Women in the North

Regions: North Slave Region, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Kitikmeot, Nunavut

Tags: social sciences, women, northern perspective, northern life

Principal Investigator: Crnkovich, Mary (2)
Licence Number: 8105
Organization: Canadian Arctic Resources Committee
Licensed Year(s): 1988 1987
Issued: Jan 01, 1988
Project Team: Angela Bernal

Objective(s): to investigate issues affecting women in the North from a woman's perspective; to provide northern women with reference materials for issues affecting them; and, to make those outside the North aware of experiences of northern women

Project Description: Mary Crnkovitch's assistant, Angela Bernal, is completing the interviews required to produce a book on issues facing northern women. The book will cover topics ranging from giving birth, to women in politics, to special social problems such as family violence. The book should be published in the fall by the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (CARC) in Ottawa.