INTRODUCTION TO INUIT CULTURE & LANGUAGE

 Wouldn't it be interesting to learn about Inuit culture and traditions?  This amazing program is now being offered in both Vanier and Kemptville. The course is open to everyone, and will be of special interest to anyone who resonates with Inuit or other First Peoples of Canada.  Classes will be at St. Margaret's Church, 206 Montreal Road, Vanier in February 2018, and will run each Friday from 1:00pm to 4:00pm, for 5 weeks.  Cost is $295 per student, plus materials.  Exact start date will follow.

The next classes in Kemptville will be Mondays starting October 16, 2017 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm for 8 weeks.  Cost is just $195 per student, plus materials.  Classes are held at
​St. Michael's High School, Room 172, 2755 County Road 43, Kemptville, ON.

Registration form for InuktitutNG classes in Kemptville
Starting on October 16, 2017,      
click here

MEET THE TEACHERS - 
MARTHA FLAHERTY &
​BEV  ILLAUQ

Martha Flaherty belongs to one of the families that were relocated from Nunavik to Ellesmere Island in the 1960’s.  Growing up traditionally in a family that was closely connected to the land, Martha learned at an early age to sew, prepare food and hunt.  She also attended English school and eventually went on to attend Thebacha College in Fort Smith for Nursing,  and Carleton University for certification in Teaching a Foreign Language and Journalism.  Because of her excellent communication and interpretation skills Martha has held many paying and honorary positions both across our country and internationally as an Indigenous women’s  leader, an advocate, and a translator.  Martha’s passion for both learning and teaching Inuktitut, and for brokering reconciliation between Inuit, Qallunaat and First Nations peoples in particular, make her teaching entertaining as well as informative. 
 
Beverly Illauq B.A, B.Ed, RTLM is an educator and counsellor with 35 years of work experience in a variety of positions in schools and grass roots businesses.  A mother and grandmother of an Inuit family, Bev lived and worked in Qikiqtaaluk  (Baffin Island) for 20 years and became  the founding Director of Ilisaqsivik Family Resource Centre in Clyde River in 1996.   Bev works from a broad base of both experiential and academic learning in a number of fields that include education, community development and counselling.  Presently Bev is working as a substitute teacher, a writer and a speaker, advocating strongly for healing reconciliation between Indigenous and non-indigenous Canadians.
 
Martha Flaherty and Beverly (Howard) Illauq began working together on Inuktitut magazine in 1979 and continue to enjoy collaborating as Inuit culture and language instructors for InuktitutNG.

A Life Changing Experience

This Inuktitut course is designed to encourage an understanding of Canadian Inuit language and culture.  Students will learn the Inuit syllabics writing system, practise some basic Inuktitut vocabulary and phrases, and improve their knowledge of Inuit world views and traditions.

**Once classes begin, should a student need to cancel their participation, a refund toward a future course will be accommodated (if the student has participated in less than 3 classes).