Perspectives on Traditional Health
Interviewing Inuit Elders: Volume 5
- Publisher
- Nunavut Arctic College
- Publication date
- Jul 2015
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Book
- ISBN
- 9781896204352
- Publish Date
- Jul 2015
- List Price
- $28.95
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About the authors
Ilisapi Ootoova's profile page
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Aalasi Joamie was born in Inukjuak, Quebec. Her family moved to Pangnirtung when she was a young girl. In the 1960s, she moved to Niaqunnguuq (Apex) with her husband and children into their first house. She has lived there ever since. For many years, Aalasi worked as a maternity aid at Baffin Regional Hospital. Aalasi contributed to Interviewing Inuit Elders: Perspectives on Traditional Health and she teaches traditional plant knowledge workshops at Nunavut Arctic College. She also travels to traditional plant-use conferences nationally and internationally.
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Frédéric Laugrand is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at Université Laval.