ITC Calls for Territorial Education System Over Haul

A resolution passed by the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC) in Spence Bay (NWT) the week prior charged that

..... the present imported education system has a detrimental effect on Inuit culture, language and way of life. This alienation is shown by the high drop-out rate among northern children.

The resolution further pointed out that a significant number of non-Inuit considered the education system in the Canadian north unworthy of their children and sent them to southern schools.

In a statement issued July 24, 2011 ITC called for an overhaul of the territorial education system and, failing that, asked Inuit and non-Inuit to consider keeping their children out of school.