<i>Tunngajuq</i>: Stress and resilience among Inuit youth in Nunavut, Canada

Kral, Michael J.; Salusky, Ida; Inuksuk, Pakkak; Angutimarik, Leah; Tulugardjuk, Nathan

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“…In northern Canada, communities are a relatively new social structure and have transformed since the 1950s–1960s (Kral, Salusky, Inuksuk, Angutimarik, & Tulugardjuk, ). Before this period, people lived nomadic lives in small family structures.…”

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Exploring Community Mobilization in Northern Quebec: Motivators, Challenges, and Resilience in Action

Fraser

Hordyk

Etok³

et al. 2019

American J of Comm Psychol

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Nunavimmiut (people of the land) are the Indigenous peoples of the northern peninsula of the province of Quebec. Communities of Nunavik and its regional organizations have been making concerted efforts in implementing community‐based strategies to support family wellbeing. These community strategies are grounded in many of the values underpinning community psychology: favoring empowerment‐oriented approaches, fostering community capacity, and transforming organizational cultures to allow for new modes of interaction, as well as new policies and practices that are grounded in community and culture. Despite the growing support and expectation for community mobilization, there is still very little research on the processes and challenges to such mobilization. In this study, we explored the unique challenges and facilitators to community endeavors in northern Quebec in order to better understand the complex dynamics and the strengths that Inuit build upon. We first used a focused ethnographic approach in the context of a 5‐year community mobilization project in Nunavik. We then conducted 12 individual interviews and two small group interviews with Inuit working on community‐based wellbeing‐oriented mobilization projects in four additional communities. Results expose how sociogeographical realities and colonialism influence the process of community mobilization. They also highlight the values and motivational factors that lead community members to move beyond these influences.

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Exploring Community Mobilization in Northern Quebec: Motivators, Challenges, and Resilience in Action

Fraser

Hordyk

Etok³

et al. 2019

American J of Comm Psychol

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“…It is in this way that land-based programs may help to repair a history of trauma for Indigenous communities. For example, in a study of resilience among Inuit youth, Kral and colleagues (Kral et al 2014) found that participants enjoyed cultural activities and Bindicated that being on the land was good for them^(p. 682). Support for land-based programs is also reflected in green space research, which suggests that being in nature is healing beyond the specific mental health issues experienced by Indigenous people (Van den Berg et al 2010).…”

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Land-Based Intervention: a Qualitative Study of the Knowledge and Practices Associated with One Approach to Mental Health in a Cree Community

Walsh

Danto

Sommerfeld

2018

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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This project is a qualitative study of a land-based intervention used in an Indigenous community in northern Ontario. As previous research suggests, a sense of connection to the land is an integral part of Indigenous well-being, and mental health interventions centered around this connection may be more appropriate for use in Indigenous communities than Western treatment approaches that typically emphasize individuality. The present study gains further insight into how a land-based intervention can be applied to an Indigenous community. Interviews with three community members were conducted and summarized in order to understand their views on the background, components, advantages, and challenges of the program. Results showed a focus on strengthening cultural identity, facilitating intergenerational knowledge transfer, and building relationships with others, similar to other land-based programs across Canada. The importance of reconnecting Indigenous youth with their cultural heritage and developing community-centered programs are discussed.The goal of the present study was to contribute to a deeper understanding of a land-based intervention within an Indigenous community in northern Ontario. A recent qualitative study by Danto and Walsh (2017) explored the comparative resilience of one James and Hudson Bay community, which despite a shared history of trauma and oppression with the other five Cree communities in this area, had been reported to have markedly lower rates of mental health services utilization and suicide. Interviews with community leaders and mental health services providers were conducted and analyzed in order to identify the features that distinguished this

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“…Loneliness among youth is thus the result of profound changes in family communication, parenting, and intergenerational relations. This is a form of multigenerational trauma seen in Nunavut, in which youth and their parents tend to avoid each other (Kral, 2012;Kral, Salusky, Inuksuk, Angutimarik, & Tulugardjuk, 2014;O'Neil, 1983). Many of the social activities and practices that served to bring families together across the generations are no longer available.…”

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Unikkaartuit: Meanings and Experiences of Suicide Among Inuit in Nunavut, Canada

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Idlout²,

Minore³

et al. 2014

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Inuit in Arctic Canada have one of the highest suicide rates in the world. Most of these suicides occur among youth, especially males, between the ages of 15 and 24. The goal of this study was to gain an understanding of Inuit experiences with suicide and what suicide means to Inuit, including suicide attempters and bereaved survivors. Fifty Inuit between the ages of 14 and 94 were interviewed about suicides in two communities in Nunavut. Sixty-three high school and college students were also surveyed with the same questions. It was found that suicide was most closely related to romantic relationship and family problems, and to experiences of loneliness and anger. These findings are interpreted in the context of massive social change, on-going colonization, and multigenerational trauma following the colonial government era of the 1950s and 1960s, when family and interpersonal relationships were significantly affected. The study stresses that suicide prevention strategies focus on youth and family, particularly on parenting, and ensure that Inuit communities take control of prevention programs. It recommends that family and community resources be further mobilized for suicide prevention.

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Tunngajuq: Stress and resilience among Inuit youth in Nunavut, Canada

Cited by 34 publications

References 42 publications

Exploring Community Mobilization in Northern Quebec: Motivators, Challenges, and Resilience in Action

Exploring Community Mobilization in Northern Quebec: Motivators, Challenges, and Resilience in Action

Land-Based Intervention: a Qualitative Study of the Knowledge and Practices Associated with One Approach to Mental Health in a Cree Community

Unikkaartuit: Meanings and Experiences of Suicide Among Inuit in Nunavut, Canada

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