Historical essay on the Inuit takeover of education in Nunavik
In this historical essay on education, the first on this subject, Véronique Paul, in collaboration with Elisapi Uitangak Tukalak and Siaja Mark Mangiuk, recounts the stages and challenges involved in the takeover of schooling in the Inuit communities of Nunavik (Quebec) from 1950 to 1990. She shows how the Inuit resisted outside institutions and the methods they developed to integrate their language and culture into their schools. It looks in particular at two dissident communities, Ivujivik and Puvirnituq, which undertook to build and run their own schools for and by local people. The study provides a better understanding of the path taken by those who have lived through these changes and, consequently, gives an account of the situation in Nunavik with regard to the educational institution.
In French, Inuktitut and English.
This book is published by the International Laboratory for Research on Images of the North, Winter and the Arctic, directed at the Université du Québec à Montréal by Daniel Chartier, in collaboration with the Tukisivallirutitsanut Parnaitiit Association.
Véronique Paul, in coll. with Elisapi Uitangak Tukalak and Siaja Mark Mangiuk, with a presentation by Johnny Mangiuk, revised by Gérald McKenzie, A History of Schooling in Nunavik. ᐱᐅᓯᕆᓯᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᐅᑉ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ. Une histoire de la scolarisation au Nunavik. Mouvement de prise en charge locale par les Inuits, 1950-1990, Montréal and Puvirnituq, Imaginaire | Nord and Tukisivallirutitsanut Parnaitiit Association , «Isberg» series, 2023, 372 p.
ISBN 978-2-923385-60-0
Book launches
The book was launched at two events in Nunavik, on Monday 11 September 2023 in Ivujivik and on Thursday 14 September 2023 in Puvirnituq.
Véronique Paul and Elisapi Uitangak Tukalak at the book launch on Thursday 14 September 2023 in Puvirnituq.
Book launch on Thursday 14 September 2023 in Puvirnituq.
Book launch on Thursday 14 September 2023 in Puvirnituq.
Book launch on Thursday 14 September 2023 in Puvirnituq.
Presentation of the book at an event at the Université du Québec à Montréal [in French, subtitles possible in YouTube]