Inuit Women's Conceptualizations of, and approaches to, health in a changing climate

• Main Authors: Jasiuk, Linnaea, Pearce, T, Bradshaw, B
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: ArcticNet Inc. 2016
• Subjects: FoR 0502 (Environmental Science and Management); Arctic; Ulukhaktok; ArcticNet; Climate change; inuit
• Online Access: http://www.arcticnetmeetings.ca/asm2016/docs/abstracts.pdf

This research examined Inuit women’s conceptualizations of, and approaches to, health in the context of adaptation to a changing climate through a case study of Ulukhaktok, NT. Climate change has been identified as possibly the biggest health threat of the 21st century and Inuit are believed to be a...