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Biography & Autobiography Educators

Teaching in a Cold and Windy Place

Change in an Inuit School

by (author) Joanne Elizabeth Tompkins

Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Initial publish date
Nov 1998
Category
Educators, Students & Student Life, Personal Memoirs, Multicultural Education, Organizations & Institutions
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442680395
    Publish Date
    Oct 1998
    List Price
    $91.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802041685
    Publish Date
    Nov 1998
    List Price
    $72.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802080301
    Publish Date
    Nov 1998
    List Price
    $26.95

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Description

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

On her arrival in the Inuit village, Tompkins found struggling teachers and failing students in a community that was grappling with social and economic change. Outlining strategies that worked and others that failed, she gives a vivid account of the day-to-day trials and rewards that she and community members experienced as they worked to create a productive and exciting school environment.

This engaging and informative account of change in an Inuit school will be of great use to educators and administrators, and appeal to general readers as well. One educator who read the manuscript paid it the compliment of comparing it to Sylvia Ashton-Warner's classic tale of teaching Maori children, Teacher.

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.

Joanne Elizabeth Tompkins' profile page

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