Citation

Giles AR, Castleden H, Baker AC. Health Place 2010; 16(1): 1-9.

Affiliation

School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 6N5.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.05.007

PMID

19699137

Abstract

This paper examines ways in which Aboriginal residents of Taloyoak, Nunavut and Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories perceive aquatic-based risk communication, and how this information could be used to improve water safety. We argue that aquatic risk communication with northern Aboriginal populations can be improved by identifying and accounting for the consequences of colonialism in the context of aquatic risk communication and, in turn, decolonizing water safety programs north of the 60th parallel-Canada's North.

Keywords: Drowning; Drowning Prevention; Water Safety

Language: en