Publications

This sexual health strategy is dedicated to those we have lost to HIV/AIDS and to the many dedicated individuals and organizations who are committed to reducing the current rates of STBBIs among Inuit.

Pauktuutit remains grateful to our many selfless partners, colleagues and friends who have made significant contributions to jointly creating a sexually healthy future for all.

This project was made possible by the support of the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Year Published 2017

This project worked with youth in four communities, one community in each Inuit land claim area that had participated in Journey to the Teachings (JTT) injury prevention training: Nunavik, Quebec; Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador, Atlantic region; Inuvialuit, Northwest Territory and Nunavut (Northern Region). Journey to the Teachings was adapted to a three-day workshop specifically for youth. In each community youth were provided with various media to develop youth injury prevention messages around injury prevention related to recreation and sports to include but not limited to: skidoo use, all terrain vehicle use, boating, etc. This allowed youth to be active partners in programs and activities that affect them. Youth are the experts in how to talk to youth and are very innovative in how to get the message out. Engaging youth has always been a challenge for adults when approached from an adult perspective but if youth are provided with a venue to express themselves and offered the option of medium to develop Inuit specific messaging for youth the results will be positive and long-lasting. Messaging is directed to youth by youth. The final products have been shared with all Inuit communities via the Pauktuutit website and Youtube.

During the project, Pauktuutit partnered with all regional governments, land claim organizations and community leadership.

Published: 2013

WEBINAR

• Webinar: Engaging Inuit Youth around Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (STBBIs)

Participants at our sexual health forum in November 2016 identified the need for age-appropriate, sexual health information for youth as a priority to addressing sexually transmitted blood borne infections (STBBIs) within the Inuit population. Therefore, these videos have been developed to promote the use of condoms and regular testing to reduce the burden of STBBIs within the youth population.

The messaging, targeted at youth, was developed and filmed through a collaborative process with local Inuit students attending the Nunavut Sivuniksavut (NS) Program in Ottawa. The NS students felt the best way to reach their peers was to create a video they could share on social media, that is funny and engaging versus a resource that is fear-based.

Year Published November 2016

My Journey has easy-to-read cancer information in English and regional dialects of Inuktitut for people with cancer, their caregivers and healthcare professionals. It gives information to people recently diagnosed with cancer to support them through their cancer journey. It is written especially for Inuit to understand cancer better and to make informed decisions. It will also help Inuit and healthcare professionals communicate with each other. The goal is to support Inuit people with cancer and improve their quality of life.

https://pauktuutit.ca/wp-content/uploads/MyJourney_Book1_E_OCT2018_FINAL_Revised.pdf

Year Published 2017

My Journey has easy-to-read cancer information in English and regional dialects of Inuktitut for people with cancer, their caregivers and healthcare professionals. It gives information to people recently diagnosed with cancer to support them through their cancer journey. It is written especially for Inuit to understand cancer better and to make informed decisions. It will also help Inuit and healthcare professionals communicate with each other. The goal is to support Inuit people with cancer and improve their quality of life.

https://pauktuutit.ca/wp-content/uploads/MyJourney_Book2_ENG-Dec7_FINAL.pdf

Year Published 2017

My Journey has easy-to-read cancer information in English and regional dialects of Inuktitut for people with cancer, their caregivers and healthcare professionals. It gives information to people recently diagnosed with cancer to support them through their cancer journey. It is written especially for Inuit to understand cancer better and to make informed decisions. It will also help Inuit and healthcare professionals communicate with each other. The goal is to support Inuit people with cancer and improve their quality of life.

https://pauktuutit.ca/wp-content/uploads/MyJourney_Sheets_ENG-Dec3_FINAL.pdf

Year Published 2017

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 communities during the month.

https://pauktuutit.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016_HEPC_Poster_AwarenessDay.pdf

Year Published 2016

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 communities during the month.

https://pauktuutit.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016_HEPC_Poster_GettingtoZero.pdf
Year Published 2016

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 communities during the month.

https://pauktuutit.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016_HEPC_Poster_WomenChildrenFamilies.pdf

Year Published 2016

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 communities during the month.

https://pauktuutit.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016_HEPC_Poster_LaunchEvent.pdf
Year Published 2016

Tukisiviit: Do You Understand? is intended to provide Inuit patients and caregivers, as well as health care professionals, plain language information in English and five major dialects of Inuktitut.

https://pauktuutit.ca/wp-content/uploads/Pauktuutit_Tukisiviit_August17_2016.pdf

Year Published 2016

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 health issues and to the need for information and educational materials on sexual health that met the needs of Inuit communities. Later, in 1990, an AGM resolution called for an AIDS workshop in the North. In May 1995, Pauktuutit conducted the first National Inuit HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections Workshop, which served to raise awareness among Community Health Representatives (CHRs) about the issues and risk behaviours associated with HIV/AIDS and STIs. In 1998, with financial support from Health Canada, Pauktuutit began a pan-Arctic HIV/AIDS health prevention and promotion program that produced and distributed HIV/AIDS-related materials in English and Inuktitut. Pauktuutit remains the only national organization focusing on specific Inuit HIV/AIDS issues and initiatives, and has gained national and international recognition and acclaim for its innovative and unique work.

https://pauktuutit.ca/wp-content/uploads/Pauktuutit-Posters_WomenAging_English_WEB.pdf

Year Published 2016