URFDÉMA training activities are meant for the inuit teachers and other human resources of the two schools of Puvirnituq, Ikaarvik and Iguarsivik, and Nuvviti School in Ivujivik. The schedule provides for three to four training activities (45 hours) per year and which are organized as intensive work sessions. The courses are held at the Ikaarvik School in Puvirnituq and Nuvviti School in Ivujivik. UQAT professors and lecturers go to the community to teach Inuit teachers who have been admitted to certificate programs and short program available.
In addition to providing strong education training, the Educational Sciences Teaching and Research Unit at UQAT provides personalised guidance to all its students. Also, in order to ensure comprehensive training, the programms offered cover all education aspects : foundations, disciplines, psycho-pedagogy, didactics, school management, measurement and evaluation, vocational guidance and educational technologies.
Inuit teacher training
BACHELOR IN PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION AND ELEMENTARY TEACHING OFFER TO INUIT TEACHER (120 credits)
The Teacher training Bachelor’s Degree aims to train Inuit teachers to intervene with students at the pre-school and elementary level in Nunavik. The program is intended for all those who wish to get involved in their community by becoming a certified teacher.
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Certificate in Pre-School Education and Elementary Teaching in a Northern Context I (5340) 42 credits
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Short Program in Pre-School and Elementary Teaching in a Northern Context (9021) 18 credits
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Certificate in Pre-School Education and Elementary Teaching in a Northern Context II (5440) 30 credits
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Certificate in Teaching Practice Development in a Northern Context (5540) 30 credits
Courses are designed and developed by professors and lecturers who work together with an Inuit co-teacher whose second language is English—the language of training. The co-teacher interprets the course content, translates it into Inuktitut, ensures the students understand, and provides the professor with feedback about the Northern schools context. Because some students have done their basic schooling in French, this third language is used in addition to the first two.
Indspire recipient 2017 Guiding the Journey: Indigenous Educator Awards
Siaja Mark Mangiuk, a graduate of UQAT and a member of the Inuit Teacher Training Co-Management Group, has been a valued collaborator in the partnership between two villages in Nunavik, Puvirnituq and Ivujivik, and UQAT, since 1984.
She won the prestigious 2017 Indspire “Leading the Way” Award – Aboriginal Education in the Culture, Language and Traditions category, presented last December 1 in Montreal.
Achieving this award is a fully deserved recognition for the essential work it has been doing for many years through its various implications.
EDU2234 Educational training project and institutional development
A first 3-days session training each, in each of the communities of Puvirnituq and Ivujivik.
Here are some pictures taken during the first session of the course in September 2017. This course is given in both communities to use teachers' materials already in schools. There were two days of training and the third day was an educational project with the children.
Ivujivik Puvirnituq
Our graduate students
Puvirnituq and Ivujivik students
- certificat 4340 : 37 graduate students; 4 enrolled
- certificat 4740 : 15 graduate students; 4 enrolled
- certificat 5340 : 22 enrolled
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2022 Dora Iyaituk (4340)
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2009 Alicie Kenuajuak (4740)
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2009 Elisapi Tukalak (4740)
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2009 Syra Tukalak (4740)
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2009 Tiili Alasuak (4740)
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2013 Paulusi Angiyou (4340)
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2011 Betsy Qumaluk (4340)
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2016 Sarah Angiyou (4340)
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2016 Lucy Qalingo (4740)
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2016 Leah Qumaluk Sallualuk (4340)
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2022 Elisapi (Sirpalu) Napatuk (4340)
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2022 Evie Sivuarapik (4340)
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2019-2020 Louisa Aupaluk (4340-4740)
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2020 Louisa Eliyassialuk (4340)
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2022 Malaya Tukalak (4340)
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2022 Marie-Carole Qinuajuak (4340)
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2020 Passa Mangiuk (4340)
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2020 Sarah Angiyou (4740)
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2022 Lisi Alasuak (4340)
The 2022 UQAT graduation event welcomed 10 new Inuit graduates (2 were unable to attend); it was a memorable event for them and their family! Congratulations to all!
Sarah Angiyou and Lucy Qalingo - November 2016
Paulusi Angiyou - November 2013
Lucy Qalingo - November 2012
First graduate sutdents - 1993 and 2002