Indigenous land-based approaches to well-being: The Sibi (River) program in subarctic Ontario, Canada

Autor: Fatima Ahmed, Eric N. Liberda, Andrew Soloman, Roger Davey, Bernard Sutherland, Leonard J. S. Tsuji

Publikováno v: International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 82, Iss 1 (2023)

The Albany River system holds a special significance for the Omushkego Cree of subarctic Ontario, Canada, embodying their cultural roots, history, and the Cree way of life and worldviews. Through the Sibi program, youth learned traditional fishing pr

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A probabilistic hazard and risk assessment of exposure to metals and organohalogens associated with a traditional diet in the Indigenous communities of Eeyou Istchee (northern Quebec, Canada)

Autor: Robert J. Moriarity, Leonard J. S. Tsuji, Eric N. Liberda

Publikováno v: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30:14304-14317

Hunting, trapping, and fishing are part of an Indigenous lifestyle in subarctic Canada. However, this lifestyle may be a route of exposure to contaminants and may pose a risk for the people who rely on a subsistence diet. Monte Carlo simulations for

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-23117-2

Wood smoke black carbon from Indigenous traditional cultural activities in a subarctic Cree community

Autor: Meaghan J. Wilton, Leonard J. S. Tsuji, Robert J. Moriarity, Eric N. Liberda, Richard E. Peltier

Publikováno v: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
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International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 79, Iss 1 (2020)

Indoor concentrations of black carbon (BC) were measured when wood was burned for traditional cultural activities in a study in a Cree community located in subarctic Canada. The study also included an intervention using a propane-fuelled heater to mi

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https://doi.org/10.32920/22782695

Environmental contaminants and the disproportionate prevalence of type‑2 diabetes mellitus among Indigenous Cree women in James Bay Quebec, Canada

Autor: Aleksandra Zuk, Eric N. Liberda, Leonard J. S. Tsuji

Publikováno v: Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)

Indigenous populations are disproportionately affected by type 2 diabetes (T2DM) compared to non-Indigenous people. Of importance, the prevalence of T2DM is greater amongst females than males in First Nations communities, in contrast to higher male p

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https://doi.org/10.32920/22782725.v1

Examining chronic inflammatory markers on blood pressure measures in the presence of vitamin D insufficiency among indigenous Cree adults: results from the cross- sectional Multi- Community Environment- and- Health Study in Eeyou Istchee, Quebec, Canada

Autor: Leonard J. S. Tsuji, Eric Liberda, Aleksandra M. Zuk

Objective: High blood pressure (BP) is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Examining the role of inflammatory mediators on BP is important since vitamin D (VD) is a modifiable risk factor, which possibly modulates inflammatory cytokines. This s

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https://doi.org/10.32920/22782728