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Canada's residential schools : the Inuit and Northern experience. The final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada : Volume 2
Volume 2 The Inuit and Northern Experience (English)

Federal education in Northern Quebec

1955
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Prior to the inclusion of Inuit as "Indians" under the constitution in 1939, the Department of Indian Affairs had little interest in extending the residential school system to the north. Under the jurisdiction of the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, a new federal education system was extended to the Northwest Territories, the Yukon Territories, and Northern Quebec.

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