Inuit women, decision-making and contaminants.
This research addresses a fundamental human right- namely, the right to a food supply that is not inherently damaging to one's health. While this is a broad and far-ranging social justice issue in many parts of the world, in this study, I focus on how environmental contaminants pose a potential...
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ftarcabc:oai:arcabc.ca:unbc_16345 2024-06-02T08:02:10+00:00 Inuit women, decision-making and contaminants. Kafarowski, Joanna (Author) Poff, Debra (Thesis advisor) King, Leslie (Thesis advisor) University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution) 2008 electronic Number of pages in document: 335 https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A16345 https://doi.org/10.24124/2008/bpgub534 English eng University of Northern British Columbia https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A16345 uuid: 50b346ae-cb38-456d-8fd6-2a2540f9de61 bib-number: NR48849 isbn: 978-0-494-48849-2 https://doi.org/10.24124/2008/bpgub534 lac: TC-BPGUB-534 Copyright retained by the author. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Shot (Pellets) -- Environmental aspects -- Nunavut Food contamination -- Health aspects -- Nunavut Inuit -- Health and hygiene -- Nunavut Environmental justice -- Nunavut Lead -- Toxicology -- Nunavut QH545.S5 K34 2008 Text thesis 2008 ftarcabc https://doi.org/10.24124/2008/bpgub534 2024-05-06T00:30:44Z This research addresses a fundamental human right- namely, the right to a food supply that is not inherently damaging to one's health. While this is a broad and far-ranging social justice issue in many parts of the world, in this study, I focus on how environmental contaminants pose a potential threat to food security in the circumpolar north. Contaminants represent a potentially significant hazard to the short and long-term health of Arctic natural and human environments and raise questions of environmental justice. This study investigated gendered dimensions of contaminant decision-making on the land, at home and in the community. Fieldwork was conducted in the Inuit village of Inukjuak, Nunavik, Canada and focused on the contemporary use of lead shot by local hunters. Exposure to lead through the consumption of traditional country foods harvested with the use of lead shot affects early neurodevelopment with potential long-term negative consequences. Lead shot is still sold locally and used as ammunition despite the 1994 imposition of a ban on the use of lead shot for hunting migratory gamefowl in Canada. This study was framed as an issue of environmental justice due to the threat to food security posed by contaminants including lead, the availability of lead shot in local stores and the failure of regional health authorities to adequately communicate the potential risks associated with lead shot use to the community. Drawing from aspects of standpoint and postcolonial feminist theoretical perspectives, this community-based study employed both qualitative and quantitative methods. Thematic analysis was conducted on data gathered through interviews with Inuit women and men and compared with field notes, participant observation notes and relevant literature on lead as an Arctic contaminant, Indigenous women and decision-making and environmental justice. Survey research was also conducted with women and men involved in hunting activities in Inukjuak. Data collection took place with the involvement of local Inuit ... Thesis Arctic inuit Inukjuak Nunavut Nunavik Arca (BC's Digital Treasures) Arctic Nunavut Nunavik Canada Inukjuak ENVELOPE(-78.101,-78.101,58.455,58.455) |
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This research addresses a fundamental human right- namely, the right to a food supply that is not inherently damaging to one's health. While this is a broad and far-ranging social justice issue in many parts of the world, in this study, I focus on how environmental contaminants pose a potential threat to food security in the circumpolar north. Contaminants represent a potentially significant hazard to the short and long-term health of Arctic natural and human environments and raise questions of environmental justice. This study investigated gendered dimensions of contaminant decision-making on the land, at home and in the community. Fieldwork was conducted in the Inuit village of Inukjuak, Nunavik, Canada and focused on the contemporary use of lead shot by local hunters. Exposure to lead through the consumption of traditional country foods harvested with the use of lead shot affects early neurodevelopment with potential long-term negative consequences. Lead shot is still sold locally and used as ammunition despite the 1994 imposition of a ban on the use of lead shot for hunting migratory gamefowl in Canada. This study was framed as an issue of environmental justice due to the threat to food security posed by contaminants including lead, the availability of lead shot in local stores and the failure of regional health authorities to adequately communicate the potential risks associated with lead shot use to the community. Drawing from aspects of standpoint and postcolonial feminist theoretical perspectives, this community-based study employed both qualitative and quantitative methods. Thematic analysis was conducted on data gathered through interviews with Inuit women and men and compared with field notes, participant observation notes and relevant literature on lead as an Arctic contaminant, Indigenous women and decision-making and environmental justice. Survey research was also conducted with women and men involved in hunting activities in Inukjuak. Data collection took place with the involvement of local Inuit ... |
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Kafarowski, Joanna (Author) Poff, Debra (Thesis advisor) King, Leslie (Thesis advisor) University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution) |
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