Assignment

Issue:

Building on the current statistics or demographic trends facing Inuit that you learned in this policy and research unit, identify an issue that it is of interest, or of importance to you that impacts social health indicators. An example could be the impact of housing on health; the cost of food on health; etc.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Read the following articles where photovoice was used as an action research method with Inuit communities and community members were used to explore various social health issues.

Food insecurity photovoice project - Iqaluit

Climate change photovoice project - Nunavut

OICC Inuit Family Photovoice project - Ottawa

ESSAY INSTRUCTIONS:

Create your own photovoice photo and text essay on an Inuit social health issue of your choice. What is a health topic that is important to you as an Inuk person that can provide perspective to policy development, research and program/activity priorities?

Using Microsoft Word, create a photovoice report that includes

a title page - include your name on the report cover
a short introduction of your topic and why you chose it
conduct some short research (3 to 4 paragraphs) about the issue using 3 sources of data (find recent statistics, Inuit representative organization research report, service delivery report, etc.) within the last 5 to 10 years on that issue facing Inuit
Using a camera (phone camera is fine), take 6 to 8 pictures that represent your chosen topic and from your own knowledge, experience and perspective
Then using each photo you took, reflect on the following questions and provide short captions for each:

What do you see here?
How does this relate to our lives?
Is this a problem or strength?
What can we do about this?

Save your photovoice report as a PDF and upload it for review.

Note: There are no restrictions to your topics or subject-matter, but if you take pictures of people, ensure that you have their permission to use their image or property.