Members

Professor in the Department of Educational Sciences at the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi and associate researcher at CRIFPE and the UNESCO CHAIR in cultural transmission among First Peoples, Christine Couture Ph.D. works to document, in a research approach collaborative: the development of teaching practices in science and technology; and practices to support the success of Aboriginal students as part of the Petapan project, carried out at the Rives-du-Saguenay school service center, and a concerted action project on cultural security in the North of the 49th parallel . This work is an extension of her commitment to the NIKANITE First Nations Center at UQAC.

Elisabeth Jacob, Ph.D., is a professor of preschool education in the Department of Educational Sciences at the University of Quebec in Chicoutimi and treasurer at the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP)-Canada. Her research focuses on play as a context for learning, developing, and transmitting Indigenous knowledge. She is also interested in cultural safety practices implemented in early childhood education settings to support the educational success of Indigenous children.

Elisapie Uitangak was a teacher before becoming a pedagogical counsellor  at Ikaarvik School in Puvirnituq. She holds two Certificates in Preschool and Elementary Education in a Nordic Environment (4340-4740) from University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT). She participates in community research projects and acts as a co-teacher for courses relating to language and learning processes. As a cultural mediator, she excels in expressing in Inuktitut the definition of the abstract concepts underlying the content to be transmitted to students. She is also a translator from English to Inuktitut for written documents addressed to students, or to the community of Puvirnituq.

Evie Sivuarapik is a Primary teacher in Ikaarvik School in Puvirnituq community, Nunavik. She holds the Certificate in Preschool and Elementary Education in a Nordic Environment I (4340) from University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) and she is also a member of the co-management group of Teacher training programs of Ivujivik-Puvirnituq-UQAT.

Glorya Pellerin, Ph.D. is a professor at the Education Sciences Teaching and Research Unit of the University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT). Her field of expertise is mainly in the field of the pedagogical use of digital technology and practical training. Associate researcher at the Center for Interuniversity Research on Training and the Teaching Profession (CRIFPE), she is also interested in the training of associate teachers and preparation for professional integration. For nearly twenty years, she has had an interest in education in an Aboriginal context, particularly as it relates to curriculum development and its application. She is currently the director of the Unit for Research, Training and Education Development in Indigenous Communities (URFDÉMA) at UQAT and responsible for programs offered to First Nations students. She is also the principal researcher of the Research and Development Team for Collaborative Actions in the Aboriginal Educational Context (EDRACCÉA).

Ph.D. in Anthropology, he is currently an associate professor at the University of Bío-Bío, and is working on research projects on school and educational autonomy in Mapuche and intercultural territories in south central Chile.

Ph.D. in Education, she is currently an associate professor at the Catholic University of Temuco, and is working on research projects on the educational relationship in the context of the implementation of intercultural education.

Loïc Pulido is a professor of global child development in an educational context in the Department of Educational Sciences at the University of Quebec in Chicoutimi. His research focuses on language learning and writing in a school context, and part of his research examines this area of learning among Indigenous people. He currently heads the Regional Education Research Consortium in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, a structure in which the University, school service centers and colleges (CEGEPs) in this region participate, and whose mission is to support the production and distribution of participatory research findings in education.

Lucy Qalingo was a teacher at Ikaarvik School in Puvirnituq. As a graduate student in  the  two Certificates in Preschool and Elementary Education in a Nordic Environment (4340-4740) from University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), this teacher, then teacher-training consultant is now the principal of the Ikaarvikk school in this community. She is actively involved in research project supporting teacher training through videoconferencing (SSHRC). Involved in the development of education in Inuit communities, she works to find innovative strategies to offer young people an educational project that meets their needs.

Sarah Angiyou is a teacher at Ikaarvik School in Puvirnituq and  graduate student of the two Certificates in Preschool and Elementary Education in a Nordic Environment (4340-4740) from University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT).   She is also a member of the co-management committee for Inuit teacher training programs at UQAT and she is involved in research projects on the development of education in the Inuit context and in relation with other Indigenous nations. She also acts as a co-teacher and mediator of cultural knowledge in the teacher training programs courses in Inuit context.

Doctor in Education, he is currently a tenured professor at the Catholic University of Temuco and is working on research projects on Mapuche and territorial educational knowledge for intercultural education with a pluralistic epistemological approach.

Dr. Smith-Gilman, a longstanding Faculty member and mentor to students and colleagues, is the Associate Dean of Academics in the Faculty of Education at McGill University. She has spearheaded various French Immersion teacher education initiatives within the faculty and has been called upon as an expert on the topics of early childhood education, Indigenous cultural approaches in teaching, and teaching and learning through the arts. Aside from her work at the Faculty, Dr. Smith-Gilman has helped shape Quebec education as a pedagogical consultant to the Quebec Ministry preschool committees, as an authority on the Reggio Emilia approach in preschool and primary school settings, and as an author of several journal articles and book chapters in her areas of teaching and research.

Siaja Mangiuk is a teacher and educational consultant at Nuvviti School in Ivujivik. Being  graduate of the Certificate in Preschool and Elementary Teaching in Nordic context (4340) from UQAT, she is a co-teacher for courses that concern pedagogical development and the different relationships between learners, teachers and knowledge. She also acts as a cultural mediator within the co-management team of Teacher Training programs of Ivujivik-Puvirnituq-UQAT.

Véronique Paul is a professor in the teaching and research unit in education sciences at the University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. She is a member of the co-management group and is responsible for the Ivujivik-Puvirnituq-UQAT Inuit teacher training programs. She is also a member of the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Contemporary Indigenous Affirmations-Interuniversity Center for Indigenous Studies and Research (GRIAAC/CIÉRA-MTL) and of the Team for the Development of Research and Collaborative Actions in Indigenous Educational Contexts. (ÉDRACCÉA, UQAT). Her research focuses on questions of training First Nations and Inuit teachers, the development of education in northern communities, and the history of education in an Aboriginal context.