TY - JOUR PY - 2010// TI - "We listen to our Elders. You live longer that way": Examining aquatic risk communication and water safety practices in Canada's North JO - Health and place A1 - Giles, Audrey R. A1 - Castleden, Heather A1 - Baker, Ava C. SP - 1 EP - 9 VL - 16 IS - 1 N2 - 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
LA - en SN - 1353-8292 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.05.007 ID - ref1 ER -