Nunavik elders make up a growing proportion of the region’s population, recent university research says. But Nunavik’s seniors are more likely to be supporting their families and living in run-down housing than their counterparts elsewhere in Quebec. A new report prepared by researchers at Laval University shows that the population of Inuit elders in the region — those aged 65 and over — has more than doubled over the past 20 years.

On July 28, 2020, John passed away surrounded by family and listening to songs from his 77 years of life.

It is with great sadness that the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives mourns the passing of Dr. John Loxley in Winnipeg, Manitoba on July 28, 2020. John was deeply committed to building a more equitable world and his contribution to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) nationally and provincially was a testament to that commitment.

Beloved and renowned UM professor of economics John Loxley has died at the age of 77. His great personality and intellect will be missed. Globally respected for his work focused on community development in poorer nations, the Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada was recognized with many honours over his long career, including the Galbraith Prize in Economics and Social Justice, by the Progressive Economists' Forum in 2010, and the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Distinguished Academic Award in 2008.

A great loss was made known to InsideEko. As friends and families of the deceased are mourning the passing of their loved and cherished John Loxley.

John Loxley, the University of Manitoba economist and progressive advocate, has passed away. He was 77. Tributes poured in on Twitter referring to him as the "father of the alternative budget/participatory budgeting movement in Canada" and "Canada's economist answer to Robin Hood."

Vidéo réalisée à partir du Nunavik en chiffres 2015 donnant quelques faits saillants sur le Nunavik et sa population. Le Nunavik en chiffres est un recueil de statistiques créé par des membres de la chaire. Celui-ci se décline en version intégrale française et anglaise et en version de poche française-inuktitut et anglaise-inuktitut.

In May 2021, the Council's Sustainable Development Working Group will present "The Economy of the North 2020" report to the ministers of the eight Arctic States. This is a comprehensive circumpolar overview of economic and socioeconomic statistics and research on sustainability in the North. It is the fourth report of its kind, in the series of ECONOR reports, and an important contribution to foster understanding of the diversity of economic activities in the Arctic.

Le géographe Louis-Edmond Hamelin, spécialiste de la nordicité québécoise, s'est éteint à l'âge de 96 ans. Homme de terrain et intellectuel, il se rendra en canot à la baie James à la fin des années 1940, et fera de très nombreux voyages d'études dans le Nord. Au fil de recherches s'étant étalées sur plus de cinq décennies, M. Hamelin aborde de front de nouveaux thèmes comme ceux des frontières, de l'identité du Nord de même que des relations entre le Nord et le Sud à l'intérieur des pays froids.

La nordicité a perdu son père. Louis-Edmond Hamelin, créateur de ce néologisme, immense amoureux du boréal, poète géographe, intellectuel hivernal du Québec, a rendu son dernier souffle mardi, à Québec, en plein coeur de la saison froide qu'il aimait tant. Il avait 96 ans.

L'Université Laval tient à saluer la vie et l'oeuvre du chercheur Louis-Edmond Hamelin, dont le décès est survenu le 11 février dernier. Celui à qui l'on doit notamment la fondation du Département de géographie et du Centre d'études nordiques s'est éteint à l'âge de 96 ans.

Les seuls besoins de se nourrir et de se loger grugent plus de 60% des revenus des ménages du Nunavik et le résultat «particulièrement inquiétant» grimpe jusqu'à 70% pour les moins bien nantis. «C'est énorme», affirme le directeur du rapport de recherche sur les coûts de la vie au Nunavik et sociologue de l'Université Laval, Gérard Duhaime. «Ça réduit leur capacité de satisfaire les autres besoins. C'est très important». Au Québec, les dépenses dédiées à l'alimentation et au logement par foyer oscillent autour de 40%...

The College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawai?i at Manoa named renowned economic sociology expert Gérard Duhaime as the Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair. In this capacity, Duhaime's research will focus on the economic and social inequalities in the circumpolar Arctic, and the social, economic and political conditions of Native Hawaiians. He will challenge his own analysis in dialogue with university colleagues who are involved in similar research at the Global Studies Initiatives, the Department of Sociology and Indigenous Studies academic area...

Des bruits de moteur brisent le silence au lever du soleil : des motoneiges, des véhicules tout-terrain et de grosses camionnettes flambant neuves parcourent déjà les rues. On gèle. Il vente. Nous sommes à la mi-novembre. L'hiver s'est installé ici depuis plusieurs jours. Des enfants marchent en groupes vers les deux écoles du village. De modestes maisons colorées, construites sur pilotis, ont poussé le long des rues glacées. Un peu plus loin, le « Forum » accueille les joueurs de hockey...

Did you know that 99 per cent of Nunavik Inuit can converse in Inuktitut? Or that the leading cause of death in the region is cancer, closely followed by suicide? Those statistics and more are included in a new pocket-sized snapshot of the region, called Nunavik in Figures 2015, produced by the region's Nunivaat Statistics Program and released this week. It offers a concise portrait of Nunavik's socio-economic portrait - population, employment, education income and health care - designed for easy reference in Inuktitut, French and English...

Nunavik's gross domestic product, or GDP, has risen rapidly over the last decade, thanks to the region's small but growing mining industry. The region's GDP - which refers to the market value of all goods and services produced within a given period - has more than tripled over 10 years, from $291 million in 2003 to $887 million in 2012, according to a new report prepared by Laval university economists...

Des pots de jus à 17 $, des couches à 41 $ le paquet de 10 lb de patates à 8,50 $. Malgré des subventions, le prix des denrées demeure beaucoup plus élevé que dans le Sud, dans le Nord-du-Québec. Le gouvernement fédéral, via son programme Nutrition-Nord...

How to deal with Nunavik’s housing crisis — that’s what dominated discussions Oct.28 at a housing forum held in Quebec City, 1,500 kilometres away from the region. If anything, the Northern Housing Forum at Laval university showed that the answer to Nunavik’s housing problems is unlikely to be found in the South...

«Je suis arrivé dans le nord par hasard, à cause d’un contrat d’été comme cuisinier que j’avais eu en 1978. Une fois sur place, pour aller à la station de recherche de l’Université Laval où j’allais travailler, je devais traverser à pied tout le village de Kuujjuaq...

Le professeur de sociologie de l’Université Laval Gérard Duhaime, titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur la condition autochtone comparée, a reçu le Prix de la recherche scientifique sur le Nord, remis à l’occasion du gala annuel de la Société géographique royale du Canada...

Nearly four in 10 Nunavik households still live in poverty. That’s according to continuing research studies on poverty in Nunavik by Gérard Duhaime, a sociologist from Université Laval...

Since its introduction in 2010, Nutrition North Canada has had an impact on lowering the prices for fresh food in Nunavik. The cost of fresh fruits and vegetables has dropped by 36 per cent. For dairy, prices have decreased by 30 per cent and for meat, they’re down by three per cent...