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Santé et Maladies
| Project Title | Post Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| A Summary of MethylMercury and Climate Change Research in Nunavut | 06-27-2016 |
Mercury (Hg) is a toxic heavy metal that changes into various chemical forms through geochemical processes. It is an element that occurs naturally in the environment but with industrialization, humans have altered its cycle by adding more mercury in the water, air, and soil. |
| Building Capacity to Monitor the Risk of Climate Change on Water Quality and Human Health: A Two Year Journey Expanding Community-Based Leadership in Pond Inlet | 01-06-2016 |
A community project in Pond Inlet. We are a group of 3 young Mittimatalirmiut and we wish to research water quality and develop more skills in research! Access to healthy water is of paramount importance for Mittimatalirmiut. Water is important to keep us alive, sturdy and healthy; and bad water can be harmful for our people- our beloved elders, youth and infants. Water also an important cultural value to our people since many of us are going out on the land in order to provide our family with fresh water, just as our elders used to and they proudly taught us. |
| Études d’impact régionales et intégrées (IRIS) d’ArcticNet | 04-04-2012 |
ArcticNet réunit des scientifiques et leur responsable ainsi que leurs partenaires, notamment des organismes inuits, des collectivités nordiques, des agences provinciales et fédérales et des acteurs du secteur privé pour étudier les impacts des changements climatiques dans l’Arctique canadien côtier. |
| Foodborne and Waterborne Disease Mitigation: Community-based Surveillance for Environmental Health | 09-16-2015 |
Recent research uncovered the highest rates of self-reported enteric illness (i.e., diarrhea and vomiting) reported in the world to be in Iqaluit, |
| Indigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change (IHACC) | 09-16-2015 |
IHACC is a multi-year, trans-disciplinary, community-based initiative working with remote Indigenous populations in the Peruvian Amazon, Canadian A |
| Initiative de collaboration pour l'adaptation régionale du Nunavut | 04-01-2012 |
Un programme à l’échelle du territoire axé sur l’avancement des connaissances liées à l’adaptation aux changements climatiques et sur la prise de décision relative à la mise en valeur des ressources au Nunavut |
| Initiatives d’adaptation panterritoriale | 04-04-2012 |
Sur le thème des changements climatiques, on décrit des approches permettant de soutenir les projets d’adaptation actuels et futurs aux changements climatiques dans tout l’Arctique canadien. |
| Inuit women and environmental change: examining experiences and adaptations in Iqaluit, Nunavut | 12-17-2015 |
This is an updated summary of the previous project posted on December 2, 2014 To see the previous summary please visit http://climatechangenunavut.ca/en/project/inuit-women-and-environmental-... To see the most recent summary please visit http://climatechangenunavut.ca/en/node/3869 |
| The People, Animals, Water and Sustenance Program | 07-28-2016 |
What is PAWS? |