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An Inuit Education: Honouring a past, creating a future
While Inuit parents were being moved from igloos to houses in the 1950s, their children were being assimilated into the Canadian education system. In the worst cases, children were taken from their families, harshly disciplined and stripped of their culture. Only over the past 25 years have the Inuit been permitted a voice to speak out about how their children are educated. After so many years of feeling marginalized by formal education, the Inuit today are a people trying to correct the damage.		Educational activities about An Inuit Education: Honouring a past, creating a future

	To educate or not to educate?		Welcome to the federal school		A work opportunity or a life of confusion?
	In the 1950s, Inuit access to liquor was granted and education became mandatory, as discussed in this N.W.T. parliamentary session. (TV; runs 4:17)		The fifties brought formal education to the Arctic as the assimilation of the Inuit population continued. (TV; runs 0:43)		Those students who triumph over homesickness, alcohol abuse and strict discipline will get a job in an open-pit mine. (TV; runs 1:11)

	Adaptation, evolution and control		But it's breaking the family circle		Inside the cultural chasm
	With education controlled by the government and taught by white teachers, Inuit culture is smoked out. (Radio; runs 7:19)		Inuit youth are enraged about an education system that divides their homes and leaves them unemployable. (Radio; runs 9:34)		As unified white and Inuit schools become increasingly popular, the divide in expectations, and number of graduates, grows. (TV; runs 27:17)

	Finding a balance on Baffin Island		Linking school and suicide		To save a language
	One school has managed to bridge the gap between modern western culture and traditional Inuit ways. (TV; runs 13:34)		The suicide rate of teenage Inuit is soaring. Some parents believe the school system contributes to their children's despair. (TV; runs 17:18)		What is the mother tongue of a child raised by English television and Inuktitut-speaking grandparents? (TV; runs 22:46)

LINKS Topic from Les Archives de Radio-Canada on the same subject Les Inuits à l'école des Blancs Related Topics from CBC's Archives Creation of Nunavut Religion in the Classroom External sites Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami: Canada's National Inuit Organization The CBC assumes no responsibility for the content of external links.

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