34.073 - Stewardship of the Land, Water, and Ice: Implications for Education in Nunangat

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

In this symposium, scholars from diverse disciplines focus on stewardship projects, curriculum development, and teacher education tied to land and place that are Inuit governed and deeply grounded in Inuit ways of knowing, being and becoming. Indigenous and decolonizing research paradigms are central to all projects, next to a deep commitment to the co-production of observations and curriculum in support of local capacity and leadership building. Two questions guide the session: 1) What kinds of educational practices and opportunities are there today, for Inuit children, youth and their families, to develop tight relationships with land, water, and ice? 2) How can they and their extended families live and experience what Inuit have always known to be true or Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit?

Sub Unit

• SIG-Environmental Education

Chair

• Jrene Rahm, University of Montreal

Papers

• The Pedagogy of Land in the Inuit Bachelor of Education Program - Sylvia Moore, Memorial University of Newfoundland

• Tracking Engagements With Caribou by Living Nunangat Pedagogies in Early Childhood Practice - Carol Rowan, Carleton University

• Inuit Environmental Science for Healthy Inuit Futures - Alexa Scully, Lakehead University; Christopher Murray, Lakehead University

• Knowledge Mobilization and Environmental Stewardship: A Place-Based Curriculum for Nunavik - Jackie Kidd, Arctic Eider Society

• Environmental Stewardship in Nunavut: "Learning From Our Homegrown Research Projects, Rather Than Outsiders' Research Projects" - Shirley Tagalik, Aqqiumavvik Society; Timi Soucie, Water Quality Monitoring Program; Jrene Rahm, University of Montreal; Vincent L'Hérault, ARCTIConnexion; Marie-Hélène Truchon, ARCTIConnexion

Discussant

• Naullaq Arnaquq, University of Prince Edward Island