Project Description Alcohol can damage the brain and body of an unborn child. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) describes the wide range of lifelong mental, behavioural, and physical effects on children if their mothers drank alcohol while pregnant. Drinking no...
Project Description Pauktuutit acknowledges the contribution of the midwives of Nunavik, midwifery students in Puvirnituq, elders and program staff to this project which was made possible by the generous funding of First Nations and Inuit Health Branch at Health...
Project Description In January of 1998, in Kuujjuaq, Quebec, there was a special meeting of elders and parents. During the sessions elders spoke about Inuit ways of caring for children. Pauktuutit is very proud to announce the availability of the following collection...
Project Description This publication is dedicated to the memory of Nelson Takkiruq of Gjoa Haven who passed away on Saturday, April 3rd, 1999. Nelson was a participant in the National Conference on Traditional Child Rearing Practices and a performer on the c.d. We are...
Project Description Traditional childbirth practices were intrinsic to the Inuit way of life and crucial to maintaining the social fabric of Inuit communities. The bonds within the family and community were thus reinforced and intensified much beyond the birth event,...
