Employment and demography in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut ...
The Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut is the focus of this study. Composed of the communities of Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk (Coppermine), Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak, Pelly Bay and two small settlements, Baychimo and Bathurst Inlet, this region will join with Kivalliq (Keewatin) and Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin) to form th...
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ftdatacite:10.14288/1.0087730 2024-04-28T08:13:59+00:00 Employment and demography in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut ... Goehring, Brian 2009 https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0087730 https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0087730 en eng University of British Columbia article-journal Text ScholarlyArticle 2009 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.14288/1.0087730 2024-04-02T09:41:15Z The Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut is the focus of this study. Composed of the communities of Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk (Coppermine), Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak, Pelly Bay and two small settlements, Baychimo and Bathurst Inlet, this region will join with Kivalliq (Keewatin) and Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin) to form the thirteenth political unit of Canadian Confederation, Nunavut ("our land"), on April 1, 1999. At this time the Inuit, who form the majority within Nunavut, will have achieved and legitimized a form of public self-government to guide their political aspirations to the future, What remains to be determined is the economic future. The thesis is an exercise in determining what this economic future will hold in one of the three political units of what will become Nunavut: the Kitikmeot. It is an attempt to answer two primary questions. The first is "what is it that people presently 'do' to earn a living in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut?". In this regard, the thesis offers as original research a compilation and ... Text Baffin Bathurst Inlet Cambridge Bay Gjoa Haven inuit Keewatin Kitikmeot Kivalliq Kugluktuk Nunavut Pelly Bay Qikiqtaaluk Taloyoak DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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The Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut is the focus of this study. Composed of the communities of Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk (Coppermine), Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak, Pelly Bay and two small settlements, Baychimo and Bathurst Inlet, this region will join with Kivalliq (Keewatin) and Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin) to form the thirteenth political unit of Canadian Confederation, Nunavut ("our land"), on April 1, 1999. At this time the Inuit, who form the majority within Nunavut, will have achieved and legitimized a form of public self-government to guide their political aspirations to the future, What remains to be determined is the economic future. The thesis is an exercise in determining what this economic future will hold in one of the three political units of what will become Nunavut: the Kitikmeot. It is an attempt to answer two primary questions. The first is "what is it that people presently 'do' to earn a living in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut?". In this regard, the thesis offers as original research a compilation and ... |
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Baffin Bathurst Inlet Cambridge Bay Gjoa Haven inuit Keewatin Kitikmeot Kivalliq Kugluktuk Nunavut Pelly Bay Qikiqtaaluk Taloyoak |
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Baffin Bathurst Inlet Cambridge Bay Gjoa Haven inuit Keewatin Kitikmeot Kivalliq Kugluktuk Nunavut Pelly Bay Qikiqtaaluk Taloyoak |
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