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Illitsiniq Fall 2011

Debbie Astroff — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:37:07 +0000

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KSB news from summer to fall 2011

Johnny Kasudluak New KSB President

Debbie Astroff — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0000

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NEWS RELEASE - Wednesday, December 7, 2011, Montreal

The Kativik School Board Council of Commis-
sioners voted in a new Executive Committee today.

The new 2011-2014 Executive Committee - Johnny Kasudluak, President; Martin Scott, Executive Committee member; Annie Alaku, Vice-President; Thomassie Mangiuk, Executive Committee member; and Allan Brown, KRG representative (Photo: Kaudjak Padlayat)

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - Montreal - The Kativik School Board Council of Commissioners voted in a new Executive Committee today.

Distance Education, A Rewarding Alternative!

Celine Argentini — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:07:03 +0000

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Adults who wish to obtain their Secondary School Diploma have the possibility to pursue their studies at home thanks to the Distance Education program.

Adults who wish to obtain their Secondary School Diploma, but who can’t attend school on a full-time basis for one reason or another, have the possibility to pursue their studies at home thanks to the Distance Education program offered by the Adult Education department.

In this short video, Paul Okituk explains how he managed to combine work with studies, in order to graduate.

RESULTS -- Commissioners' Election

Debbie Astroff — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:10:51 +0000

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The results of the Commissioners' Election for each village are now available!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO VOTE!

RESULTS PER VILLAGE

Kangiqsualujjuaq - Maggie Mae Emudluk Imbeault - NEW

Kuujjuaq - Mary Tukkiapik Mesher - NEW

Tasiujaq - Pasha Berthe - NEW

Aupaluk - Martin Scott - NEW

Kangirsuk - Aloupa Taqulik

Quaqtaq - Sammy Tukkiapik - NEW

Kangiqsujuaq - Jessica Arngak - NEW

Salluit - Annie Alaku - NEW

Ivujivik - Thomassie Mangiuk NEW

Akulivik - Markusi Qinuajuaq NEW

Orientation week 2011

Daniel Lafleur — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:57:29 +0000

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The Kativik School Board organizes the Orientation Week for its new teachers.

The purpose of this training session is to raise the new teachers’ awareness about the reality of Nunavik’s Inuit.

The Kativik School Board organizes the Orientation Week for its new teachers. The purpose of this training session is to raise the new teachers’ awareness about the reality of Nunavik’s Inuit.

For 3 days, the new teachers will be attending workshops dealing with KSB programs, class management, Inuit culture and various organizations in Nunavik. The training session will be held at the Jaanimmarik school of Kuujjuaq, from August 8 to August 12, 2011.

The forty-six persons taking part in this event will then be going to their respective villages to start off the school year:

Kangiqsualujjuaq
Joetta Fernando, Joshua Alex Hamilton Brown, Heather Fitzpatrick, Jeanne Descoteaux

Annie Popert Returns to Kativik School Board as Director General

Debbie Astroff — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:00:00 +0000

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Thursday, June 23, 2011 - Montreal

Annie Popert will replace Annie Grenier as the new Director General of the Kativik School Board, effective July 18, 2011.

Annie Grenier will take a well-earned retirement from the 17 years she spent with the Kativik School Board, 15 of which she served as Director General.

Annie Popert returns to the position she occupied for 10 years from 1983 to 1993. When Annie left the Kativik School Board in 1993, she became an independent consultant working on health and educational projects. Annie's history with the Kativik School Board also includes a year as Director of Adult Education from 1982 to 1983, and three years as Centre Director of the school in Kuujjuaq from 1979 to 1982.

National Strategy on Inuit Education 2011

Debbie Astroff — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:00:46 +0000

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Visionary Report Sets Out First-Ever National Goals for Inuit Education

The signatories of The National Strategy on Inuit Education announced today a series of bold new recommendations.

Visionary Report Sets Out First-Ever National Goals for Inuit Education

Thursday, June 16, 2011 –MONTREAL –The signatories of The National Strategy on Inuit Education announced today a series of bold new recommendations to empower parents, expand early childhood education programs and gather detailed research data. Together with Mary Simon, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Kativik School Board signatory Alicie Nalukturuk introduced a game-changing new plan to graduate more Inuit students and transform Inuit education in NUNAVIK and in Canada.

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TukAku Kenya: Building Schools, Building Connections

Quinn Carter — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:36:39 +0000

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The group of 12 visitors from Akulivik watched young African children sprint out of their mud huts and dash through farmers’ fields to the edge of the road. The Kenyan children reached the truck and ran alongside it, waved joyously, and called out, “JAMBO”! (HELLO!)

When the paved road ended and the green army truck started to lurch down a rocky cowpath, everyone was startled by more than just the rough road. As they looked out the windows, the group of 12 visitors from Akulivik watched young African children sprint out of their mud huts and dash through farmers’ fields to the edge of the road. When the Kenyan children reached the truck, they ran alongside it, waved joyously, and called out, “JAMBO”! (HELLO!) “When I saw them running barefoot over the rocks, I couldn’t believe it,” said Juusi Aliqu, a Secondary 5 student. “They’re so poor.”

Nunavik School Games

Debbie Astroff — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:40:27 +0000

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The Kativik School Board and the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services are proud to support the first Nunavik School Games

The Kativik School Board and the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services are proud to support the first Nunavik School Games, scheduled for April 7 to 13 in Kuujjuaraapik.

The 14 Nunavik communities will be proudly represented by their ...

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Youth Use Your PhotoVoice!

Kaudjak Padlayat — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:45:01 +0000

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PhotoVoice is a way for people to include youth in expressing themselves in creative ways

Youth Use Your PhotoVoice! involved 15 to 25 year-old youths from Kuujjuaq in voicing their opinions and expressing their ideas by taking pictures and discussing them together to improve Nunavimmiut youth mental wellness.

Often, youth are not directly consulted on issues that are important to them by those who make decisions. PhotoVoice is a way for people to include youth in expressing themselves in creative ways, to have their voices heard, by taking pictures of their community's strengths and needs and discussing and reflecting upon them together in a group format. It also is a way for them to voice their ideas for social change and their solutions to the issues they face through the pictures they have taken.