The Kativik School Board (KSB; french: Commission scolaire Kativik, iu, ᑲᑎᕕᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᖅ Kativik Ilisarniliriniq) is a school district with territory in Nunavik in northern Quebec; it has an office in the Saint-Laurent area of

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and one in

Kuujjuaq Kuujjuaq (; iu, ᑰᑦᔪᐊᖅ, i=no or iu, ᑰᔾᔪᐊᖅ, i=no, label=none, "Great River"), formerly known as and by other names, is a former Hudson's Bay Company outpost at the mouth of the Koksoak River on Ungava Bay that has become ...

. While most Quebec school boards are categorized by language, this district is categorized as a "special-status school board".

History

It was created as part of the

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(JBNQA), and in 1975 the school district came into existence. The district headquarters were placed in

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so the administration would be in proximity to the Quebec government. The headquarters were later placed in

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(NDG),

.MacLeod, Roderick and Mary Anne Poutanen. ''A Meeting of the People: School Boards and Protestant Communities in Quebec, 1801-1998''. McGill-Queen's Press, 2004. , 9780773527423. p
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In 1998 Quebec Minister of Education

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stated she would support the headquarters moving to Nunavik. The provincial education ministry requested that KSB adopt certain reforms in its mathematics and science programs by 2012; when this did not happen, in 2014 the ministry stopped KSB's ability to issue regular high school diplomas effective June 2015; instead "attestation of equivalence of secondary studies" became available. KSB did not inform the students and community of the change until 2017. President of the KSB board Alicie Nalukturuk accused the ministry of ignoring requests for help on issues in the community.

Schools

* Tukisiniarvik School ( Akulivik) * Tarsakallak School ( Aupaluk) * Innalik School (

Inukjuak Inukjuak ( iu, ᐃᓄᒃᔪᐊᒃ, ''Inujjuaq'' or ''Inukjuaq'' in Latin script, meaning 'The Giant') is a northern village (Inuit community) located on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Innuksuak River in Nunavik, in the region of northern Queb ...

) * Nuvviti School (

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) * Ulluriaq School (

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) * Arsaniq School ( Kangiqsujuaq) * Sautjuit School ( Kangirsuk) * Asimauttaq School ( Kuujjuaraapik) * Jaanimmarik School ( Kuujjuaq ) * Pitakallak School ( Kuujjuaq ) * Iguarsivik School (

Puvirnituq Puvirnituq ( iu, ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᖅ) is a northern village (Inuit community) in Nunavik, on the Povungnituk River near its mouth on Hudson Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. Its population was 2,128 as of the 2021 Canadian census. Of all oth ...

) * Ikaarvik School (

) * Isummasaqvik School ( Quaqtaq) * Ikusik School (

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) * Ajagutak School ( Tasiujaq) * Kiluutaq School (

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)

Former schools

The board formerly operated the Ulluriaq School, previously the Satuumavik School, in

.Ulluriaq Home Page
" Kativik School Board. May 28, 2001. Retrieved on September 23, 2017. The district formerly operated the Kativik Senior Education Centre in

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. In the district's early history, senior high school students had to attend classes there to get a high school diploma. During its history, most students dropped out of the program rather than completing it; the centre was a long distance from Nunavik.

References

External links

Kativik School Board

Kativik School Board

Kativik School Board
{{in lang, iu Nunavik School districts in Quebec Saint-Laurent, Quebec 1975 establishments in Quebec Educational institutions established in 1975