This project focuses on school curriculum as a central factor that influences Inuit students' perseverance and educational success.
Glorya Pellerin
The Indigenous Knowledge and Education Partnership Project (IKEPP)
Benoit Éthier
Mobilizing Indigenous Knowledge in the Context of Play: Collaborative Research with Innu in Quebec and Mãori in New Zealand
Elisabeth Jacob
Christine Couture, Marco Bacon, UQAC
December 6, 2025Co-investigators: Dominic Bizot, Catherine Duquette, Élisabeth Jacob, Constance Lavoie, Loïc Pulido
Project Objectives
1) Document practices developed to support the success of Indigenous students at school, in the classroom and in educational services.
2) Document Indigenous knowledge used to support student success.
3) Analyze the structuring elements and the limits of jointly developed practices to support the success of Indigenous students.
4) Analyze the impact of jointly developed practices for students, parents and the school as a whole.
Results
Examples of practices developed at the CSS des Rives-du-Saguenay as part of the Petapan project, knowledge on practices that help promote the perseverance and success of Indigenous students in urban areas.