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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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New Canadian cancer strategy has focus on Inuit, First Nations and Métis people

13 June 2019 Marc Winkler, CBC News 0 Comments cancer, disease, First Nations, health, indigenous, Inuit, Metis

The Canadian Partnership against Cancer has released its latest 10-year strategy and it includes a special focus on Inuit, First

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Boating deaths, injuries in Canada’s Northwest Territories an ‘urgent public health issue,’ researcher says

12 June 201912 June 2019 Priscilla Hwang, CBC News 0 Comments boating, deline, Fort Simpson, health, indigenous, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, NWT

A researcher whose recent work centred on boating safety in N.W.T.’s Fort Simpson, Deline and Inuvik (Canadian central Arctic), says

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TB rates remain high in Nunavut, Canada despite community testing

11 June 2019 Kieran Oudshoorn, CBC News 0 Comments disease, health, health care, healthcare, Inuit, Nunavut, tuberculosis

Tuberculosis rates in Nunavut (Canadian eastern Arctic) remain high despite the federal government spending millions of dollars on screening clinics

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Dene woman enters medical school in hopes of serving North

27 May 201927 May 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Dene, education, First Nations, health, health care, healthcare, indigenous, Northwest Territories, NWT, Wrigley

For many youth in small communities in the Northwest Territories, in Canada’s central Arctic, becoming a doctor is a dream:

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Inuit in Canada’s eastern Arctic speak out about skin grafts done without consent in 1970s

14 May 201914 May 2019 Kieran Oudshoorn, CBC News 0 Comments colonialism, health, history, Igloolik, indigenous, Inuit, Nunavut

After years of keeping silent, Inuit from Igloolik, Nunavut, say they want answers about medical tests performed on them in

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Inuk woman from Arctic Canada wins $25K national STEAM Horizon award

1 May 2019 CBC News 0 Comments awards, education, health, Inuit, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, NWT

Tyra Cockney-Goose is the first Inuk, and the only woman this year, to win the prestigious STEAM Horizon award. The

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Naturopath from Northern Canada publishes book challenging assumptions around Indigenous medicine

29 April 201929 April 2019 CBC News 0 Comments books, First Nations, health, indigenous, medicine, Northwest Territories, NWT, traditional knowledge

A Yellowknife, Northwest Territories naturopathic doctor and Indigenous health advocate is hoping to help build bridges between traditional and western

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Minister responsible for Canada’s northern affairs steps away from cabinet for cancer treatment

26 April 2019 CBC News 0 Comments cabinet, Dominic LeBlanc, health, Northern Affairs

Dominic LeBlanc, the federal minister of intergovernmental affairs and northern affairs, announced on Friday afternoon that he is temporarily stepping