Fulfilling an election promise to create a new regional economic development agency for the North, Stephen Harper will visit Canada's Arctic next month.
Nunavut Day, which is annually celebrated on July 9, commemorates
passing of two Nunavut acts. The Canadian Parliament passed the Nunavut
Land Claims Agreement Act and the Nunavut Act on July 9, 1993. Nunavut
officially split from the Northwest Territories and became a Canadian
territory on April 1, 1999.
Health indicators among children in Nunavut are approaching the levels of those in Sri Lanka and Fiji, says Mary Simon, President of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.
Nunavut debut for the Barry Greenwald’s powerful film at Alianait.
The 200-plus people, shivering inside the tent on a wet, windy
Sunday evening, erupted into spontaneous applause when, in a piece of
archival footage from one of the early 1980s constitutional conferences
on aboriginal rights, they saw a determined Nungak say this to ex-Prime
Minister Brian Mulroney:
Terres en vues serait fermer entre le 29 juin et le fin de juillet. Passe une belle été!
Land InSights will be closed from June 29th until the end of July.… Read more
Students will research the Inuit style of filmmaking and list key points involved in the process by reading selections written by the three founding members of Igloolik Isuma Productions, the makers of the films Atanarjuat – The Fast Runner and The Journals of Knud Rasmussen.… Read more
Students will learn about country foods, or the traditional foods of the Inuit, and how these foods are acquired from the land and sea. Students will also compare the cost of maintaining a traditional diet with the cost of maintaining a diet consisting of food from the south. Finally, students will prepare and enjoy a traditional Inuit bread, bannock.
In Part 1 of the lesson, to be completed in the classroom, students will be introduced to the language of Inuktitut and will practice pronouncing and writing selected words using Inuktitut syllabics. Then, using the Internet, small groups of students will create an Inuktitut/ English ABC book, complete with illustrations.… Read more
Students will differentiate between weather and climate. For 1 month, they will collect and graph daily temperature and precipitation data at school and use the Internet to collect the same data for a community in Nunavut. Students will then discuss how the long-term daily weather averages begin to describe each climate.
Content Areas: Social Studies, Science, Technology
Prior to watching Artcirq (Circus School), students will discuss some of the social problems plaguing the youth of Igloolik and other communities in Nunavut, as well as steps being taken to combat these issues.… Read more
Prior to watching Nanugiurutiga (My First Polar Bear), students will review the significance of hunting in the Inuit culture. Students will also complete a KWL Chart about polar bears, filling in teacher provided facts about this Arctic animal. Students will discuss the two threats to the survival of the polar bear: hunting and global warming.… Read more
Prior to watching Qimuksik (Dog Team), students will complete a KWL Chart and will learn general information about Nunavut and the Inuit. Following the film, students will revisit their chart, adding any information they learned during the lesson. Students will then reflect on the film and illustrate a scene that they recall, complete with a brief description.
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