Resource Tag: CANADA. NUNAVUT

This study examined the potential for the WASC-Y (Westerman Aboriginal Symptom Checklist for Youth) to be used as a risk assessment tool with Aboriginal youth in Nunavut. The reasons for choosing this particular tool, general comments about mental health problems among Aboriginal youth, the Cultural Competency Continuum, & initial recommendations to the Government of Nunavut […]

125 surveys were circulated to service providers in 26 communities across Nunavut. 48 were returned & analysed for this report by the 3 Nunavut regions: Qikiqtani, Kivalliq, & Kitikmeot. The report begins with a description of the survey & the responses to it. It then attempts to contextualize the survey’s salient points within best practices […]

This report provides a summary of initiatives taken around the issue of death by suicide in Nunavut. Synopses of the findings of 10 documents written in 2003 are provided with particular reference to the at-risk for suicide indicators identified. Insights as to the findings are discussed & finally, the summation theorizes about the significance of […]

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Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh

This document was commissioned by the Government of Nunavut Department of Health & Social Services in order to provide background information on suicide, suicide prevention, & community wellness to members of the Nunavut Task Force on Suicide Prevention & Community Healing. It examines current knowledge about suicide in Nunavut & reviews inferences available from information […]

In this paper, suicide amongst Inuit communities is discussed in the context of their collectivist sense of community & identity, & with relation to their concepts of healing & wellness. Oral traditions & the opportunity to talk about suicide are discussed as a significant part of the healing process for Inuit in Nunavut.

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See SIEC #2003-0509 for reference to full report.

This report analyzed suicide in the Northwest Territories & Nunavut. Data from a suicide database from 1981 to 1990 & coroner’s reports of 78 individuals who died by suicide from 1994 to 1996 were analyzed. The suicide rate for Inuit in this area is 79/100,000 (6 times the national average). The authors conclude that persons […]

Workshop held in Iqaluit, Nunavut, March 14 & 15, 2003.

Alcoholism, violence and suicides sometimes make life in Nunavut seem hopeless. It isn’t. Despite the rapid change from a life of hunting, whale harvesting and homes built of snow,to grocery stores, welfare cheques and alcohol, hope exists. The key to survival lies with those who knew how and when to resist the white man.