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Education Success Story

March 19, 2018 9:01 am Published by

The Nunatsiavut Government and Memorial University of Newfoundland have partnered to deliver a culturally-infused, community-based Bachelor of Education program in Goose Bay, Labrador. This Inuit-specific program is part of Nunatsiavut’s efforts to establish a strong foundation for Inuit-controlled schools in their region. Filmmaker Mark Sandiford and researcher Shelley Tulloch joined... View Article

List of Publications Relevant to Inuit Education

July 3, 2017 11:58 pm Published by

As researchers, we learn from many sources… As researchers work on new projects, part of our job is to identify research that has taken place previously, to understand and summarize the results from that research, and to integrate knowledge from that work into our own research. Researchers on the “Foundations... View Article

The Brain Benefits from Bilingual Education

January 30, 2017 3:20 pm Published by

Although it deals with the United States rather than Inuit Nunangat and focuses on acquisition of English, the dominant language, this very readable article points out six potential advantages of learning two languages. Click the following link to read more: Six Potential Brain Benefits of Bilingual Education

Education Success Story

January 23, 2017 3:07 pm Published by

This short interview with Angela Nuliayok Rudolph embodies almost all of the Six Pillars for Bilingual Education in Inuit Nunangat. The role of Nunavut Sivuniksavut plays a particularly important role. https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/01/19/an-inuit-teachers-deeply-personal-path-to-education