1 GEOG-301: THE GEOGRAPHY OF NUNAVUT

• Main Author: Prof G. W. Wenzel
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Nunavut; Northwest Territories; Canada; inuit
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.489.4494; http://www.geog.mcgill.ca/courses/geog301/GEOG301-Outline.pdf

The Nunavut Territory is the newest and geographically largest political entity within Canada. While Nunavut was officially proclaimed only in 1999, following the division of the Northwest Territories, the process that led to its formation began in the 1970s and represents the creation of the first political unit in Canada with an Aboriginal majority. Indeed, while Nunavut is a territory until itself, its appearance is in part the product of a much larger North-South story. This course will examine the evolution of Nunavut from its early occupation by Inuit to the social, economic, political and other issues of concern to Nunavummiut in relation to their homeland, Canada and the world. Thus, the course will use economic, historical and political geographic approaches, as well as concepts drawn from anthropology, Native Studies and political science, to understand how Nunavut has come to be and to analyze the processes that affect this unique territory. In so doing, we will also explore the concept of Nunavummiut in terms of its theoretical and practical meanings. Course Structure