Filming for our Future: Socio-Historical, Cross-Generational & Multi-media Approaches to Inuit Youth Mental Health & Well-being

Presented at the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health in Fairbanks Alaska, the following outlines the importance of history, inter-generational connectedness & participatory filmmaking as an approach to Inuit youth mental health and wellbeing, using the case study of the Nanisiniq Arviat History Project.

This was presented by April Dutheil on behalf of a multi-disciplinary research team of Inuit youth & Elders from Arviat Nunavut and researchers from the University of British Columbia.