Creating Opportunity in Inuit Nunangat: The Crisis in Inuit Education and Labour Market Outcomes

Nico Palesch

No 2016-12, CSLS Research Reports from Centre for the Study of Living Standards

Abstract: This report documents the labour market, educational, and economic development outcomes for the Inuit in Inuit Nunangat by examining past and present labour market outcomes and tying these together with developments in the major industries across the four regions of Inuit Nunangat. The current status and future outlook for employment and growth in the dominant sectors of Inuit Nunangat, namely the public sector and mining, are also examined. In addition, the effects of low education, limited skills, high living costs, reduced mobility, and insufficient housing, all common factors of life in Inuit Nunangat, are discussed. Finally, the report makes some broad recommendations for how the crisis in labour market and educational outcomes among the Inuit may be ameliorated, while identifying further areas of study that could help increase the understanding of Inuit Nunangat’s economic performance.

Keywords: Inuit; Inuit Nunangat; Nunavik; Nunavut; Inuivialuit Region; Nunatsiavut; Canada; Education; Labour Market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 I25 J13 J15 J45 N32 O11 O12 O18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-07
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-lab, nep-mac and nep-ure
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