Monetary Poverty in Inuit Nunangat

Duhaime, Gérard; Édouard, Roberson

doi:10.14430/arctic4481

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“…11 (Statistics Canada, 2019a), including low-income measure and low-income cut-offs after tax. Previous studies have also indicated that the poverty rate in Nunatsiavut is 4-5 times higher than the one suggested by Statistics Canada (24.4-24.7%, as opposed to 5.4%)(Duhaime and Édouard, 2015; Statistics Canada, 2017).…”

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“…The income disparities among Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups have received attention from both researchers and governments since the 1990s [see for example Patrinos and Sakellariou (1992); De Silva (1999), Duhaime and Édouard (2015), and other references in Maxim et al (2001)]. Despite the evidence for the economic disadvantage that Indigenous communities may face, whether this factors into resource allocation decisions remains ambiguous.…”

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“…However, a closer look at Census Division No. 11 (Statistics Canada, 2017, 2019b and the literature describing poverty and vulnerability conditions in the region (Duhaime and Édouard, 2015;Government of Canada, 2020) suggests that this may be an assumption with empirical merit 6 .…”

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Equitable Allocations in Northern Fisheries: Bridging the Divide for Labrador Inuit

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Canada has undertaken commitments to recognize the rights of Indigenous Peoples in fisheries through policies and agreements, including Integrated Fishery Management Plans, the Reconciliation Strategy, and Land Claim Agreements (LCAs). In addition to recognizing rights, these commitments were intended to respect geographic adjacency principles, to enhance the economic viability of Indigenous communities, and to be reflective of community dependence on marine resources. We examined the determinants of quota allocations in commercial fisheries involving Nunatsiavut, Northern Labrador, the first self-governing region for the Inuit peoples in Canada. It has been argued that current fishery allocations for Nunatsiavut Inuit have not satisfied federal commitments to recognize Indigenous rights. Indicators that measure equity in commercial allocations for the turbot or Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) and northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) fisheries were identified and assessed. In these two cases, historical allocations continue to predominate for allocations based upon equity or other social or economic considerations. We illustrate equity-enhancing changes in the quota distribution under scenarios of different levels of inequality aversion, and we make qualitative assessments of the effects of these allocations to Nunatsiavut for socioeconomic welfare. This approach could benefit fisheries governance in Northern Labrador, where federal commitments to equity objectives continue to be endorsed but have not yet been integrated fully into quota allocations.

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Equitable Allocations in Northern Fisheries: Bridging the Divide for Labrador Inuit

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“…Monetary measurements of poverty indicate that levels of poverty in Nunavut are high (CWP, 2015b;Impact Economics, 2012). A recent study found that 48% of the territory's population lives below the lowincome rate (Duhaime & Édouard, 2015). However, defi ning poverty is not as straightforward as simply identifying low rates of income.…”

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Public Engagement and the Nunavut Roundtable for Poverty Reduction: Attempting to Understand Nunavut’s Poverty Reduction Strategy

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2016

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The 2009 Government of Nunavut Report Card, a review of the first ten years of Nunavut’s existence, recommended the development of an anti-poverty strategy to help address severe social inequality in the territory. Between October 2010 and November 2011, the Government of Nunavut (GN), jointly with Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI), oversaw an extensive poverty-reduction public engagement process that resulted in the creation of the Nunavut Roundtable for Poverty Reduction and the territory’s poverty reduction strategy. The strategy suggests that the tension that exists between Inuit forms of governance and the model of public governance used today is the root cause of poverty. However, it does not offer an official definition of the term. Knowing the way in which poverty is perceived in Nunavut is key to understanding the direction of the territory’s poverty reduction strategy. Drawing upon interviews conducted in Iqaluit and in Ottawa in 2015, as well as on records from the Nunavut Anti-Poverty Secretariat, this article examines how the territory’s poverty reduction strategy was developed. It argues that the roundtable’s participatory methods, closely aligned with principles of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, have fostered a politicized discussion about poverty that has resulted in Nunavut’s poverty reduction strategy’s focus on collaboration and healing.

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“…high (CWP, 2012;Hazell, Gee & Sharpe, 2012;Impact Economics, 2012). Indeed, a recent study found that the low income rate in Nunavut is approximately 48 percent (Duhaime & Édouard, 2015). However, studies seem to indicate that defining poverty in Nunavut is not as straightforward as simply identifying low rates of income.…”

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“The Beginnings of Learning”: Attempting to Understand Poverty and Poverty Reduction in Nunavut

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This thesis examines Nunavut's poverty reduction strategy and the public engagement process that produced it. It begins with a brief history of the territory's poverty reduction efforts before examining the theoretical understandings of poverty and poverty reduction that guide this research. It then offers a narrative of the Nunavut Roundtable for Poverty Reduction's public engagement process, followed by an examination of the objectives that shaped its design. Next, the differing perspective on poverty and poverty reduction that exist in Nunavut are explored, as is the focus of poverty reduction efforts on healing and wellbeing. This thesis concludes by arguing that the Roundtable process has created a space to discuss the legacy of twentieth century federal policy and administration in a way that connects it directly to the roots of poverty in Nunavut.

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Monetary Poverty in Inuit Nunangat

Cited by 12 publications

References 25 publications

Equitable Allocations in Northern Fisheries: Bridging the Divide for Labrador Inuit

Equitable Allocations in Northern Fisheries: Bridging the Divide for Labrador Inuit

Public Engagement and the Nunavut Roundtable for Poverty Reduction: Attempting to Understand Nunavut’s Poverty Reduction Strategy

“The Beginnings of Learning”: Attempting to Understand Poverty and Poverty Reduction in Nunavut

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