This course will help learner’s practise and develop their Inuktut writing skills. Learners will learn to express their Inuktut thoughts in a natural, non-technical way. This course is intended as a bridge to bring the articulacy of our oral tradition into a written form. Learners will explore modern and traditional forms of creative Inuktut expression and practise writing their own.

Each community has its own rich base of Inuit knowledge and wisdom that is articulated and embedded through their Inuktut language and terminology. The goal of this course is to develop a greater appreciation of the richness of the range of Inuktut spoken throughout Inuit Nunangat. By understanding differences in pronunciation, intonation, vocabulary, spelling and writing systems, learners will be better equipped to learn and work across Inuktut dialects.

Participants in this course learn the background to computing in Inuktut, fonts, keyboards, transliteration tools, locales and localization. The second part of the course helps learners to acquire Inuktut keyboarding skills in qaniujaaqpait and/ or qaliujaaqpait. Participants will also become familiar Inuktut computing terminology and effective Inuktut note-taking.

This course is designed to give participants an introduction to the grammatical structure of Inuktut, including Inuktut sounds, how words are built and basic structures like singular dual plural, tenses, nouns, verbs, locations and describing words.

Nunavummi Titirausiq provides an overview of the writing system that is currently the standard in Nunavut for quality written texts in Inuktut. The writing system has two forms - qaliujaaqpait, or standardized roman orthography and qaniujaaqpait, standardized syllabics. Instruction is provided on the rules of the writing system, including the characters that are used and the correct use of naniit (finals).

This advanced course is intended for learners who already have a strong grounding in Inuktut and are looking to enhance their understanding and ability to use complex terms. The course draws on rich Inuktut concepts and terminology to enable generations today to express themselves more articulately in Inuktut. The instructor assists learners to apply these terms to the modern context. Learners will acquire a deeper connection with Inuit knowledge keepers and become part of the continuum of the traditional Inuit teaching and learning cycle.

This course is an exploration of the highest level of Inuktut language and knowledge through the recorded voices of Inuit who lived prior to our modern communities and context. Learners will be exposed to thoughts, ideas and knowledge that will help in their personal development, their understanding of Inuktut historical events, their quality of language and terminology, and generally provide a stronger base to deal with today’s challenges.

The Inuit Timeline explores the drastic changes that have impacted our communities, as well as the resilience and strength of the generations of Inuit who lived through them. The course draws upon historical facts and personal stories that relate to the pre-contact era (Taitsumani) and contact with outside cultures, as well as Inuit efforts to take back control that led to the present-day Nunavut era.

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