Some Thoughts on Qallunaat Teacher Caring in Nunavut

Qallunaat (non-Inuit) teaching Inuit students in Nunavut risk being agents of the continuing colonialism of EuroCanadian schooling. I argue that for a Qallunaat teacher to be a caring teacher this, and related issues, must be faced. I claim that an extraordinary commitment, expressed in actions, is...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Teaching and Learning
Main Author: Paul Berger
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2007
Subjects:
Quallunaat
Teaching
Nunavut
School
Euro Canadian
Western
Education
L
Qallunaat
inuit
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.22329/jtl.v4i2.120
https://doaj.org/article/cec24c53cb0d493494fb0b8e55566ca3
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Summary:Qallunaat (non-Inuit) teaching Inuit students in Nunavut risk being agents of the continuing colonialism of EuroCanadian schooling. I argue that for a Qallunaat teacher to be a caring teacher this, and related issues, must be faced. I claim that an extraordinary commitment, expressed in actions, is required from individual teachers, and discuss the near impossibility of truly caring in the absence of change in the very Western way schooling is conducted in Nunavut.

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