3 record(s) found in the location "Inuvialuit Settlement Region" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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Cultural and Environmental History of Northern Food Hazards
Principal Investigator: Piper, Liza
Licensed Year(s): 2016 2015
Summary: This research seeks to understand whether concerns about environmental contamination or potentially hazardous food products (included imported foods) influenced women’s decisions about how to feed newborn infants after 1970. More broadly, the research team seeks to understand what factors (social, cultural, economic, environmental) influenced choices about feeding infants in the Mackenzie Delta r...


Arctic Contaminants: Exploring effective and appropriate communication between Inuvialuit communities and researchers
Principal Investigator: Reinfort, Breanne C
Licensed Year(s): 2012 2011 2010 2009
Summary: The goals of this project are to develop a communication model to be used by future researchers to facilitate communicating their research with and addressing the concerns of Inuvialuit communities and to empower community members to engage in contaminants research occurring in and around their communities. This study intends to use a participatory approach in all aspects of processes and proce...


Meeting the information needs of Inuit regarding contaminants
Principal Investigator: Usher, Peter J.
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993
Summary: The researchers will be continuing their interviews with community members on identifying contaminant issues and information needs related to those issues. Interviews will be conducted with a wide range of individuals, including harvesters, elders, women, youth and professionals. An appropriate communication strategy will be developed in an appropriate cultural and social context....


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