This thesis is a preliminary plan for an active research project which sets as its goal the better understanding of ways to improve human adaptation to cultural change in the Mackenzie delta. A theoretical framework is developed which focuses on processes of adaptation, especially those which operate on a community level. This framework is applied to information compiled through library research and field observation; first, to detailed descriptions or the changing Eskimo and Indian cultures, then to the settlements of Aklavik and Inuvik. The results which are derived therefrom are applied in the building or an experimental project designed to test Community Development procedures as a means of improving adaptation. Survey plans have been developed to measure the relative improvement in the experimental and the control projects.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.113537 |
| Date | January 1961 |
| Creators | Spence, Ian. |
| Contributors | Moore, J. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Social Work. (Department of Social Work.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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