Very First Graduates of Childcare Management Training
On June 29, 2019, 15 participants received attestations of college studies in Management of Childcare Centres. The graduates included eight childcare centre management employees and seven KRG Childcare Section staff members. The new college program was launched by the KRG Childcare Section in February 2018 in close cooperation with the CEGEP Saint-Félicien. The community-based training program is designed to teach participants more about communications, leadership, the role of managers, and how to better express Inuit culture in a childcare centre setting. The program was delivered in several one-week sessions over a 17-month period.
Congratulations to (front row from left to right) Rhoda I. Fleming, Alasie Qaqutuq, Sandra Ann Shields, Jessica Emudluk, as well as (back row from left to right) Liza Cotnoir, Ruta Mangiuk, Selima Snowball, Annie Gordon, Jeannie Aragutak Mickpegak, Lizzie-Anne Esperon, Maryse Turcot, Ina Annanack, Louisa Inukpuk, Sally Nuktie and Julie-Ann Berthe.
2018 Childcare Educator Graduates, Kangiqsualujjuaq
In November, six childcare educators in Kangiqsualujjuaq received their attestation of college studies in Educators in Native and Inuit Childcare Services from the CEGEP Saint-Félicien. The graduating class included the first male graduate in Nunavik in early childhood education. Thomas Morgan is a trail blazer for other men interested in joining the regional childcare workforce.
Congratulations to (from left to right) Louisa Etok, Marlene Ittulak, Thomas Morgan, Mangiuk Annanack, Jeannie Annanack Thomassiah and Jessica Emudluk.
2018 Nunavik Childcare Centres Week
The 2018 Nunavik Childcare Centres Week was celebrated from June 4 to 8. The KRG Childcare Section would like to thank all residents who expressed their appreciation to childcare educators and staff in their communities. Educators and other childcare centre staff play a very important role in the lives of our children. They teach them, show them love and care for them.
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Childcare Centre Educators – Training Session
Educators from childcare centres around Nunavik attended three days of training organized by the KRG Childcare Section in Kuujjuaq on March 20-22, 2018. Each of the three days offered a unique focus. On Tuesday, Amy Ali of the Crisis Prevention Institute delivered her organization’s Nonviolent Crisis Intervention training. On Wednesday, Mary-Joanne Kaukai conducted a decolonization experiential workshop and invited participants to share their experiences and stories as Inuit women and educators. Finally, on Thursday, Patrick Evans and Victor Bernaudon of the Université du Québec à Montréal presented the new Sanannguagait building blocks designed for Nunavik children.
New Childcare Management Training
On Monday, February 12, 2018, directors of the 14 childcare centres from across Nunavik were in Kuujjuaq for the start of the community-based training program entitled Management of Childcare Centres. A total of 22 participants attended the first week of the program. The program will enable the centre directors to learn more about communication, leadership, their role as managers, and how to better express Inuit culture in a childcare centre setting.
The program is scheduled to take a little less than two years to complete with one week of training delivered every six weeks. Each one-week session will be organized in a different community. Successful participants at the end of the program will be granted a college-degree diploma.
The Management of Childcare Centres training program was developed by the CEGEP de Saint-Félicien with the support of many partners, including the Kativik Regional Government, the Kativik Ilisarniliriniq, the Cree Nation Government, and the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission.
