Postsecondary Inuit Students From Nunavut Pathways: When Students’ Satisfaction Meets Language Discrimination

We present a multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) based on a survey of 362 Inuit students and graduates from Nunavut who attended college or university in Canada. Most participants reported that they were satisfied with their postsecondary educational experience and that postsecondary education ha...

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Published inMcGill journal of education Vol. 56; no. 2-3; pp. 12 - 35
Main Authors Rodon, Thierry, Ratel, Jean-Luc, Gross, Pamela Hakongak, Lévesque, Francis, Okalik, Maatalii
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Montreal Faculty of Education, McGill University 01.01.2021
McGill Journal of Education
Subjects
Academic Achievement
Access to Education
Adult Vocational Education
Capacity Building
College Students
Educational Discrimination
Educational Experience
Educational History
Elementary Secondary Education
Employment Experience
Employment Level
Eskimo Aleut Languages
Eskimos
Feedback
Foreign Countries
Funding
Government (Administrative Body)
Higher education
Income
Indigenous Knowledge
Indigenous Populations
Inuit
Inuit students
Labor Force
Language Attitudes
Language Dominance
Language Usage
Learning Experience
Meetings
Multivariate Analysis
National Surveys
Outcomes of Education
Postsecondary Education
Relevance (Education)
School dropouts
Sex Fairness
Stakeholders
Student Satisfaction
Students
Success
Canada
Nunavut Territory Canada
Arctic region
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Summary:We present a multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) based on a survey of 362 Inuit students and graduates from Nunavut who attended college or university in Canada. Most participants reported that they were satisfied with their postsecondary educational experience and that postsecondary education had greatly improved their income and job outcomes. Results also show that postsecondary education clearly contributes to capacity building: Half of the participants reported working in their communities, and a majority said they wanted to work there. Nevertheless, some issues still need to be addressed by policymakers, the most notable being gender inequality in terms of job status, systemic discrimination against Inuit language speakers in the educational system, and the need to provide more access to postsecondary education.
ISSN:0024-9033
1916-0666
1916-0666
DOI:10.7202/1096443ar