Exploring Elders’ and Seniors’ Perceptions of How Climate Change is Impacting Health and Well-being in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut / ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓂᖅ ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᔾᔪᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᕆᒍᓚᑦ, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᒻᒥ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓗᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᖏᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ

• Main Authors: Ostapchuk, Joshua, Harper, Sherilee, Cunsolo Willox, Ashlee, Edge, Victoria L., Community Government, Rigolet Inuit
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health 2015
• Subjects: Elders; Inuit; Indigenous; Nunatsiavut; climate change; environmental change; mixed-methods research; well-being; health; adaptation / ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ; ᐃᓄᐃᑦ; ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᑐᑦ; ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᑦ; ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓ; ᐊᕙᑎ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓ; ᑲᑎᑕᐹᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑏᑦ; ᐃᓅᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖅ; ᐃᓗᓯᓕᕆᓂᖅ; Canada; Rigolet; inuit
• Online Access: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/29095; https://doi.org/10.3138/ijih.v9i2.29095

Climate changes are rapidly intensifying and can lead to adverse global health impacts. Indigenous populations are especially vulnerable to climate change because of their dependence on the environment for cultural activities and subsistence. The voices of Inuit Elders and seniors encompass deep wis...