Teaching in a Cold and Windy Place - Change in an Inuit School

In 1987 Joanne Tompkins travelled to the Baffin Island community of Anurapaqtuq to take on the job of principal at the local school. This is the story of the four years she spent there and the many challenges she faced.

About the author

Joanne Tompkins is a lecturer in Diverse Cultures, Sociology of Education, and First Nations Education in the Department of Education at St Francis Xavier University.

Summary

In 1987 Joanne Tompkins travelled to the Baffin Island community of Anurapaqtuq to take on the job of principal at the local school. This is the story of the four years she spent there and the many challenges she faced.

Product details

• Authors: Joanne Tompkins, Joanne Elizabeth Tompkins
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.1998
• EAN: 9780802080301
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-8030-1
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 228 mm x 152 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 246 g
• Series: Heritage; HERITAGE
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries