Nunavut Arctic College students can take bachelor of education program in Iqaluit as early as next year

By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News Nunavummiut taking bachelor of education courses at Memorial University won’t have to move to St. John’s, N.L., for much longer. Students can instead complete their degree at Nunavut Arctic College’s Iqaluit campus, Memorial University announced on Oct. 29. The teaching program could come to the territorial capital as soon as next fall, if Nunavut Arctic College meets all the regulatory requirements in time. That regulatory work is still in the early stages, according to the minister responsible for Nunavut Arctic College, David Akeeagok. “Rather than requiring Nunavummiut to leave their communities to access higher education, a Nunavut degree program would allow knowledge, research, leadership development and professional training to occur within Nunavut and according to Inuit and Nunavut priorities,” Akeeagok…

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