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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Inuit principals and the changing context of bilingual education in Nunavut
(Université Laval, 2016)
Inuit principals and the changing context of bilingual education in Nunavut Although positive policies and laws promote the Inuit language and Inuit qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) in all sectors of Nunavut society, including at ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Formation of inspiration
(2018)