Polar Outreach Catalogue

Nutshimiu Atusseun: Opening Paradigms for Education in the North (OPEN) is a collaboration with the Innu of Labrador to develop educational programs through the continued development of the Innu Environmental Guardians Program (IEGP) and country-based learning programs. Central to the IEGP is the opportunity for dialogue between Innu Elders and other knowledge holders, and Western scientists at culturally significant sites within Nitassinan, their ancestral land. With IPY funding these modules have focucused on climate change issues and challenges facing Nitassinan. Since 2006, we have involved at-risk Innu youth in this program, while also training them in professional video production, giving them concrete skills and a positive avenue of expression.