In the pages of this book, you will read of the efforts of many to fearlessly audit the state of education in Nunavik. To diligently seek improvement of an already good system. To fix what is not necessarily broken so that those who come after us will have it even better than we did. The various tensions and differences of opinion are, to me, not contentious at all. The status quo, however good or excellent, is no place to stay. I think all recognize this.- - Zebedee Nungak, from the Foreword

As a history of the development of self-government in education, Nunavik: Inuit-Controlled...

Did the US mortgage implosion of 2007 which led to the worldwide recession have to happen? Gale Cincotta (Chicago, 1929-2001), and the National People's Action (NPA) she founded, battled for decades to get the laws and regulations which would have made it much less likely. In the 1960s Gale battled the Chicago Public Schools for a better education for her six sons. She then fought realtors and lenders to provide reasonable mortgages where none were available. They had "redlined" many city neighborhoods. Realizing that laws had to be changed, Gale expanded her battlegrounds to the State of...