HUGH LLOYD 177 Cold, Books and Philosophy New ways of looking at old concepts TOMMY AKULUKJUK 185 Connecting the Dots of This Issue EDITORIAL NOTES The Voice of Nunavut Education, youth, and the future of a territory BY A NTOI N E PA STRÉ Small, thin, a simple cover: the of a language is for the future of a book I’m thinking of is almost nation. [...] But in spite of holding the This part of Canada at risk is majority of the population, the the territory of Nunavut (“our retention level of Inuktitut is by land” in the Inuit language), in far not equivalent to that percent- the Eastern Arctic. [...] In the area of apprenticeships and trades, the attainment level in Nunavut was 6.7%, two-thirds that of the NWT; in terms of bachelor’s degrees, the rate was 1.5%, less than half the rate of Yukon. [...] Together, the UArctic’s core courses and advanced emphases form the basis of the BA in northern stud- ies offered at the University of Saskatchewan, Lakehead University and the University of Northern British Columbia, as well as a number of other circumpolar universities. [...] Building a bricks and mortar university in the Canadian Arctic In the long term, a major part of the post-secondary education solution in Canada is to build a university in the territorial North.
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- 370.971
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- 22
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- 9781459340701
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- E99.E7 LA417.7
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- V65 2011eb V65 2011eb
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- Learning from the Eastern Arctic's education challenges
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Table of Contents
- Learning from the Eastern Arctics education challenges 1
- 9 Editorial Notes The Voice of Nunavut 4
- 15 Building the Future of Nunavut One Student at a Time 4
- 31 The New Three Rs 4
- 53 Investing in Inuktitut is the Key to a Prosperous Nunavut 4
- 67 Pattern Language 4
- 89 Teaching Inuktitut to Young Adults at Nunavut Sivuniksavut 5
- 103 How and Why You Should Learn to Speak Inuktitut Today 5
- 119 Some Thoughts about Learning to be Smart and Inuit Approaches to Judging Intelligence 5
- 135 From the Classroom to the Tundra 5
- 153 David Serkoak talks about his path towards education 5
- 161 Piqqusilirivvik 5
- 177 Cold Books and Philosophy 5
- 185 Connecting the Dots of This Issue 5
- TheVoice of Nunavut 9
- Education youth and the future of a territory 9
- Building the Future of Nunavut One Student at aTime 15
- The New ThreeRs 31
- An award-winning college program for Inuit youth shows the benefits of a small learning environment and culturally-relevant curriculum 31
- Investing in Inuktitut is the Key to a Prosperous Nunavut 53
- Pattern Language 67
- Should our vast spectrum of expressiveness be narrowed to literacy and numeracy 67
- Teaching Inuktitut toYoung Adults at Nunavut Sivuniksavut 89
- How andWhyYou Should Learn to Speak InuktitutToday 103
- A non-Inuit perspective 103
- SomeThoughts About Learning To Be Smartand Inuit Approaches to Judging Intelligence 119
- From the Classroom to the Tundra 135
- The transfer of Inuit between elders and youth out on the land 135
- David Serkoak talks about his path towards education 152
- Piqqusilirivvik 160
- When is a school not a school 160
- Cold Books and Philosophy 176
- Connecting the Dots ofThis Issue 183
- Learning from the Eastern Arctics education challenges 191
