With roughly 75% of Inuit children not completing high school, education is of critical concern throughout Inuit Nunangat. Through extensive consultations and information gathering across the four Inuit regions of Canada, the National Strategy on Inuit Education was released to encourage Inuit to discuss a new vision for the future of northern education. The team seeks to close existing gaps in Inuit education and to improve achievement rates by tackling the 10 recommendations set forth in the National Strategy which focus on four priority areas: supporting children to stay in school, increasing the availability of Inuit-centered curriculum, building capacity and gathering and using research to inform decisions.
(Note that this project was a Finalist prior to 2017, when the current 3-tiered prize model was put in place. Their nomination therefore does not correspond to a particular category.)
