Northern Visions: Inuit Health Care, Vocational Training, and Social Change during the Early DEW Line Era

dc.contributor.authorVong, Sheau Lih
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-05T17:17:42Z
dc.date.available2014-09-05T17:17:42Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-05
dc.date.submitted2014
dc.description.abstractThe history of government-Inuit relations is complex and multifaceted. Military megaprojects have played a significant role in the development of government-Inuit relations and in the development of the North socially, economically, and culturally. This thesis examines the influence of the construction of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line on Inuit life, with a specific focus on Inuit health care, vocational training, and social change. It challenges the simple narrative of the DEW Line as a revolutionary force, arguing that the DEW Line affected areas of Inuit life to varying degrees. It examines government motivations and intentions and the execution of policies, revealing how the federal government’s intentions were not always realized in practice and that the individuals involved in implementing policy played a significant role in shaping and defining development in the North.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/8769
dc.language.isoenen
dc.pendingfalse
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectInuiten
dc.subjectEskimosen
dc.subjectDEW Lineen
dc.subjectDistant Early Warning Lineen
dc.subjectpolicyen
dc.subjectgovernmenten
dc.subjecthealth careen
dc.subjectvocational trainingen
dc.subjectsocial changeen
dc.subjectsocial policyen
dc.subjectGovernment-Inuit relationsen
dc.subject.programHistoryen
dc.titleNorthern Visions: Inuit Health Care, Vocational Training, and Social Change during the Early DEW Line Eraen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Artsen
uws-etd.degree.departmentHistoryen
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten

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