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The Qanuilirpitaa? Health Survey was conducted from late August to early October 2017 to update the information regarding various aspects of the physical and psychological health of Nunavimmiut. The aim of this report is to describe the methodology used in the different stages of the survey as it bears an impact on the findings. The first section briefly reviews the context surrounding the survey and its goals. The second focuses on the methodology used for sampling. The third discusses the data collection methods, including measuring instruments. The fourth section describes data processing and discusses data quality measurement and weighting in particular. The last section provides specific details on how the survey data can be usefully analyzed. Instead of a traditional conclusion, this document provides an introduction to the full set of thematic reports drafted by the research teams, outlines the problems encountered over the course of the survey, and offers a number of future-oriented recommendations.

The aim of this analysis is to briefly present the principal demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the elders living in Nunavik. When possible, these are compared with the socio-economic and demographic characteristics observed in Quebec as a whole. The elders of Nunavik are here defined as comprising the Aboriginal population aged 65 and over. The main source of data is the 2016 Canadian Census is, along with other data from previous census cycles and other Statistics Canada publications.

This document is intended to inform the work of the SDWGSECEG Economic Impacts Group, which is attempting to develop a circumpolar picture of the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is based on a review of information available on the Internet. It was not intended to be exhaustive, but to find immediately available economic impact indicators and to report on them in a very short time frame.

The scientific report Arctic Policies and Strategies - Analysis, Synthesis and Trends delivers a holistic analysis of the policies, strategies, and declarations of the relevant Arctic stakeholders. It also includes new and/or emerging trends of Arctic governance and geopolitics in the early 21st century. The analysis, using quantitative and qualitative methods, is based on a coding of the text of 56 policy documents (in 1996-2019), namely: i) the strategies and policies of the Arctic States and the Arctic Council Observer States; ii) the policies and declarations of the Arctic Indigenous peoples' organizations (Permanent Participants); and iii) the main Arctic Council chairmanship programs and ministerial declarations. It considers how different Arctic actors define and address issues around the following: the human dimension, governance, international cooperation, environmental protection, pollution, climate change, security, safety, economy, tourism, infrastructure, and science & education. Each document was read and analyzed thoroughly; quotes were selected and coded and then used to compare and contrast (percentage-wise) how the different documents address the above issues. For each category of stakeholder, the findings are compared within the category and then discussed with each other category-wise. Our study shows that the most-coded quotes of the Arctic States' policy documents relate to the Governance, Economy, International Cooperation, and Human Dimension indicators, as well as to a new Environmental Protection indicator (composed of Environmental Protection coupled with Pollution and Climate Change). The policy documents of the four Indigenous peoples' organizations explicitly address issues surrounding Indigenous rights, although in different contexts, and also those related to the Governance indicator, both broadly and in detail. Unsurprisingly, all these documents emphasize the importance of 'Traditional knowledge.' The most-quoted indicator in the Arctic policies/strategies of the nine Arctic Council Observer states is the Science and Education indicator, followed by the International Cooperation and Economy indicators. The fourth most-quoted is the new Environmental Protection indicator (composed of Environmental Protection coupled with Pollution and Climate Change). The analyses generated a separate list of new/emerging trends for each stakeholder, summarizing the current main themes and concluding trends. Based on these, there here follows a short list of the overall new and/or emerging trends of the future of Arctic governance and geopolitics: i) Ambivalence of Arctic development, including 'political inability,' whenever a balance is sought between environmental protection and economic activities; ii) The domination of States within the Arctic territory due to geopolitical stability and sovereignty vis-à-vis internationalization/globalization, and due to international treaties and self-determination; iii) Focus on science, with all Arctic stakeholders being dependent on scientific research and international cooperation in science for problem-solving due to climate change; and iv) Close interrelationship between the Arctic and Space (e.g., digital security, satellites, meteorology) due to globalization and rapidly advancing climate change in the Arctic.

Ce rapport est le résultat d'un projet de recherche visant à promouvoir le rôle des femmes dans les services de justice au Nunavik. Les informations présentées sont le fruit d'un sondage au sujet de la présence des femmes inuit dans ces services, et d'un atelier au cours duquel une dizaine de ces femmes ont discuté de leur travail, de leurs motivations et des défis rencontrés. Ce rapport met de l'avant leur perspective sur la justice, mais aussi l'importance de leur rôle au sein du système judiciaire et dans le maintien de l'harmonie sociale. Les résultats exposés ici représentent le point de vue de ces dix participantes uniquement, mais confirment du coup la nécessité d'organiser d'autres activités semblables dans le futur et d'y inclure un plus grand nombre de femmes inuit oeuvrant dans les services de justice.

Dans le cadre du projet Femmes inuit, justice et harmonie sociale au Nunavik, la chaire de recherche Sentinelle Nord sur les relations avec les sociétés inuit a effectué un sondage auprès des principaux employeurs du Nunavik afin de mieux connaître la place occupée par les femmes inuit dans les emplois du secteur de la justice. Les données récoltées à l'aide d'un questionnaire ont permis de dresser un portrait générale à la fois quantitatif et qualitatif de la présence des femmes dans ce secteur. Nous vous présentons ici les résultats de ce sondage. Bien que ces résultats se veulent exhaustifs, considérant la mouvance rapide et constante de la main-d'oeuvre inuit et des institutions du Nord, il se peut que certains postes aient été oubliés. Il n'en demeure pas moins que ces résultats sont fortement représentatifs. Les chiffres proposés représentent les femmes en poste pour la période allant de janvier à juillet 2019.