Nunavik: Inuit-Controlled Education in Arctic Quebec (Northern Lights)

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As a history of the development of self-government in education, Nunavik provides Native perspectives on formal education in Nunavik even as offering readers a unique view into up to date Inuit society. This book documents the development of education from the arrival of the first traders and missionaries within the mid-nineteenth century through the creation of the Kativik School Board and the evaluation of its operations by the Nunavik Education Task Force within the 1990s. Nunavik takes a detailed have a look at the complex debate of the Inuit of Northern Quebec concerning the purposes, achievements, and screw ups of the public schools in their communities, the first Inuit-controlled school district in Canada. Participants in these debates included elders who were educated traditionally, their children with a couple of years of education in mission and government schools, their grandchildren who attended southern high schools or residential schools, and current students and contemporary graduates of the Kativik schools. Qallunaat (non-Inuit) were also participants, as residents of Nunavik communities, parents of Inuit children, teachers, administrators, and expert consultants. Illustrated with wealthy historical photographs, in colour and black and white, and maps from the collections of the Avataq Cultural Institute and the Makivik Corporation, Nunavik provides a uniquely Native viewpoint on school change in indigenous communities.

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