2010-2011 ANNUAL REPORT - on the - State of Inuit Culture and Society

2010 - 2011 Annual Report on the State of Inuit Culture and Society | The Status of Inuit Children and Youth in Nunavut 1 Executive Summary Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.’s (NTI) 2010/11 Annual Report increasing Inuit employment in government to a on the State of Inuit Culture and Society focuses on representative level, and the social and economic the status of Inuit children and youth in Nunavut, with s. [...] decision-making about the schooling of our children, and this has led to a widening gap in trust between The future health and well-being of Inuit children and communities and schools that must be closed if our youth in Nunavut hinges on the willingness of the children are to experience the benefits associated with GN and the Government of Canada to work with Inuit educational attainment. [...] According of education, the suitability of the curriculum, the to linguist Ian Martin, the current practice of providing teaching of Inuit language, the suitability of bilingual Inuktitut language of instruction in the early grades education programs, the inclusion of Inuit culture in followed by an abrupt transition to English, “replaces the curriculum, high dropout rates, truancy, social the chi. [...] These organizations mainly provide financial Responsibility for providing a service that assistance for the basic operation and maintenance contributes to the health and well-being of citizens of programs in proportion to the percentage of Inuit and to Nunavut’s economy in the long-term falls children, and to programs in the form of subsidized disproportionately on parents and regional Inuit staff. [...] language of communication and instruction 100 per cent of the time.” 2010 - 2011 Annual Report on the State of Inuit Culture and Society | The Status of Inuit Children and Youth in Nunavut 25 Currently, 84 per cent of young Inuit children under law’s qualifications and training section, and program the age of six have at least one parent with the Inuit operators should, with the support of the GN’.