Module 1 Overview
In Module 1, we set the context of Nunavut: Our Land, and the origins of Inuit traditional life ways and sources of heat and light as the original forms of energy since time immemorial. With the encroachment of the explorers, whalers and traders, Inuit have observed and been impacted by the modern energy distribution system that developed for settlements, housing, infrastructure and the energy distribution system, that exists today in Nunavut. To know the past is to understand the present, to envision the future.
Learning Objectives:
- Develop an understanding of the historical use of the qulliq among Inuit
- Learn about the whale blubber rendering industry and its role in non-Inuit incursion in the North
- Understand the shift from the land to relocation to permanent structures and communities in Nunavut and energy reliance
- Understand the current energy distribution system in Nunavut
- Gain perspectives from Inuit on global energy use and the impact on Nunavut
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