Local perspectives of the formalization of knowledge transmission: the Nunamin Illikakvia/learning from the land project, Ulukhaktock, NWT

• Main Authors: Stephenson, E, Pearce, T, Cunsolo Willox, A, Ford, J
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: ArcticNet Inc. 2013
• Subjects: FoR 0502 (Environmental Science and Management); FoR 1604 (Human Geography); Inuit; climate change; Arctic; Canada; Clyde River; Ulukhaktok; Climate change; inuit
• Online Access: http://www.arcticnetmeetings.ca/asm2013/

Across the Canadian Arctic there are concerns that local and traditional knowledge is not being passed on to younger generations. This is attributed to disruptions to traditional education systems including resettlement of communities, residential schooling and displacement, technological changes in...