Pangnirtung and Rankin Inlet- Inuit Education Research Update
Mark Sandiford and Kerri Wheatley recently returned from research visits to three Nunavut communities to gather data for the ArcticNet research on the Transformation of High School Education in Nunavut.
On February 9, 2012 Mark and Kerri travelled to Pangnirtung. While in the community, Mark...
CURA Inuit Educational Leadership Workshop Iqaluit, NU, February 15, 2012
The Piliriqatigiinniq Teachers’ Conference, held February 13-17, 2012, provided an important venue for a Community-University Research Alliance (CURA) workshop drawing together Inuit educators interested in leadership in education. A keynote address offered by Mary Simon, President, Inuit...
UPEI’s Fiona Walton receives 3M National Teaching Fellowship
UPEI’s Fiona Walton receives 3M National Teaching Fellowship
Charlottetown, PEI (February 9, 2012)—Dr. Fiona Walton, Professor of Education at UPEI, has been awarded a 2012 3M National Teaching Fellowship. Each year, the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and 3M...
Upcoming Nunavut Trip
Dr. Fiona Walton, Kerri Wheatley and Darlene O'Leary are heading north this week where a Nunavut-wide Teachers' Conference is taking place in Iqaluit. While in Iqaluit, we will be interviewing our MEd graduates to see what they are up to these days and also asking our graduates and members of the...
Nunavut ArcticNet Research in the News
ArcticNet funded research led by the Faculty of Education at UPEI was recently featured in a news article exploring the recently launched documentary video, Going Places: Preparing Inuit High School Students for a Changing Wider World. Casey Lessard, Northern News Service, sat down to discuss the...
Nunavut Research Photos - November 2011
On October 28, 2011 a research documentary was successfully launched by the Nunavut Education Initiatives Team. The film, “Going Places: Preparing Inuit High School Students for a Changing Wider World”, was shown to an audience of community members and...
Nunavut MEd Fall Class
It seems like just yesterday the current MEd class was together on campus at UPEI for classes, but it’s already time for the next face-to-face course! Following a short on-line component offered prior to this course, Critical Pedagogy (ED 619N) will be held from October 31- November 6, 2011...
