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Strøby Egede, Vedbæk-Bøgebakken and Relationships among Scandinavian Mesolithic Skeletal Material
(Cambridge University Press, 2024-12-06)This paper derives from new work onMesolithic human skeletal material from Strøby Egede, a near coastal site in eastern Sjælland, with two foci. The first confirms sex identifications from original work carried out in 1986. ... -
Teacher professional learning to strengthen culturally nourishing pedagogies in Nunatsiavut area schools
(2002-06)This presentation on professional learning for culturally nourishing pedagogies in Inuit schools is based on a SSHRC-funded research project which asked, how can collaborative professional learning (PL) foster knowledge ... -
Children’s Acquisition of Literacy in Syllabic Scripts: Annotated Bibliography
(2022)The Children’s Acquisition of Literacy in Syllabic Scripts project synthesizes existing knowledge about children’s acquisition of literacy in syllabic scripts, biliteracy in syllabic and alphabetic scripts, and the impact ... -
The Miqqut project: Joining literacy, culture and well-being through non-formal learning in Nunavut
(Ilitaqsiniq - Nunavut Literacy Council, 2013)This research documents the outcomes of non-formal traditional skills programs with embedded literacy. A community-based research team conducted one hundred interviews with participants and instructors of five non-formal ... -
What about the men? Northern men’s research project final report
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Inuktitut and Inuit youth: Language attitudes as a basis for language planning
(Université Laval, 2014)The objective of this thesis is to identify language perceptions and attitudes among Inuit youth (18-25 years old) in three Baffin Island communities: Iqaluit, Pangnirtung and Pond Inlet. The premise of the study is that ... -
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Children’s acquisition of literacy in syllabic scripts
(2022-06)This paper, emerging from questions from teachers, parents, and educational policy makers in Canadian Inuit communities, summarizes the results of a literature review of English-language sources addressing children’s ... -
Community-anchored assessment of Indigenous second language learning in K-12 schools
(2022)Indigenous second language programs in K-12 schools contribute to culturally nourishing education and to the revitalization of Indigenous languages. Assessing Indigenous second language learning presents particular ... -
Avelines's Hole: An Unexpected Twist in the Tale
(University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, 2019)Aveline’s Hole is the largest known Early Mesolithic cemetery in Britain, previously thought to have no evidence for subsequent burial activity. Thus, it came as some surprise when the results of a recent ancient human DNA ... -
An analysis of language provisions in the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement
(GETIC, Université Laval, 2003)The Nunavut Act and Nunavut Land Claims Agreement were negotiated in response to a plethora of needs and desires, as expressed by the Government of Canada, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Nunavut Tungavik ... -
Inuit Perspectives on Sustaining Bilingualism in Nunavut
(Université Laval, 2009)This article presents an Inuit perspective on how bilingualism and biliteracy may be achieved and sustained in Nunavut. The Nunavut Literacy Council interviewed "language role models" (i.e., Inuit who are admired for their ... -
"We are building a critical voice together": The second Nunavut Master of Education Program, 2010-2013
(Faculty of Education, University of Prince Edward Island, 2015)The creation of Nunavut opened many possibilities for Inuit educators to take on leadership, but it also meant that a wide range of knowledge and skills were required to meet qualifications for leadership at the community, ... -
Reconciliation, resilience and resistance in Inuit teachers' professional development and practices
(University of Aberdeen, 2018-08-11)In February 2017, 26 Inuit educators gathered in Nain, Nunatsiavut for the Inuit Education Forum. Teachers from each of the four Inuit regions in Canada were invited to share their experiences on education in Inuit Nunangat ... -
Opening spaces for learning and teaching through community-based teacher education
(University of Aberdeen, 2018-12-21)Following Nunatsiavut land claims on the Northeast Atlantic coast in Canada, Memorial University and the Nunatsiavut Government partnered to offer a community-based, Inuit-specific Bachelor of Education (IBED). This program ... -
Mobile and Terrestrial but Firmly Rooted on the River Banks: Biological Anthropology of Lepenski Vir and the Iron Gates Gorge Mesolithic
(Advances in Anthropology, 2012-08)Archaeological interpretation often links both the European Mesolithic and the complexity with reduced mobility and permanent or semi-permanent settlements. The Iron Gates Gorge (IGG) Mesolithic, on the banks of the Danube, ... -
Isotopic reconstruction of the weaning process in the archaeological population of Canímar Abajo, Cuba: A Bayesian probabilities mixing models approach
(Public Library of Science, 2017-05-01)The general lack of well-preserved juvenile skeletal remains from Caribbean archaeological sites has, in the past, prevented evaluations of juvenile dietary changes. Canímar Abajo (Cuba), with a large number of well-preserved ...
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