“Qallunaat Crossing: The Southern-Northern Divide and Promising Practices for Canada's Inuit Young People”
Life for Inuit communities in Canada’s northern territory of Nunavut has been impacted by rapid change over the past fifty years in particular, a pattern that has similarly impacted First Peoples’ communities across the southern portion of the country for centuries. Unfortunately, inadequate resourc...
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ftjfpcfr:oai:fpcfr.journals.sfu.ca:article/130 2023-05-15T16:54:14+02:00 “Qallunaat Crossing: The Southern-Northern Divide and Promising Practices for Canada's Inuit Young People” Moore, Shannon Tulk, Wende Mitchell, Richard 2005-03-13 application/pdf https://fpcfr.com/index.php/FPCFR/article/view/130 eng eng First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada https://fpcfr.com/index.php/FPCFR/article/view/130/56 https://fpcfr.com/index.php/FPCFR/article/view/130 First Peoples Child & Family Review; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2005); 117-129 Revue des enfants et des familles des Premiers peuples; Vol. 2 No 1 (2005); 117-129 2293-6610 1708-489X info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2005 ftjfpcfr 2022-02-25T15:22:54Z Life for Inuit communities in Canada’s northern territory of Nunavut has been impacted by rapid change over the past fifty years in particular, a pattern that has similarly impacted First Peoples’ communities across the southern portion of the country for centuries. Unfortunately, inadequate resources often leave young people from Nunavut challenged to safely navigate these abrupt changes within their communities and culture. The chronic lack of resources for young people is compounded by the lack of educational opportunities for Inuit adults to enter professional roles in support of the region’s next generation. As a result, non-Inuit (or Qallunaat) professionals from southern Canada are frequently recruited. This paper examines some of the challenges faced by Inuit communities and Qallunaat professionals as they traverse the North/South divide within a cross-cultural educational context. This process is characterized by struggles and joy in finding the balance between meeting young people’s basic social and emotional needs, and professionals who are often illprepared to teach and learn within a cultural context with which they have little familiarity. In response, the authors describe some of the unique attributes of Inuit life and some of the many challenges faced by young people. They also suggest that a “ transdisciplinary” approach be established (Holmes and Gastaldo, 2004) towards educating Qallunaat professionals as an important step in achieving effective practice within northern communities- one which integrates knowledge from Inuit Elders with cross-cultural counseling techniques, multicultural competency development and practice-based wisdom. Specific application of these skills will be explored in this paper to illustrate ways of engaging “multiculturalism” within this context while accounting for the right of Canada’s Inuit young people to have their basic social, emotional and cultural needs recognized during a transformative historical epoch. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit Nunavut First Peoples Child & Family Review Canada Nunavut Qallunaat ENVELOPE(-56.350,-56.350,73.600,73.600) |
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Life for Inuit communities in Canada’s northern territory of Nunavut has been impacted by rapid change over the past fifty years in particular, a pattern that has similarly impacted First Peoples’ communities across the southern portion of the country for centuries. Unfortunately, inadequate resources often leave young people from Nunavut challenged to safely navigate these abrupt changes within their communities and culture. The chronic lack of resources for young people is compounded by the lack of educational opportunities for Inuit adults to enter professional roles in support of the region’s next generation. As a result, non-Inuit (or Qallunaat) professionals from southern Canada are frequently recruited. This paper examines some of the challenges faced by Inuit communities and Qallunaat professionals as they traverse the North/South divide within a cross-cultural educational context. This process is characterized by struggles and joy in finding the balance between meeting young people’s basic social and emotional needs, and professionals who are often illprepared to teach and learn within a cultural context with which they have little familiarity. In response, the authors describe some of the unique attributes of Inuit life and some of the many challenges faced by young people. They also suggest that a “ transdisciplinary” approach be established (Holmes and Gastaldo, 2004) towards educating Qallunaat professionals as an important step in achieving effective practice within northern communities- one which integrates knowledge from Inuit Elders with cross-cultural counseling techniques, multicultural competency development and practice-based wisdom. Specific application of these skills will be explored in this paper to illustrate ways of engaging “multiculturalism” within this context while accounting for the right of Canada’s Inuit young people to have their basic social, emotional and cultural needs recognized during a transformative historical epoch. |
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Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Moore, Shannon Tulk, Wende Mitchell, Richard |
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Moore, Shannon Tulk, Wende Mitchell, Richard “Qallunaat Crossing: The Southern-Northern Divide and Promising Practices for Canada's Inuit Young People” |
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Moore, Shannon Tulk, Wende Mitchell, Richard |
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Moore, Shannon |
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“Qallunaat Crossing: The Southern-Northern Divide and Promising Practices for Canada's Inuit Young People” |
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“Qallunaat Crossing: The Southern-Northern Divide and Promising Practices for Canada's Inuit Young People” |
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“Qallunaat Crossing: The Southern-Northern Divide and Promising Practices for Canada's Inuit Young People” |
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“Qallunaat Crossing: The Southern-Northern Divide and Promising Practices for Canada's Inuit Young People” |
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“Qallunaat Crossing: The Southern-Northern Divide and Promising Practices for Canada's Inuit Young People” |
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“qallunaat crossing: the southern-northern divide and promising practices for canada's inuit young people” |
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First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada |
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2005 |
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Canada Nunavut Qallunaat |
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inuit Nunavut |
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inuit Nunavut |
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