Writing and publishing as empowerment in Baker Lake, Nunavut

• Published in: Études/Inuit/Studies
• Main Author: Driedger, Diane
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Association Inuksiutiit Katimajiit Inc. 2011
• Subjects: Arctic; Nunavut; Soi; Conseil; The Baker; Baker Lake; Études/Inuit/Studies; inuit
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1012846ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/1012846ar

This article examines creative writing, publishing, and empowerment of Inuit adult learners in Baker Lake, Nunavut. I taught a creative writing workshop at Nunavut Arctic College along with the local elders, who taught songs from the Baker Lake area. After the workshop, in February 2006 The Sound of...