Bilingual education in Nunavut: Trojan horse or paper tiger?

Auteurs-es

  • Andrew Peter Hodgkins University of Alberta

Mots-clés :

Nunavut, Educaion Act, Aboriginal Peoples, Land Claims

Résumé

On April 1 2009, Nunavut celebrated its tenth anniversary as Canada’s newest territory. Now halfway through the timeline set to fulfill its original goals, Nunavut is beginning to implement its new Education Act. This paper analyses education policy in the territory by specifically examining Berger’s (2006) influential report, The Nunavut Project, which forms a basis for the new Education Act. Berger promoted the idea that achieving bilingual education in the K-12 system is required in order to improve graduation rates and increase Inuit participation in the wage economy. The paper provides both critical insights into Nunavut’s struggles for self-determination, and a case study for other regions currently engaged in the arduous path towards decolonisation.

Biographie de l'auteur-e

Andrew Peter Hodgkins, University of Alberta

I am a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Policy Studies. Research interests include education policy and resource development in the Canadian North, including northern Alberta.

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2010-06-25

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Position Paper/Essai