La négociation d'un parcours d'intégration : expériences postsecondaires d'Inuit du Nunavik

• Main Author: Lachapelle, Marise
• Other Authors: Laugrand, Frédéric
• Format: Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: Université Laval 2017
• Subjects: edu; phil; Nunavik; Kativik; inuit
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/27650

This thesis is a contribution to the study of Aboriginal post-secondary education, specifically the Inuit of Nunavik. Located in the field of anthropology of education, it documents the Nunavimmiut (Nunavik residents) experiences of integration into post-secondary institutions in Quebec. It pays particular attention to the college experience, because students usually attend college university in Quebec. In particular, it examines the place made for the Inuit in the post-secondary education system in Quebec. By focusing on the day-to-day negotiations of Inuit students, it discusses experiences and practices that are not reflected in the registers. These are just as important to academic achievement, if not more revealing than the obstacles faced by these students. As a backdrop, Quebecers’ lack of knowledge of Inuit supports the relevance of moving away from intergration and moving towards inclusive education. There seems to be a consensus between the Quebec government and Inuit organizations on the importance of increasing Inuit participation in post-secondary education. However, the options available to the Nunavimmiut contribute to their social marginalization. Although the importance of adapting school education to indigenous cultures by integrating their languages, histories, claims, representations of the world and their knowledge is recognized, very few changes have be seen. Of course, integration favors the implementation of compensatory strategies to enable Inuit to participate in a standardized education reflecting Quebec society, but in this process, the education system is not called into question. In a discussion between integration and inclusion, this thesis argues that despite the measures proposed by the Government of Quebec and the post-secondary student services of the Kativik School Board to promote the integration of the Nunavimmiut into post-secondary institutions and programs, this approach maintains the predominance of a western education. In this context, there is little room for being ...