The University of Regina has used video material featuring aboriginal people as a base for constructing teaching resources and we invite teachers to use these resources. We also encourage teachers to use this video material to construct their own lessons.
An introduction to the DIAMA/IsumaTV and the Inuit Culture Education was made to the principal and teachers of Ataguttaaluk
Elementary School and High School in Igloolik. Two classes at the Elementary school and two classes of the High School had the chance to use the Inuit
Culture Education website.
Kelly Quewezance is a member of the Keeseekoose First Nation
in Saskatchewan. He has a degree in Social Work from the University of Regina.
In the video clips he describes his role in distributing Treaty Annuity
Payments as the North Band Governance officer of Indian and Northern Affairs
Canada (INAC).
On a rainy evening in August 2009 Tim Haywahe from Carry the
Kettle First Nation in southern Saskatchewan led a group of Little Sisters
through a tipi raising on the grounds of the First Nations University of
Canada. During this process he talked to the girls about his traditional Nakota
way of raising the tipi.
In August, the Government of Nunavut Department of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth (CLEY) overruled its previous refusal and now approved the original funding proposal for NITV on IsumaTV 3.0, NITV's 2011-12 proposal to expand the network of IsumaTV High-speed MediaPlayers to a total of 8 Baffin Island communities: Igloolik, Pangnirtuq and Iqaluit, started in 2010-11, and add… Read more
"The estimate came in a presentation on Wednesday before the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission in Timmins, Ont., as the federal regulator investigates how to close the digital gap between urban and rural areas." Globe&Mail ht… Read more
Sean Broderick is a Grade 11 teacher at Ataguttaaluk High School. He talks about his experience working in Igloolik, the issues facing educators in the North and the uses of IsumaTV in the classroom.
Patricia Tidd, Grade 9 Teacher at the Ataguttaaluk High School in Igloolik, Nunavut shares her experience. She talks about the challenges of teaching in Igloolik grade 9, the activities that have worked for her with the students and how IsumaTV and the Inuit Culture Education can be helpful for her and her students.
Vincent Pickett, Igloolik's High School Principal, talks about his experience in the Inuit communities of the Canadian Arctic as a teacher and as a principal. He also talks about how the educational materials offered through IsumaTV can be helpful and how the teachers can use them for their classes.
The Social Studies class at 11th grade learned about
Residential Schools and watch one of the testimonies at the
Inuit Culture Education area. Students came up with some questions about
the subject and were given each one an ipod so that they could
interview people
around the school.… Read more
At the High School, 11th grade teacher gave a class on
climate change and screened 'Ukiutatuq Takuguk!' a video from the 'Inuit
Knowledge and Climate Change' project within the Inuit Culture and
Education area. The video was made for the United Nations COP-15 and was
presented in Copenhagen at Denmark's National Gallery.… Read more
At the elementary school, sixth grade students watch Maana video (a
video about climate change made by the
Inuit circus collective Artcirq) from the Inuit Culture Education site
and learned about climate change situation in the Arctic. After watching
the film
the teacher developed some activities and gave each one of the students an
ipod.… Read more
An introduction to the DIAMA/IsumaTV and the Inuit Culture Education was
made to the principal and teachers of Ataguttaaluk
Elementary School and High School in Igloolik. Two classes at the
Elementary school and two classes of the High School had the chance to
use the Inuit
Culture Education website.
Second grade students watch the first part of Before Tomorrow film (made
by the Inuit Women collective Arnait).
In Nunavut, second grade class is given in Inuktitut so teacher used the
film as a way to teach students Inuktitut vocabulary of traditional
objects,
transportation, and traditional way of living. Then students made some
drawings of what they could remember of the film.… Read more
