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

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  • Nico Palesch

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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.

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  • Nico Palesch, 2016. "Creating Opportunity in Inuit Nunangat: The Crisis in Inuit Education and Labour Market Outcomes," CSLS Research Reports 2016-12, Centre for the Study of Living Standards.
    • Handle: RePEc:sls:resrep:1612
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    1. Jasmin Thomas, 2015. "Benchmarking Metis Economic and Social Development," CSLS Research Reports 2015-07, Centre for the Study of Living Standards.
    2. Jasmin Thomas, 2016. "Nunavik's Labour Market and Educational Attainment Paradox," CSLS Research Reports 2016-13, Centre for the Study of Living Standards.
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    1. Jasmin Thomas, 2016. "Nunavik's Labour Market and Educational Attainment Paradox," CSLS Research Reports 2016-13, Centre for the Study of Living Standards.
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    Keywords

    Inuit; Inuit Nunangat; Nunavik; Nunavut; Inuivialuit Region; Nunatsiavut; Canada; Education; Labour Market;
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    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • N32 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-
    • J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development

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