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The new work regime in Nunavut: A gender perspective
Author(s) -
QuintalMarineau Magalie
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/cag.12387
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , wage , element (criminal law) , work (physics) , gender studies , identity (music) , sociology , political science , engineering , art , law , mechanical engineering , visual arts , aesthetics
Key Messages Inuit women and men's economic roles have been shifting over the last decades. Gender plays a crucial role in explaining wage work dynamics in contemporary Nunavut. Wage employment is an important element of Inuit female identity.