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Sonja Ostertag
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Research
Latest papers
'Keep learning, keep trying': exploring food and cultural experiences and supports of Inuvialuit youth in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.
Global public health · 2025
Environmental stressors and zoonoses in the Arctic: Learning from the past to prepare for the future.
The Science of the total environment · 2024
Contributions and perspectives of Indigenous Peoples to the study of mercury in the Arctic.
The Science of the total environment · 2022
Latest funding
- $100,000
Strengthening Diabetes Prevention and Management in Inuit Nunaat through Indigenous Healing Practices and Culturally Responsive Approaches
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $124,609
Mobilizing opportunities to strengthen gestational diabetes prevention and management in the ISR, NWT using a public health approach
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $1,500,000
Learning from and enhancing Community Capacity for Climate Change and Food Security (C4FS) action in the NWT
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
5 publications.
'Keep learning, keep trying': exploring food and cultural experiences and supports of Inuvialuit youth in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.
Ramirez Prieto M, Ostertag S, Noksana K, Arey S, Wolki D, Memogana S, Wolki C, Yurris A, Skinner K
Environmental stressors and zoonoses in the Arctic: Learning from the past to prepare for the future.
Andersen-Ranberg E, Nymo IH, Jokelainen P, Emelyanova A, Jore S, Laird B, Davidson RK, Ostertag S, Bouchard E, Fagerholm F, Skinner K, Acquarone M, Tryland M, Dietz R, Abass K, Rautio A, Hammer S, Evengård B, Thierfelder T, Stimmelmayr R, Jenkins E, Sonne C
Contributions and perspectives of Indigenous Peoples to the study of mercury in the Arctic.
Houde M, Krümmel EM, Mustonen T, Brammer J, Brown TM, Chételat J, Dahl PE, Dietz R, Evans M, Gamberg M, Gauthier MJ, Gérin-Lajoie J, Hauptmann AL, Heath JP, Henri DA, Kirk J, Laird B, Lemire M, Lennert AE, Letcher RJ, Lord S, Loseto L, MacMillan GA, Mikaelsson S, Mutter EA, O'Hara T, Ostertag S, Robards M, Shadrin V, Smith M, Stimmelmayr R, Sudlovenick E, Swanson H, Thomas PJ, Walker VK, Whiting A
Informing the Co-Development of Culture-Centered Dietary Messaging in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories.
Gyapay J, Noksana K, Ostertag S, Wesche S, Laird BD, Skinner K
Cochlear apical morphology in toothed whales: Using the pairing hair cell-Deiters' cell as a marker to detect lesions.
Morell M, IJsseldijk LL, Piscitelli-Doshkov M, Ostertag S, Estrade V, Haulena M, Doshkov P, Bourien J, Raverty SA, Siebert U, Puel JL, Shadwick RE
Strengthening Diabetes Prevention and Management in Inuit Nunaat through Indigenous Healing Practices and Culturally Responsive Approaches
Principal investigators: Skinner, Kelly; Kenny, Tiff-Annie M; PICEK, Jennifer; Robitaille, Andréanne; Wesche, Sonia
Keywords: Culturally Relevant And Responsive Initiatives; Diabetes; Indigenous Healing Practices; Inuit Nunaat; Inuvialuit Settlement Region; Knowledge Mobilization; Pilot Initiatives; Prevention And Management; Resources And Supports; Technology
Mobilizing opportunities to strengthen gestational diabetes prevention and management in the ISR, NWT using a public health approach
Principal investigators: Skinner, Kelly; Wolki, Celina; Kenny, Tiff-Annie M; Ostertag, Sonja K; Wesche, Sonia
Keywords: Care Pathway Mapping; Culturally Responsive; Gestational Diabetes; Health Communication; Health Services Delivery; Inuvialuit Settlement Region; Knowledge Mobilization; Northwest Territories; Prevention And Management; Training Resources
Learning from and enhancing Community Capacity for Climate Change and Food Security (C4FS) action in the NWT
Principal investigators: Skinner, Kelly; Fresque-Baxter, Jennifer A; Spring, Andrew; Wesche, Sonia
Keywords: Agriculture; Capacity Building; Climate Change Impacts; Country Food; Food Processing; Food Security; Governance; Market Food; Northwest Territories; Traditional Knowledge
Enhancing community capacity for climate change and food security planning and policy in the NWT
Principal investigators: Skinner, Kelly; Fresque-Baxter, Jennifer A; Spring, Andrew; Wesche, Sonia
Keywords: Adaptation; Agriculture; Climate Change Impacts; Food Processing; Food Security; Harvester Support Programs; Informal Economy; Infrastructure; Knowledge Sharing; Northwest Territories
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- School of Public Health Sciences
- Geography, Environment and Geomatics
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