Nunavut

A Walk on the Tundra: Book Study

Alternate Title
A Walk on the Tundra: Senior Book Study
Uqalimaarummaq Reader
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Arctic College
Description
Teacher's resource for unit which strengthens students' literacy and communication skills while they learn about local plants, the environment, and their community.
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A Walk on the Tundra: Junior Book Study

Alternate Title
A Walk on the Tundra Book Study
Uqalimaarummaq Reader
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Arctic College
Description
Teacher's resource for use with Grades 3, 4, and 5 primary students. Unit designed to strengthen students' literacy and communication skills while learning about local plants, the environment, and their community.
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Walking with Aalasi: Book Study

Alternate Title
Walking with Aalasi: Senior Book Study
Uqalimaarummaq Reader ; 7
Walking with Aalasi Field Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Arctic College
Description
Designed to improve students' literacy and communication skills while learning about eighteen plants commonly found across Nunavut.
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Walking with Aalasi: Field Study

Alternate Title
Walking with Aalasi: Book Study
Uqalimaarummaq Reader ; 7
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Arctic College
Description

Series of activities centred around traditional Inuit plant use. Part of the Adult Basic Education program in Nunavut.

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Wapos Bay: All's Fair

Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 7
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
Students try out for the Indigenous Winter Games and a snowstorm delays a return trip from a trap line in episode 7 of a stop-motion animation series. Accompanying material: Wapos Bay: All's Fair: Study Guide. Duration: 23:59.
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Wapos Bay: All's Fair: Study Guide

Alternate Title
Wapos Bay; episode 7
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Lyn Daniels]
Description
Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: All's Fair. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.
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We Can Do Better: Housing in Inuit Nunangat

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lillian Eva Dyck
Dennis Glen Patterson
Lynn Beyak
Gwen Boniface
Dan Christmas
Tobias Enverga ... [et al.]
Description
Discusses current conditions, consequences, contributing factors, and ways to alleviate the situation.
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Whales' Tails and Other Tales

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Susan Gustavison
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 4, Winter, 2014, pp. 40-45
Description
Discusses an exhibition of the Cape Dorset Brothers curated by Susan Gustavison. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 40.
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What about the Men?: Northern Men's Research Project: Final Report

E-Books
Author/Creator
Shelley Tulloch
Bob Patles
Steven Kormendy
Allie Winton
Mike Nitsiza ... [et al.]
Description

Research conducted to document men's feelings about learning, work and well-being. Methods used were interviews (33 participants), closed questionnaires (166), workshop with the community-based researchers and Indigenous male role models (11).

Related Material: Summary and Recommendations.

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What Inuit Middle-Years Students Say About Their Learning

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brian Lewthwaite
Barbara McMillan
Journal of the Manitoba Educational Research Network, vol. 3, 2009, pp. 45-72
Description
Students consider having a teacher that cares about them and their success as students, greatly influences their classroom learning. Scroll down to page 45 to read article.
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Where We Have Been

Alternate Title
Research in Profile: Where We Have Been
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Anna Paletta
Kimberly Burnett
Just Research, no. 15, 2008, pp. 5-10
Description
Research conducted to help the Nunavut Government Department of Justice monitor and assess justice programs and help communities develop local programs suited to Inuit people. On one pdf. Scroll down to page 5 to read article.
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Wistful Thinking: Making Inuit Labour and the Nanisivik Mine Near Ikpiarjuk (Arctic Bay), Northern Baffin Island

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank James Tester
Drummond E.J. Lambert
Tee Wern Lim
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, Développement industriel et impacts miniers / Industrial Development and Mining Impacts, 2013, pp. 15-36
Description
Analyzes conversations regarding Inuit employment at the Nanisivik mine which operated from 1976 to 2002.
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"Working Together": The Dynamics of Multilevel Governance in Nunavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thierry Rodon
Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 5, no. 2, 2014, pp. 250-270
Description
Looks at the unique relationship between the Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.(NTI) , a non-profit organization established as a result of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.
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Writing and Publishing as Empowerment in Baker Lake, Nunavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diane Driedger
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 35, no. 1-2, Propiété Intellectuelle et Éthique / Intellectual Property and Ethics, 2011, pp. 275-286
Description
Investigates the creative process that empowered Inuit adult learners.
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You Say Climate Change, I Say

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Patricia D'Souza
Canadian Geographic, vol. 126, no. 2, March-April 2006, p. 28
Description
Workshops held for interpreter-translators to develop new vocabulary to describe climate change.
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Young Inuk Gets Crash Course in Feeding Hungry Children

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Debora Steel
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 3, June 2012, p. 18
Description

Comments on a First Nations Breakfast program which serves over 3,000 breakfasts to school children each day.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.30.

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Zacharias Kunuk: Giving Inuit a Voice

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sonia Gunderson
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. [12]-20
Description
Discusses shooting the film The Journals of Knud Rasmussen. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 12.
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