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Climate Change and Health in Nunavik and Labrador: Lessons from Inuit Knowledge

2002

Furgal, C.M., & Gosselin, M.D.

Smithsonian Institution

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In this chapter, the authors provide a summary of a larger project documenting Inuit knowledge and perspectives about environmental change and health, conducted in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik and Nain, Labrador in 2000-2001. Specifically, it summarizes one project that aimed to develop a better understanding of climate change processes and potential health impacts in Nunavik and Labrador, with a specific focus on Inuit knowledge documented through interviews and focus groups.

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Climate Change and Health in Nunavik and Labrador: Lessons from Inuit Knowledge

Furgal, C.M., & Gosselin, M.D. (2002). Climate change and health in Nunavik and Labrador: Lessons from Inuit knowledge. In I. Krupnik & D. Jolly (eds.), The Earth is faster now: Indigenous observations of Arctic environmental change (pp. 266-300). Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, Arctic Studies Centre, Smithsonian Institution.

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