Inuktut

The Canadian Studies Center offers resources for learning and engaging with Inuktitut, including from the government of Nunavut, our Inuktut instructors, and a unique online learning module designed in partnership with the UW Language Learning Center.

Program Overview

Degree availability: Arctic Studies Minor

Years offered: 1 year + Moodle course

Contact:canada@uw.edu

A Kabluna at the University of Washington

Course Information

 

Course Catalog

 

    • ARCTIC 101/102/103  Elementary Inuktut: Inuit Language and Culture in Canada
    • ARCTIC 200 Indigenous Diplomacies and International Relations in the Arctic
    • ARCTIC 201/202/203  Intermediate Inuktitut (Inuit Language)
    • ARCTIC 210 Inuit, the Arctic, and Global Change
    • ARCTIC 301/302/303 Advanced Inuktitut
    • ARCTIC 308 Arctic Literature and Film
    • ARCTIC 321 At the Top of the World: Arctic Histories
    • ARCTIC 387 Study Abroad: Arctic Studies
    • ARCTIC 391 Climate Change – An International Perspective: Science, Art, and Activism
    • ARCTIC 400 Integrating Policy and Science in Arctic Studies
    • ARCTIC 401 Current Issues in the Arctic Region
    • ARCTIC 410 Self-Determination in Canada and Beyond: Inuit Rising
    • ARCTIC 498 Special Topics in Arctic Studies

 

Global

  • Spoken by  41,700 (2021 census) people.
  • Inuktut is spoken in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, and Quebec provinces: Hudson Strait, east through Nunavut, southern Baffin Island; northern coastal settlements in Quebec, and along North Atlantic coast.

Learning

  • UW hosts one of the only Inuktut programs in the country.

Culture & Diplomacy

  • Connecting learners to the core values, oral traditions, and perspective of Inuit culture.

Airplane IconTravel & Career

  • Inuktut speakers careers spanning from  gov’t and public service, interpreter & translator, media context reviewer & translator, healthcare, media & broadcasting, research and education.

Discover More

Visit the Canadian Studies Center Arctic & Int'l Relations | Inuktut

  • Iceberg, St john's, Newfoundland,

    Iceberg, St john's, Newfoundland

  • View of Quebec,

    View of Quebec

  • Tasiilaq, Greenland,

    Tasiilaq, Greenland

  • Arctic landscape,

    Arctic landscape