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Organization representing Canadian Inuit to lead national Inuit health survey

12 September 201912 September 2019 CBC News 0 Comments health, health care, healthcare, indigenous, Inuit, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the organization which represents Inuit in Canada, is launching an ambitious new project to gather up-to-date health

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Health impacts of wildfire smoke can linger for years, U.S. study says

2 September 201930 August 2019 Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments air pollution, Alaska, forest fires, health, Montana, wildfires

This summer has been filled with smoke for communities near the Swan Lake fire like Sterling and Cooper landing in

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New addictions centre in Northern Quebec to focus on treating whole family

13 August 2019 Sara Frizzell, CBC News 0 Comments alcohol, drugs, health, indigenous, Inuit, Isuarsivik, Nunavik, quebec, substance abuse

The Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre is breaking ground on a new addictions treatment centre in Nunavik this month. The official

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Canada’s Northwest Territories to overhaul smoking laws, raise minimum age to buy tobacco

13 August 201914 August 2019 Alex Brockman, CBC News 0 Comments drugs, health, legislation, Northwest Territories, NWT, smoking, youth

The Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, is set to raise minimum age to buy tobacco to 19 as part of

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Greenpeace Russia calls for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires

8 August 201919 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments climate, firefighting, health, pollution, Siberia, temperature, weather

Greenpeace Russia is calling for more resources to fight Siberian wildfires, saying the smoke is having consequences everywhere from big

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Nearly 3,000 people, 50 aircraft mobilized to fight wildfires in Russia

1 August 20192 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments European Space Agency, health, pollution, Siberia, temperature, weather

Nearly 3,000 people and 50 aircraft are working to extinguish wildfires across Russia said the country’s aerial forest protection service

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Hospital wards accross Finland clogged with “unnecessary patients”

26 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments doctors, Finland, health, hospitals, Patients

Senior physicians at five major central hospitals in Finland have issued a “wake-up call” on the issue of congestion in

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Saskatchewan, Canada researchers to establish Indigenous-led centre focused on HIV rates among First Nations, Inuit & Métis

25 July 201925 July 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments education, health, indigenous knowledge, University of Saskatchewan

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research has awarded a federal grant to First Nations researchers at Canada’s University of Saskatchewan

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Inuit from northern Quebec are genetically unique from any present-day population, study finds

23 July 201926 July 2019 Priscilla Hwang, CBC News 0 Comments Aneurysms, health, indigenous, Inuit, Nunavik

Researchers have found that Inuit from northern Quebec are genetically distinct from any present-day population, and say studying the genes

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Alaska sees first measles case since 2015

18 July 2019 Abbey Collins, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, disease, health, infection, Measles, mumps, rubella, Vaccination, virus

According to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, the diagnosis was confirmed Tuesday, in an unvaccinated teenager from

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Wildfire smoke brings more respiratory complaints in Anchorage, Alaska

3 July 2019 Amy Mostafa, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, forest fires, health, pollution, wildfires

Anchorage, Alaska health care providers have seen more patients with respiratory problems in recent days because of poor air quality.

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Wildfires in Alaska and Yukon producing smoky conditions

3 July 20193 July 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Alaska, forest fires, health, pollution, wildfires, Yukon

Yukon’s chief medical officer of health issued an air quality advisory Monday as much of the territory was blanketed by

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Lapland’s sick leave, accidental injury rates among highest in Finland

2 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments health, health care, healthcare, Lapland

While Finland has seen an overall decrease in diseases since 2000, there are marked regional differences in the occurrence of

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Inuk student biking across Canada to raise awareness of suicide crisis among Inuit youth

17 June 201917 June 2019 Jessica Deer, CBC News 0 Comments health, indigenous, Inuit, mental health, Nunavik, Suicide

After a wave of youth suicides in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Northern Quebec, last fall, Inuk student Hannah Tooktoo

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Indigenous participation key to Arctic development, Inuit activist tells Economic Forum of the Americas

13 June 201914 June 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments animal rights, culture, ECONOMICS, food security, health, human rights, hunting, mental health, politics, resources, seal, youth

Full Inuit participation will be key to long-term sustainable development in the Arctic as well as helping the world confront

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