The Center for Public Health in Greenland was also strongly represented at Social Summit III in Greenland, held in Ilulissat on October 8–9.
This year’s summit focused on Social Relations and Welfare Work in the Arctic—a conference aimed at strengthening the interplay between practice and research in social work and social pedagogy within Arctic contexts. The summit was organized by Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland) – Center for Arctic Welfare and the Social Pedagogical Seminary in Greenland, and featured a broad program with both academic and cultural contributions.
The Center for Public Health in Greenland contributed a series of research-based abstracts covering key themes such as grief, child participation, perspectives of older adults, and social inequality:
- New education focused on grief – building Greenland’s grief response system Christina Viskum Larsen & Ingelise Olesen
- Children’s perspectives on participation in sports communities Durita Juul Svartá & Tenna Jensen
- Perceptions of aging among eldercare staff Kamilla Nørtoft
- Accessibility in the Arctic: Perspectives of older adults Sidse Carroll & Kamilla Nørtoft
- Aging in extreme climates – the impact of climate challenges on older adults’ daily lives Sidse Carroll & Kamilla Nørtoft
- Resilience after suicide attempts among Greenlandic youth ArnâraK Patricia Bloch
- Interplay between knowledge systems in the implementation of Inuuneritta III Ingelise Olesen & Charlotte Brandstrup Ottendahl
- Children’s rights in practice – Child Safeguarding and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Bianca Maria Beck Luff, Nukarleq Ivalo Olsen Jeremiassen & Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen in collaboration with UNICEF, the Government of Greenland, and the Greenland Sports Federation
- Social inequality in health in Greenland Peter Bjerregaard
- Social inequality among 0–1-year-olds – a register-based research project Charlotte Brandstrup Ottendahl
The summit served as a valuable forum for knowledge exchange and networking among stakeholders working in health and social research and practice in the Arctic.