Inuit perceptions of learning and formal education in the Canadian Arctic

• Main Author: Lalonde, Geneviève
• Other Authors: Pearce, Tristan, Bradshaw, Benjamin
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Guelph 2017
• Subjects: Indigenous; Traditional Knowledge (TK); learning; school; culture-based curriculum; Inuit; Inuvialuit; Arctic; Ulukhaktok; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10214/10330

There is a longstanding desire among some Inuit and northern educators to better integrate Inuit culture and modes of learning in education. At present, efforts to include Inuit culture in education can be described as ad hoc or add-ons to a Euro-North American schooling system, which puts many Inui...