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Inuit Cultural Resources

Audlaluk, L. (2020). What I remember, what I know: The life of a high arctic exile. Inhabit Media

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Barton, K. (2020). How Inuit honour the tradition of naming, and spirits who have passed on. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/inuit-names-tradition-culture-history-1.5748892

 

Erkloo, E. (2014). Inuit parenting. Iqaluit: Inhabit Media.

 

Inuktut Tusaalanga ("Let me hear it in Inuktut"): Language learning resource

https://tusaalanga.ca/

 

National Film Board of Canada: Indigenous Peoples of Canada (Inuit)

https://www.nfb.ca/subjects/indigenous-peoples-in-canada-inuit/

 

Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada. (2006). The Inuit way: A guide to Inuit culture. Ottawa, ON: Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada.

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Sandiford, M. (2006). Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny

https://www.nfb.ca/film/qallunaat_why_white_people_are_funny/

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Tester, Tagalik & Karetak. (2017). Inuit Quajimajatuqangit: What Inuit have always known to be true: Fernwood.

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Cross-Cultural Competency Resources

Choudhury, S. (2015). Deep diversity: Overcoming us vs. them. Toronto: Between the Lines.

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Hammond, Z. (2015). Culturally responsive teaching & the brain: Promoting authentic engagement and rigor among culturally and linguistically diverse students. California: Corwin. Meyer, E. (2014)

 

Meyer, E. (2014). The culture map: Breaking through the invisible boundaries of global business. New York: PublicAffairs.

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Unconscious Bias & Racism Resources

Gladwell, M. (2005). Blink: The power of thinking without thinking. New York: Back Bay Books.

Implicit Association Test. (n.d.). Retrieved January 21, 2021, from https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/canada/takeatest.html

Nordell, J. (2021). The end of bias: A beginning: The science and practice of overcoming unconscious bias. Metropolitan Books.​

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Parent & Caregiver Resources

Inuit-Specific Foster Care & Adoption
How Nivi Got Her Names, Laura Deal
Nala’s Magical Mitsiaq, Jennifer Noah
I Am Loved, Kevin and Mary Qamaniq-Mason
Lena and Ruby: A Story of Two Adoptions, Kevin and Mary Qamaniq-Mason

Trauma & Separation
When You Weren’t With Me, Chandra Ghosh Ippen
A Terrible Thing Happened, Margaret Holmes
The Night Dad Went to Jail, Melissa Higgins

First Meetings
Encounter, Brittany Luby
Una Huna, Susan Aglukark

Residential Schools
When I Was Eight, Christy Jordan-Fenton

Fatty Legs, Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton

Not My Girl, Christy Jordan-Fenton

A Stranger at Home, Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
When We Were Alone, David A. Robertson
Stolen Words, Melanie Florence

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