Living in the South, Caring in the North: Exploring Inuit Women’s Care Responsibilities
The increased Inuit population in Canadian Metropolitan Areas (CMA) has recently gained attention among the scientific community as well as within Inuit organizations. However, existing literature has overlooked the distinct experience of Inuit women and, more significantly, the importance of care r...
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fterudit:oai:erudit.org:1073448ar 2023-05-15T16:54:02+02:00 Living in the South, Caring in the North: Exploring Inuit Women’s Care Responsibilities Quintal-Marineau, Magalie Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada 2020 http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1073448ar https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2020.11.4.8192 en eng Scholarship@Western (Western University) Érudit The International Indigenous Policy Journal vol. 11 no. 4 (2020) http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1073448ar doi:10.18584/iipj.2020.11.4.8192 Copyright ©, 2020MagalieQuintal-Marineau, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada Inuit women care colonialism migration gender roles text 2020 fterudit https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2020.11.4.8192 2021-09-18T23:35:52Z The increased Inuit population in Canadian Metropolitan Areas (CMA) has recently gained attention among the scientific community as well as within Inuit organizations. However, existing literature has overlooked the distinct experience of Inuit women and, more significantly, the importance of care responsibilities in understanding women’s mobility. This study examines the relocation experiences of 46 Inuit women across five CMAs, and the role care sites play in initiating women’s relocation to cities. Results show the key role caregiving responsibilities play in Inuit women’s decisions to move to southern urban areas, as dysfunctional care spaces in the North push them away from their communities, and the potential for safer care sites in the South act as a pulling factor. Text inuit Érudit.org (Université Montréal) International Indigenous Policy Journal 11 4 1 19 |
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The increased Inuit population in Canadian Metropolitan Areas (CMA) has recently gained attention among the scientific community as well as within Inuit organizations. However, existing literature has overlooked the distinct experience of Inuit women and, more significantly, the importance of care responsibilities in understanding women’s mobility. This study examines the relocation experiences of 46 Inuit women across five CMAs, and the role care sites play in initiating women’s relocation to cities. Results show the key role caregiving responsibilities play in Inuit women’s decisions to move to southern urban areas, as dysfunctional care spaces in the North push them away from their communities, and the potential for safer care sites in the South act as a pulling factor. |
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Living in the South, Caring in the North: Exploring Inuit Women’s Care Responsibilities |
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