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Publisher: University of Calgary Press
ISBN: 1-55238-056-4
Pages: 357 pp., 47 b/w photos, 17 colour photos, 5 maps
Price: $39.95 hardcover
Nunavik: Inuit-Controlled Education in Arctic Quebec
Ann Vick-Westgate
University of Calgary Press is pleased to announce the release of
"Nunavik: Inuit-Controlled Education in Arctic Quebec" by Ann
Vick-Westgate. This is the first book in our Northern Lights series,
which publishes works from all areas of northern scholarship, including
natural sciences, social sciences, earth sciences, and the humanities.
PRAISE FOR NUNAVIK:
"In the pages of this book, you will read of the efforts of many to
fearlessly audit the state of education in Nunavik. To diligently seek
improvement of an already good system. To fix what is not necessarily
broken so that those who come after us will have it even better than we
did. The various tensions and differences of opinion are, to me, not
contentious at all. The status quo, however good or excellent, is no
place to stay. I think all recognize this."
Zebedee Nungak, from the Foreword
"This is an important story, well told. The people of Nunavik were among
the first Indigenous peoples in North America to gain control of their
educational system. They were also among the last to have been affected
by Western schooling, and consequently had living memories of Inuit ways
of educating the young. Their approach to developing a new system began
by reexamining basic assumptions about the purposes of education and the
role it can play in raising children˜and in strengthening a community's
capacity for self-determination in all of its affairs. I hope in the
next decade we will have many more stories to read such as this one from
both Native and non-Native rural communities."
Pat Hammer, Director, ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small
Schools
"Among the cultures of the world that I know, the one that is most
concerned with their children is the Inuit. So, I can understand first
attention of Nunavik self-government is devoted to the education of
their children."
Karla Jessen Williamson, Executive Director, Arctic Institute of North
America
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Since 1970, Ann Vick-Westgate has worked with Native peoples to develop
and initiate educational programs in public schools that reflect their
culture, traditions and perspectives. She is interested in parental
involvement and in self-government in education and in engaging students
in collecting and publishing information about their communities and
cultures. When they are not travelling, she and her husband Michael live
in Boston.
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Publisher: University of Calgary Press
ISBN: 1-55238-056-4
Pages: 357 pp., 47 b/w photos, 17 colour photos, 5 maps
Price: $39.95 hardcover