Sign Language in Nunavut

Les aînés Monica et Thomas Ugjuk racontent leur histoire de la vie dans les terres dans la région de Kivallik du Nunavut. Leurs récits décrivent l’implication de leurs cinq enfants dans la vie familiale et communautaire à travers l’utilisation de la langue des signes.… Read more

Inuit elders Monica and Thomas Ugjuk recount their story
of living on the land in the Kivalik region of Nunavut.
Their accounts describe the involvement of their five deaf
children in family and community life through the use of
sign language. Their positive attitude toward deafness
presents an outstanding example of Inuit lifestyles and … Read more

 ᑳᑕᐃᓯ ᑲᒃᑭ ᑐᓵᓐᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᑎᑦᓯᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ
ᑐᑭᓯᓯᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᕐᓯᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᕈᕐᓴᑦᓱᓂ
ᐃᓚᒥᓂ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑑᖅ. ᖃᐅᔨᑎᒻᒥᔮᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᑉᕗᑎᓯᒪᓗᓂ
ᐃᓚᒥᓂᒃ ᓱᕈᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᒐᒥ
ᑐᓵᓐᖏᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕕᖕᒧᑦ. ᐃᓐᓇᐅᓕᖅᑐᓂ, ᑳᑕᐃᓯ
ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᕐᔪᐊᖑᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ ᓄᕕᕐᓴᖅᑎᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ
ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ.

Kawtysie Kakee is a deaf woman who provides us with
insight into the customary Inuit practices she experienced
growing up with her family on the land in Pangnirtung.
She also explains being separated from her family as a
child when she was sent down south to a deaf residential
school. As an adult, Kawtysie became a world renowned … Read more