Tests Used for Diagnosing Hepatitis C

Tests Used for Diagnosing Hepatitis C

Project Description Each year Pauktuutit participates in National Aboriginal Hepatitis C Awareness Month, which runs for the month of May. Pauktuutit works with partners and communities to hold Inuit-specific hepatitis C awareness activities in the regions and...
Violence Prevention Campaign for Inuit Children – Fact Sheet

Violence Prevention Campaign for Inuit Children – Fact Sheet

Project Description Family violence and abuse are serious, ongoing issues that afflict every Inuit community in Canada at rates much higher than those in the south. Children are one of the most vulnerable groups impacted by violence and abuse or become victims. Data...
Physician Fact Sheets

Physician Fact Sheets

Project Description Pauktuutit’s sexual health program began in the late 1980’s when news of the first Inuk woman diagnosed with HIV became public. Pauktuutit first passed a resolution during its 1984 Annual General Meetings (AGM) calling attention to Inuit sexual...
Impacts of Resource Extraction on Inuit Women Fact Sheet

Impacts of Resource Extraction on Inuit Women Fact Sheet

Project Description This research report is the second of two documents dealing with the social impacts of mining activity near Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake) on Inuit women and families in the community. The first report (March 2014) was based on interviews and qualitative...