Newsletter # 4 CURA in Nunavut and Nunavik
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CURA Leadership and Governance in Nunavut and Nunavik WORKSHOP 4 Intergenerational workshop: Authority relations in Nunavik families Inukjuak March 14-18, 2011 OBJECTIVES • To think about family and local lea- dership with a group of young and elders • To collect new data on the transfor- mation of Inuit leaderhsip during the 20 th century • To provide elders and young the opportunity to share their views and ideas and to improve their rela- tionships PARTNERS & COLLABORATORS Avataq Cultural Institute Northern Village of Inukjuak Youth Center of Inukjuak Family House of Inukjuak SUMMARY This workshop gathered 3 elders and 3 young people during five days, at the Youth Center of Inukjuak. They were invited to share their views about the transformations of authority rela- tions within the family during the last fifty years. Numerous subjects were broached, such as the role and the place of the angajuk/nukaq within the family; the importance of helping each other; the transformation of local leadership, etc. The elders told many stories about their life when they were still nomads, whereas the young had the opportunity to ask questions and express their point of view. Newsletter # 4
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CURA Leadership and Governance in Nunavut and Nunavik
WORKSHOP 4Intergenerational workshop: Authority relations in Nunavik families
InukjuakMarch 14-18, 2011
OBJECTIVES
• To think about family and local lea-dership with a group of young and elders
• To collect new data on the transfor-mation of Inuit leaderhsip during the 20th century
• To provide elders and young the opportunity to share their views and ideas and to improve their rela-tionships
PARTNERS & COLLABORATORS
Avataq Cultural Institute
Northern Village of Inukjuak
Youth Center of Inukjuak
Family House of Inukjuak
SUMMARYThisworkshopgathered3eldersand3youngpeopleduringfivedays,attheYouthCenterofInukjuak. They were invited to share their views about the transformations of authority rela-tionswithinthefamilyduringthelastfiftyyears.Numeroussubjectswerebroached,suchasthe role and the place of the angajuk/nukaq within the family; the importance of helping each other; the transformation of local leadership, etc. The elders told many stories about their life when they were still nomads, whereas the young had the opportunity to ask questions and express their point of view.
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CURA Leadership and Governance in Nunavut and Nunavik
ORGANIZERS
Florence Dupré, Laval University
Caroline Hervé, Laval University
Nancy Palliser, Avataq Cultural Institute
OUTCOMESTraining
The participants discuss and learned a lot on Inuit history.
An Inuk student from the Interpreting scho-ol (Inukjuak) improve her skills by doing the translation.
Two Ph.D student acquired research skills by organizing the workshop.
Scientific outcomes
The workshop was videotaped and the video is available to the research team for analysis. Some sections of the video might also be used by the partners.
Dissemination
• An activity report has been distributed to the partners and collaborators.
• An article will be published in Makivik magazine.
• An article will be published in Études/Inuit/Studies.
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