Collection of Oral Histories
Jurisdiction
	Nunavut
Agency Responsible for the Policy/Program
	Department of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth
Policy/Program Purpose
	The Department works with elders to record and protect oral histories and terminology that is threatened.
Benefits and Services
	This program preserves and promotes the use of Inuit language and long unused terminology. In a culture with few written resources, this is a way of preserving traditional terminology and stories essential to language and culture in Nunavut.
Contact Information
	Penny Rumbolt Communications Manager Department of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth PO Box 1000, Station 800 Iqaluit, Nunavut X0A 0H0 Phone: (867) 975-5531 Fax: (867) 975-5504 Email: prumbolt@gov.nu.ca
Year the Policy/Program was Implemented
	2002
Brief Description of the Policy Issue
	To promote and protect Nunavut's culture and heritage. There is limited time to learn from the generation of Nunavummiut who grew up on the land. There is an urgent need to record oral histories and language dialects, to preserve the richness of Inuit culture for future generations to learn from the elders' experience.
Sectors the Policy/Program is Most Related To
	· Culture
Expected Outcomes for the Policy/Program
	Have a database of oral history collected from each of Nunavut's community's eldest citizens, with first priority being given to those communities with the least amount of collected oral history. These oral histories are also expected to contribute to research and understanding of traditional but long unused terminology.
Target Group for this Policy/Program
	This program will benefit all of Nunavut's future generations.
Total Program Expenditures
	$100,000.00
Brief description of any factors that readers should consider
	The program was conducted in 7 communities last year.

Eligibility Criteria
Other Eligibility Criteria
	Must be a community in Nunavut.

This record was last reviewed:

2004-09-27