Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit
Integrating Traditional Inuit Values into Contemporary Nunavut Government, Part 2, the Legislature [journal article review]
When the government of Canada created the Nunavut Territory in 1999, the Inuit people, the majority of the inhabitants, hoped their new government would be based on their values. Inuit leaders at the time not only wanted their territory to have an Inuit character, they also expected it would not “duplicate Yellowknife,” the capital of […]
Integrating Traditional Inuit Values into Contemporary Nunavut Government: Part 1, the Bureaucracy [journal article review]
The government of Nunavut is trying to integrate traditional Inuit knowledge, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ), into the policies and workings of the new bureaucracy, but it is a difficult task. A recent journal article provides background on the integration of traditional knowledge into the structure of a western, bureaucratic government—or vice versa. The author, Annis May […]
