CANADIAN INUIT CULTURE 1800 - 1950

2018 ◽  
pp. 303-312
Author(s):  
Ernest S. Burch
Keyword(s):  
Inuit Culture

scholarly journals “There’s No Book and There’s No Guide”: The Expressed Needs of Qallunaat Educators in Nunavut

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Berger ◽  
Juanita Ross Epp
Keyword(s):  
Culturally Relevant ◽  
First Language ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Culturally Relevant Curriculum ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Inuit Culture

Non-Inuit educators in five communities in Nunavut expressed frustration about the lack of culturally relevant curriculum and resources, the unsuitability of these materials for students whose first language is Inuktitut, and their own lack of ability to teach Inuit students effectively. Although these are symptomatic of larger problems, we recommend that the Nunavut Department of Education prioritize the creation of culturally relevant, ESL-sensitive curriculum and resources, institute an orientation to Inuit culture for all non-Inuit teachers, and provide regular inservicing to help them teach Inuit students effectively.

scholarly journals Incorporating Culture in the Curriculum: The Concept of Probability in Nunavik Inuit Culture

in education ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annie Savard ◽  
Dominic Manuel ◽  
Terry Wan Jung Lin
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Probabilistic Reasoning ◽  
Probability Learning ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Formal Definition ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Mathematical Concepts ◽  
Traditional Lifestyle ◽  
Inuit Culture

Traditionally, Canadian Inuit have lived in the circumpolar regions of Canada and those who still live in these regions, have their own cultures, which they tend to celebrate in their educational curricula. Inuit culture reflects their traditional lifestyle, when they were nomadic, and hunted and fished to survive in incredibly difficult conditions. These cultural differences present many challenges and issues to some mathematical concepts; for instance, for Nunavik Inuit, the concept of probability has no formal definition and it does not take the same meaning as in conventional mathematics. This misalignment could cause negative effects on students’ learning. Looking to bridge the gap between those two different cultural meanings, the principal investigator, Annie Savard, with the assistance of Inuit educators designed learning situations based on the traditional Inuit culture. We used an ethnomathematical model (Savard, 2008b) to frame the learning situations created. In this article, we present the learning situations created that aimed to bridge Nunavik Inuit culture and the development of probabilistic reasoning and we discuss how these learning situations supported students’ mathematical understanding and cultural identity.Keywords: Nunavik Inuit traditional culture; probability; learning situationethnomathematical model

scholarly journals “There’s No Book and There’s No Guide”: The Expressed Needs of Qallunaat Educators in Nunavut

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Berger ◽  
Junita Ross Epp
Keyword(s):  
Culturally Relevant ◽  
First Language ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Culturally Relevant Curriculum ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Inuit Culture

Non-Inuit educators in five communities in Nunavut expressed frustration with: a) the lack of culturally relevant curriculum and resources, b) the unsuitability of the materials for students whose first language is Inuktitut, and c) their own lack of preparation for culturally appropriate teaching of Inuit students. Although these are symptomatic of larger problems, the creation of culturally relevant, ESL-sensitive curriculum and resources, an orientation to Inuit culture and teaching in Nunavut, and increased inservicing would help non-Inuit teachers teach Inuit students.

scholarly journals Evolving Knowledge

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Pottle ◽  
Andrea N. Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Insight Into ◽  
Inuit Culture

Interview with Inuk artist Barry Pottle from Nunatsiavut in Labrador (Rigolet). Photographs are selected from ten years of photography based on his experiences and observations as an urban Inuk. This conversation provides insight into Pottle’sphotographic practice, particularly the artist’s process of learning the art and technical processes of photography and why his photographs matter in the process of Canadians facing their complicities in Canada’s ongoing colonialism. Pottle’s practice produces unique knowledge about Inuit culture and history through his eyes as an urban Inuk photographer.

THE HISTORY OF INUIT CULTURE

2018 ◽  
pp. 313-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Sutherland
Keyword(s):  
History Of ◽  
Inuit Culture

Identity and the evolving relationship between Inuit women and the land in the eastern Canadian Arctic

Polar Record ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 536-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha Dowsley
Keyword(s):  
Canadian Arctic ◽  
Local History ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Group Consensus ◽  
Individual Decision ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Material Goods ◽  
Eastern Canadian Arctic ◽  
Inuit Culture

ABSTRACTAcademic discussions around Inuit identity once focused on acculturation. These have mainly been replaced by concepts of adaptation to new living conditions. Yet, Inuit in the eastern Canadian Arctic still frame identity concerns around their land activities and are wary of becoming too much like ‘Qallunaat’ or southerners. This paper examines what material and non-material goods (for example psychological goods) Inuit seek from the land today in order to understand what traditional aspects of their relationships with the land persist and what new ones might have emerged recently. It then discusses the implications these have for Inuit identity. The study found a decrease in the procurement and use of material goods from the land compared with previous generations. Concomitantly, the acquisition of non-material goods has become more formalised and distinctly identified in discussions of land excursions. The non-material goods are clearly linked to Inuit ideology and traditions, rather than to southern ideas. The desire for, and acquisition of, non-material goods is developing both from a top-down or group consensus and bottom-up or individual decision, illustrating an interplay between the construction of group and individual identities in relation to the land. Inuit in the eastern Canadian Arctic are transforming their relationship with the land in a way that demonstrates an emerging identity as community Inuit who are rooted in their own local history and geography and also consciously subscribe to a larger Inuit culture that is premised on values such as sharing and building harmonious relationships.

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