«Ukiurtatuq»: A 'novel' exploration of a white teacher's and an Inuit student's journeys to graduation

• Main Author: Sanchez-Soares, Kimberley
• Other Authors: Teresa Strong (Internal/Supervisor)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 2013
• Subjects: Education - Secondary; Blanche; Canada; Nunavik; inuit; inuite; inuites; inuits
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=116909

Written through a cultural lens, my thesis is a fictionalized account in the form of a novel of a white teacher's journey and lessons learned in teaching in the fictionalized Inuit village of Ukiurtatuq, which means North. The account is based in part on my experiences of living and teaching in...