RCMP Officers Posted to Nunavut Communities: Exploring the Policing and Private Life Challenges of Qallunaat Police in Inuit Nunangat ...

• Main Author: Hamel-Touchette, Sophie
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa 2025
• Subjects: Officers; RCMP; Inuit; Rural Policing; Northern Communities; Habitus; Field; Settler Colonialism; Colonization; Policing Habitus; Canada; Nunavut; Qallunaat; inuit
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-30811; https://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/50037

As a result of a signed agreement between the Government of Canada and Nunavut, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is contracted to police Nunavut hamlets. This iteration of contracts began when the Territory was formed in 1999 and involves the recruitment of Regular Members from across Canada...