Diverse Contexts Within an Inuit School Setting—Schooling in Nunavik
This is a qualitative case study of one school in one of the 14 communities of Nunavik. Nunavik is an Inuit Nunangat region located at the Northern tip of Quebec. Nunavik is also bounded by Hudson Bay to the west, Nunavut to the north, and Nunatsiavut (Newfoundland and Labrador) to the east. As is t...
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ftmemunijournals:oai:journals.library.mun.ca:article/2457 2024-06-09T07:46:35+00:00 Diverse Contexts Within an Inuit School Setting—Schooling in Nunavik Anderson, Kirk 2022-06-29 application/pdf http://journals.library.mun.ca/index.php/mwatch/article/view/2457 eng eng The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis http://journals.library.mun.ca/index.php/mwatch/article/view/2457/1964 http://journals.library.mun.ca/index.php/mwatch/article/view/2457 The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis; Vol. 48 No. 1 - Spring (2022): Student Success and Teacher Development in the North: An Examination of Student Persistence and Teacher Development, . 0384-50-28 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2022 ftmemunijournals 2024-05-16T04:02:03Z This is a qualitative case study of one school in one of the 14 communities of Nunavik. Nunavik is an Inuit Nunangat region located at the Northern tip of Quebec. Nunavik is also bounded by Hudson Bay to the west, Nunavut to the north, and Nunatsiavut (Newfoundland and Labrador) to the east. As is the case across the Canadian North and more specifically Inuit Nunangat, schools are responding to the challenges faced by their students and communities in a variety of ways to promote success. The case study shares the context of one of the 14 Nunavik communities and outlines success factors of the school, the determinants of success for students, and highlight many important links between the school and the community in support of culture and language. In this case the promotion of the Inuit language is a strong element in their success, Unique to this case while English language influence is quite high, this is modified by the additional influence of French language. Article in Journal/Newspaper Hudson Bay inuit Newfoundland Nunavut Nunavik Memorial University of Newfoundland: Electronic Journals Newfoundland Nunavut Hudson Bay Nunavik Hudson |
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This is a qualitative case study of one school in one of the 14 communities of Nunavik. Nunavik is an Inuit Nunangat region located at the Northern tip of Quebec. Nunavik is also bounded by Hudson Bay to the west, Nunavut to the north, and Nunatsiavut (Newfoundland and Labrador) to the east. As is the case across the Canadian North and more specifically Inuit Nunangat, schools are responding to the challenges faced by their students and communities in a variety of ways to promote success. The case study shares the context of one of the 14 Nunavik communities and outlines success factors of the school, the determinants of success for students, and highlight many important links between the school and the community in support of culture and language. In this case the promotion of the Inuit language is a strong element in their success, Unique to this case while English language influence is quite high, this is modified by the additional influence of French language. |
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Diverse Contexts Within an Inuit School Setting—Schooling in Nunavik |
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Diverse Contexts Within an Inuit School Setting—Schooling in Nunavik |
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The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis |
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The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis; Vol. 48 No. 1 - Spring (2022): Student Success and Teacher Development in the North: An Examination of Student Persistence and Teacher Development, . 0384-50-28 |
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