This glossary provides simple but accurate definitions for over 200 health-science terms from the fields of anatomy (muscle, spinal cord), pathology (anemia, stroke), nutrition (carbohydrate, sodium), ...

In Birth on the Land, Elders and traditional midwives from ten Nunavut communities share memories of traditional birth.
They share how they sometimes laboured and birthed quietly and alone, while other ...

Traditionally, Inuit do not call each other by their given names. Instead, a system of kinship and family terms is used, known as tuq?urausiit. Calling friends, family, and community members by kinship ...

In Birth on the Land, Elders and traditional midwives from ten Nunavut communities share memories of traditional birth.
They share how they sometimes laboured and birthed quietly and alone, while other ...

Many Inuit elders experienced severe hardships in their past: from starvation to surviving the extreme cold to forced relocation. In this book, eight Inuit elders share their memories of the past and ...

This book is a compilation of letters from Edmund James Peck to the first Christian converts in Nunavut. Peck was an Anglican missionary who travelled to the north to convert Inuit to Christianity. He ...

The transition to Christianity in Nunavut occurred in the first half on this century. It was a long and complex process that deeply affected Inuit life. It is usually described from the point of view ...

For many years Inuit traditions were developed and preserved by small nomadic groups and spread over a wide territory. Each group had its own traditions. Frequent and intensive interactions between groups ...

Tuurngait was the most common word used to describe the helping spirits of an angakkuq (shaman). Tuurngait could take any form but were most commonly humans, animals, or animal bodies with a human head. ...

This book gathers the reflections of twelve Inuit women who have taken the risk of leadership in Canada and beyond. Whether an advocate, policy maker, or cultural leader, each woman tells the story of ...