1 “This is the way we were told.”: Multiple Literacies in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories

published in the final report of the Conference) The birth of a literacy project In 2002, Emily Kudlak, from the community of Ulukhaktok in the Northwest Territories (NWT), sought support from the NWT Literacy Council for two literacy projects – one on names and naming, and the other on amulets. She...

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Main Authors: Helen Balanoff, Cynthia Chambers, Alice Kaodloak, Emily Kudlak
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http://www.nwt.literacy.ca/resources/research/way/way.pdf
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Summary:published in the final report of the Conference) The birth of a literacy project In 2002, Emily Kudlak, from the community of Ulukhaktok in the Northwest Territories (NWT), sought support from the NWT Literacy Council for two literacy projects – one on names and naming, and the other on amulets. She insisted these knowledge domains contained important forms of traditional literacy. The NWT Literacy Council subscribes to the view that literacy is a social