Tuktoyaktuk Community Book

Submitted By

Karla Carter, Chair, Community Programs, Aurora Campus, Aurora College, Inuvik

Best Practices Supported

• Community
• Instruction
• Funding
• Organizational Linkages and Partnerships

Curriculum Links

• ALBE Social Studies
• ALBE English

How It Works

The Tuktoyaktuk Community book was a social studies project done by the Adult Basic Education class at the Tuktoyaktuk Learning Centre. The project started in September 1996 and ran until April 1997. Throughout the year, the learners gathered information about the hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk. Guest speakers from the community came to the learning centre and gave presentations to the learners.

The learners also went on field trips and received information in class. A lot of time and energy went into the making of this book. The learners wrote and re-wrote the material. The final product is one of which each learner was very proud.

Once the learners had written their book, it was published through funding provided by the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development’s Community Initiatives Program and by the Inuvialuit Community Economic Development Organization. The money generated from the sale of this booklet goes towards providing educational products for the Tuktoyaktuk Learning Centre.