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A drug called palivizumab can keep babies infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) out of the hospital, but many Inuit babies, who have a higher risk of infection, are not getting it.
A ‘shared decision-making’ model enables collaboration with Indigenous communities within Canada’s health-care system - to respond to TRC Calls to Action and address rising cancer rates.
A $12.7 billion investment in hydroelectricity has put Canada’s economic welfare and its moral credibility on the line.
Coastal communities are helping scientists understand the impacts of marine heatwaves — and find solutions.
Once we understand genocide as something that can take awhile, with victims dying of starvation and disease rather than outright murder, we can recognize the genocide of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
We must recognize the complexity of perspectives on climate change if we want to confront it.
To improve Indigenous health in Canada we need more Indigenous health professionals and more culturally competent health-care providers. We also need to listen properly to Indigenous stories.
The general health of Greenlandic children is now as good as that of their European peers – perhaps even better.
University “Indigenization” efforts using Massive Open Online Courses promise to reach wide audiences. They also raise critical questions about how to embody Indigenous ways of knowing and relating.
The TB epidemic is out of control in Canada’s North. Eliminating the disease will require accurate data as well as government investment.
Ecological grief - the mourning that takes place when we lose parts of the natural world - is likely to affect more of us in the future.
The use of the word Eskimos for a Canadian football team needs to end. It signals negative stereotypes and is considered by most Inuit to be a racial slur.
The North Water Polynya, or Pikialasorsuaq, is a key ocean area for Arctic animals and for Inuit hunting and fishing. Rocket launches threaten to contaminate the area with harmful chemicals.
Can community-led research help address Canada’s Indigenous water security issues? One project from the Inuit community of Rigolet in Labrador suggests it can.
The Supreme Court of Canada’s recent decisions on Clyde River and Chippewas contain key lessons to ensure that Indigenous rights are recognized and respected in the future.
The Inuit town of Clyde River has won a long battle to stop Arctic seismic testing. The Supreme Court ruled the Inuit weren’t adequately consulted. What does that mean for future consultations?
The ‘Muskrat Falls’ hydroelectric project is being built in anticipation of the Innu voting away ownership of their own land.
The relationship between Canada’s Aboriginal peoples and non-indigenous population has never been an equal one, even though the 1982 national constitution recognises Aboriginal rights.
Banning the hunts would harm the Inuit more than it would help the bears.
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Associate professor, Department of Health Sciences, Carleton University
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PhD researcher in sovereignty and rhetoric, Carleton University
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Vice-Provost, Labrador Campus & Dean, School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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PhD Candidate in Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria
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Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair, Integrated Knowledge, Engineering and Sustainable Communities, University of Calgary
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Professor, University of Alberta
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Adjunct Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University
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Assistant professor, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université Laval
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Assistant Professor in Aboriginal and Indigenous Law, Dalhousie University
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Ottawa Health Services Network Inc.
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Adjunct professor, U of T Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
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Honorary Research Fellow, Human Geographer, University of Exeter
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PhD Candidate in Humanities, Concordia University; Honorary Fellow, UWA Faculty of Law, The University of Western Australia
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Assistant Professor, Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph
