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...
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Filed under: Nunavut, Education, Youth, North, global warming, circumpolar, change, jobs, environment, policy, exploration, Indigenous Peoples, hope, social issues, politics, messages, meaning, Young Scientists
Climate change just like anything else that is exploited by the media is a big issue. Whether the media emphasizes the indigenous rights movements in Canada, the fight on terrorism, swine flu, climate change and other aspects of reality what ever is being emphasized becomes a bigger deal largely because...
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Working at the University of the Arctic International Secretariat is an educational experience. With two months of working in Rovaniemi, Finland where the UArctic International Secretariat is located, I have come to realize how much opportunity there is to study in the circumpolar regions of the world...
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According to the Beverly Qamanirjuaq Caribou Managment Board, in June 2008, the Qamanirjuaq Caribou herd size had decreased by approximately 150 000 since the last census in 1994. This year a survey was done of the Beverly calving ground, and only about half the number of cows from last year were counted...