Decolonizing approaches to Inuit community wellness: conversations with elders in a Nunavut community
Nunavut communities struggle with numerous challenges related to social distress. It is important to specify that these struggles represent a rupture with traditional Inuit society. Most research to date has linked colonization and ongoing social inequity to these distresses. This community-based, p...
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ftarcabc:oai:arcabc.ca:irbu_454 2024-05-19T07:38:46+00:00 Decolonizing approaches to Inuit community wellness: conversations with elders in a Nunavut community Waddell, Candice M. (Candice M. Waddell (0000-0002-3013-4638)) (Author) Robinson, Renee (Author) Crawford, Allison (Author) 2017 https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/irbu%3A454 https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2017-001 unknown Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/irbu%3A454 irbu:454 https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2017-001 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ article Text 2017 ftarcabc https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2017-001 2024-04-22T01:35:38Z Nunavut communities struggle with numerous challenges related to social distress. It is important to specify that these struggles represent a rupture with traditional Inuit society. Most research to date has linked colonization and ongoing social inequity to these distresses. This community-based, participatory research project elicits traditional knowledge from Elders living in Cape Dorset, Nunavut. The aim is to identify Inuit values, beliefs, and actions with the potential to improve community wellness. The themes that emerge include respect, leadership, family connection, inclusion of traditional knowledge, working together, and resiliency. Results resonate with other community wellness research projects in Nunavut. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Cape Dorset inuit Nunavut Arca (BC's Digital Treasures) Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health 36 1 1 13 |
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Nunavut communities struggle with numerous challenges related to social distress. It is important to specify that these struggles represent a rupture with traditional Inuit society. Most research to date has linked colonization and ongoing social inequity to these distresses. This community-based, participatory research project elicits traditional knowledge from Elders living in Cape Dorset, Nunavut. The aim is to identify Inuit values, beliefs, and actions with the potential to improve community wellness. The themes that emerge include respect, leadership, family connection, inclusion of traditional knowledge, working together, and resiliency. Results resonate with other community wellness research projects in Nunavut. Peer reviewed |
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Decolonizing approaches to Inuit community wellness: conversations with elders in a Nunavut community |
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