Presented at the International Polar Year conference
Date: April 27th 2012, 10:15am
Session: 4.5.1 Polar Science goes Digital
Location: Palais des congrès, Room 514 a/b
”‘We’re Cool Like That’: Inuit Youth Speak to the Arctic and Beyond”
1. Nanisiniq Arviat History Project
‘We’re cool like that’
Inuit youth speak to the Arctic and beyond
Presenters: Curtis Konek, Jordan Konek and April Dutheil
School of Social Work, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada
In partnership with the Sivulinuut Elders Society, Arviat Canada
Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
International Polar Year Conference 2012
April 27 2012
7. Nanisiniq Arviat History Project
Acknowledgements
• Elders: Martha Okotak and Silas Illangiaiok
• Youth participants: Curtis Konek, Patrick Pingushat, Amy
Owingayak, Elizabeth Mukyunik, Robert Mukyunik and
Joseph Thompson
• Arviat coordinator: Tamar Mukyunik
• Co-investigators: Paule McNicoll and Peter Irniq
• Partners: Nunavut Arctic College, Nunavut Research
Institute
• Funders: Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada
Frank Introduces Project Who: A Team of Researchers, Sivulinuut Elders Society and the University of British Columbia School of Social Work What: Two-year multi-media history project employing participatory action research methodologies Where: Arviat Nunavut and Vancouver Canada When: May 2010-April 2012 Why: Arctic History from an Inuit Perspective, identity