focused on building capacity in Inuit health research through trainee support, and promoting research in specific areas of Inuit environmental healthThe three (3) theme areas, as they pertain to community responses to environmental change, and in particular issues related to Inuit health and well-being are:
Food
Water
Natural/traditional medicines and remedies .
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Posted
01-25-2010 4:57 PM
by
Elizabeth Zarpa
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