Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
| Principal Investigator: | Orozco, Maria Eugenia (3) |
| Licence Number: | 11139 |
| Organization: | Department of Anthropology, Universite Laval |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1992
1991
1991
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1991 |
| Project Team: | Self |
Objective(s): To find out the nature, the extent and the causes of domestic violence in Inuit Society; to examine the way different generations respond to this problem, the changing family values and the relations between the sexes; to identify the factors associated to domestic violence and the variables that could be specific to Inuit culture;
Project Description: The Researcher will work with the Baffin Regional Agvvik Society, a transition house for battered women and the Tuvvik Alcohol and Drug Counselling Centre, which has a program for batterers. Interviews will be conducted with RCMP, Department of Social Services and Department of Justic to evalute the institutional response to domestic violence.
