Perceptions of Water among the Inuit Community in Iqaluit, Nunavut: An Anti-Colonialist, Feminist Political Ecology

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dc.contributor.advisorWood, Patricia Katharine
dc.creatorWatson, Victoria Catharine
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-28T12:43:01Z
dc.date.available2018-05-28T12:43:01Z
dc.date.copyright2017-09-08
dc.date.issued2018-05-28
dc.date.updated2018-05-28T12:43:01Z
dc.degree.disciplineGeography
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractWater is an essential part of everyday life. In Iqaluit, residents receive their water through either utilidor or trucked water delivery, which is an integral system for everyday life in the North. For Inuit residents, gathering water from the land is also an essential source of drinking water. Based on fieldwork results from 2016, this thesis argues that perceptions of municipal water in Iqaluit are a source of added stress to daily life, and that gathering water from the land is an important part of Inuit identity that can be a source of healing. Both experiences with municipal water and water from the land are emotional and embodied. Specific results will be discussed with regard to age and gender. Using principles from Indigenous methodologies with feminist political ecology, data was collected through participant observation and a series of twenty-one semi-structured interviews with Inuit community members.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/34466
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectGeography
dc.subject.keywordsArctic
dc.subject.keywordsInuit
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous
dc.subject.keywordsWater
dc.subject.keywordsPolicy
dc.subject.keywordsIqaluit
dc.subject.keywordsEmotional Geographies
dc.subject.keywordsFeminist Political Ecology
dc.subject.keywordsIndigenous Methodologies
dc.subject.keywordsCommunity-Based
dc.subject.keywordsColonialism
dc.subject.keywordsWell-Being
dc.titlePerceptions of Water among the Inuit Community in Iqaluit, Nunavut: An Anti-Colonialist, Feminist Political Ecology
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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