The Meaning of Education for Inuvialuit in Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Raila Maarit Salokangas
Description
Rural Sociology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2009.
Includes three case studies: Namgis First Nation and the Orca Sand and Gravel Project, Tahltan Iskut First Nation and the Galore Creek Project, and Union of New Brunswick Indians and the Emera Pipeline.
Uses empirical data from 2000-2009 to discuss the benefits of research for northern Canadian communities.
Examines data from census years 1981 to 2001 to identify whether any progress had been made in narrowing disparities in education, life expectancy, and income.
Chapter three from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 1, which is vol. 1 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.