TY - BOOK ED - Tagataga Inc. ED - Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (Organization) ED - Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (Organization). TI - Inuit early childhood education and care: present successes, promising directions T2 - A discussion paper for the National Inuit Education Summit AV - E96.5 .I584 2007eb U1 - 371.9/7/97071 PY - 2007/// CY - [Ottawa, Ont.] PB - Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami KW - Early childhood education KW - Canada KW - Inuit KW - Education (Early childhood) KW - Child care programs KW - BCACCS N1 - "October 2007"; "4/30/2008"--running; Includes bibliographical references (p. 32-37); Appendix 4 - Inuit early childhood development strategy prepared by ITK; Appendix 3 - Documents related to Inuit ECD; Appendix 2 - Inuit Early Childhood Development Working Group; Bibliography; Appendix 1 - List of contacts; Policy considerations; Inuit ELEC gaps. Integrated and sustained funding -- Availability of licensed spaces -- Parental involvement -- Qualified staff - trained and available and paid appropriately -- Culturally and linguistically appropriate programming grounded in the Inuit way -- Special needs -- Urban Inuit; Inuit early childhood program success stories. Language Nest - Hopedale, Nunatsiavut -- Trained staff - Nunatsiavut -- Nutrition Project - Nunavik -- Kativik Regional government and the Province of Quebec - Nunavik -- Clyde River Family Centre, Iliqsasivik - Nunavut -- Cultural inclusion and parental involvement - Ulukhaktok Inuvialuit -- A leader in culturally grounded children's programming - Ottawa Inuit Children's Centre; Inuit early childhood education in Canada. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and child care issues -- Inuit Early Childhood Development Working Group - IECDWG -- Pauktuutit; Childcare in the Inuit regions. Nunatsiavut, Labrador -- Nunavik, Quebec -- Inuvialuit, Northwest Territories; Research plan; Current trends in early learning and child care. 1. Move to integration of education and child care -- 2. Recognition of the value and role of the early years teacher -- 3. Early childhood education requires systems that support broad learning, participation and democracy (OECD Starting Strong 2) -- 4. Early childhood programs that value differences; Vision for Inuit early childhood development; Table of contents; Executive summary N2 - In 2007, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) undertook to complete a series of background reports on lifelong learning for Inuit, to serve as the basis for discussion at the Inuit Education Summit. The purpose of the background papers was to provide a discussion on the barriers facing Inuit in lifelong learning and policy directions for overcoming these barriers. This paper examines the issues surrounding Inuit Early Childhood Education (ECE) UR - https://www.google.be/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCUQFjAAahUKEwid647Ci-zFAhVCDiwKHRRiALE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.itk.ca%2Fsystem%2Ffiles_force%2FInuit-Early-Childhood-Education-and-Care_0.pdf%3Fdownload%3D1&ei=Ew1rVd2VEsKcsAGUxIGICw&usg=AFQjCNGK6sCJB8T47lOaRdYxQWUsQ6USMA&sig2=3N4IyX5KCHXG6D3LA4EVsQ&bvm=bv.94455598,d.bGg ER -