Poor in my schooling not my education: Voices of Inuit women on education and community realities

• Main Author: Moquin, Heather
• Other Authors: Lauzon, Allan C.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Guelph 2004
• Subjects: Inuit women; education|community realities; adult education; cultural identities; Baffin Island; Baffin; inuit; Nunavut
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10214/22268

This study examined adult education programs in Nunavut from the perspective of 11 Inuit women living on Baffin Island, placing this analysis within the greater realities of their lives. The interviews were contextually based in an investigation of the literature on the history and current situation within Nunavut. Findings on adult education include critiques that speak directly to policymakers as well as the women's perceptions of motivational factors, barriers and benefits to the programs. Realities from the perspective of these women were found to be based in the here and now with a primary focus on survival. Findings also indicate that this community is undergoing shifts and challenges within both gender and cultural identities. For Government of Nunavut (GN) policy to effectively represent the context of Nunavut communities, more work must be done in acknowledging and seeking to better understand these realities from the perspectives of Nunavut community residents.