“We need the CCPA to remind us that our dreams of a decent, egalitarian society are reasonable — indeed that with a little work, they are practical. And I love that practicality, that protection of the dream of the possible.”
— Naomi Klein
In 1999, Nunavut was officially celebrated and regarded as a governance gem: a masterfully crafted work of public administration that would serve the Inuit in the best way. However, today, more than 10 years after its creation, although it has a government, policies and legislation in place which officially attempt to support Inuktitut, it lacks two essential features of any sustainable society: the protection of its language, and its own education system. For that reason, the summer 2011 issue of Our Schools / Our Selves, The Voice of Nunavut: Learning from the Eastern Arctic's education challenges, focuses on language and education in the region, going beyond the policies that so often obscure what is actually happening on the ground.