Newsletter # 11

Leadership and Governance CURA in and Nunavik

PUBLICATION Uqausivut sivummuagutivut. edited by Jeela Palluq Cloutier and Louis McComber, Our Language, Our Leadership Iqaluit, Nunavut Research Institute, 2014

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We hope that this book will contribute to the and Governance Leadership public debateUQAUSIVUT in Nunanga, the Arctic territory inhabited by Inuit, on the issue of the Inuit lan- guageSIVUMMUAGUTIVUT and its writing systems. So much is at stake here.Our Language, Our Leadership My hope is that this book ignites a lively UQAUSIVUT The questionsdiscussion raised on in Inuktut. this Protecting book are and enhancingnot just of linguistic nature.a language Live in the languages face of globalization are fueled seems like an impossible task. Yet, I envision a by real peopleplace organized where the mother socially tongue to is Inuktutthrive and in SIVUMMUAGUTIVUT their environmentchildren and have theto opportunity,reproduce as I did,the to conti learn - nuity of whatabout makes themselves them by special. listening and speaking it. Our Language, Our Leadership I visualize Inuktut boosting our economy by teaching its speakers to use other parts of their Until quite recentlybrain and, Inuitness in doing so, wasfostering mainly innovation. roo -

I envision a place where the majority of its residents are trilingual. The UQAUSIVUT SIVUMMUAGUTIVUT challengeted before in theus is immensecomplex and ourconnection work requires renewedto the focus. land. Most Inuit over 50 in Canada were probably The Honourable Paul Okalik born in hunting Nunavutor fishing Minister camps. of Culture In and the Heritage olden days, Inuit youth grew up solidly attached to Editeda by complex Jeela Palluq kinshipCloutier and network Louis McComber until missiona- UQAUSIVUTries and SIVUMMUAGUTIVUT the controversial is residential published through schools a partnershipepisode between interrupted the Nunavut Science ancient Institute, ways Laval ofUniversity’s concei - CIERA (Centre interuniversitaire d’études et de recherches autochtones), the Nunavutving theDepartment world. of CultureWith andthe Heritage, implementation and the Nunavut of Departmentvarious of Education. forms of The self-government book series entitled Inuit from Leadership Alaska and Governanceto Greenland, is part of aInuit CIERA nowresearch face project, the Inuit enormous Leadership and Governance in Nunavut and Nunavik: Life Stories, Analytical Perspectiveschallenge and Training, of buildingfunded by thetheir Social capacity Sciences and to Humanities manage Researchpublic Council infrastructure of Canada within its of Community-University governance. Research Alliance program. This rapid metamorphosis entails that younger generations of Inuit spend more time staring ISBNat : 978-1-897568-19-4 a computer or cell phone screen, than hun- Inuit Leadership and Governance ting beluga whales at the floe edge or caribous Edited by Jeela Palluq Cloutier and Louis McComber ,!7IB8J7-fgibje!on the tundra in their respective communities.

In that socially moving context, will the Inuit language remain just a local commodity, mostly spoken by parents and grandparents PARTNERS still connected to their nomadic past? Or will it reach the ambitious goal articulated in the Nunavut Research Institute Bathrust Mandate, the road map envisioned Nunavut Department of Education for the newly created Government of Nunavut in 1999, to become the working language of Nunavut Department of Culture and Heritage future arctic generations Newsletter # 11

Leadership and Governance CURA in Nunavut and Nunavik

OBJECTIVES

The Laval University CIÉRA research group (Interuniversity Aboriginal Study Group) in partnership with the Nunavut Research Institute is proud to provide a publishing opportunity to Inuit leaders who believe that the Inuit language issue is crucial and should be addressed rapidly. An Inuit socio- political literature published in English and provides much needed educational materials for schools, colleges and universities, most especially programs oriented toward First Nations and Inuit. We see our books as useful tools for students and academics to better explore the northern social reality.

PARTICIPANTS TO THE PROJECT OUTCOMES

This book will be distributed in the Indigenous Arctic Jeela Palluq Cloutier (Editor, researcher, Languages Symposium to be held in Iqaluit in Februa- translator) ry 2015. (250 participants) Louis McComber (manager of publica- It will also be distributed to all schools and libraries in tion) Nunavut by the Nunavut Department of Culture and Christine Nochasak (Nunatsiavut, Labra- Heritage. dor, writer)

Our books are used in many undergraduate and gra- Edna MacLean (Alaska, writer) duate academic programs such as: Harry Tulugak (Puvirnituq, Nunavik, • Carleton University (Sociology) writer) • Saint-Paul University (Social Work) The late Jose Kusugak (, • Prince Edward Island University (Education) writer) • University of Aberdeen, Scotland (Anthropology) Mary Simon (Ottawa, writer) • Nunavut Sivuniksavut Kevin Kablutsiaq (Ottawa, writer) • Laval University (Anthropology, CIÉRA) Louise Flaherty (Iqaluit, writer) • Nunavut Arctic College Jaypetee Arnakak (Iqaluit, writer) • Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue Sandra Inutiq, Nunavut Language Com- missioner, (Iqaluit, writer) Our books are a reference for many Arctic researchers and appear frequently in academic bibliographies. Mary Nirlungayuk, Vice-President Arctic Co-operatives (Winnipeg, writer) Our books are also sold in bookstores, in Iqaluit, Yel- Janice Grey (Montreal, writer) lowknife, Kuujjuaq, and Pond Inlet. Jaypetee Nungak (Kangirsuk, Nunavik, writer)