One of the fundamental questions of humans has been “who am I?”
To know our identity and where we came from has been a powerful driving force. And it was a force in Norma Dunning, a professor at the University of Alberta, to find out about her Inuit heritage that was never spoken about in her family.
Norma spent years doing research that revealed practices of a colonial system that had devastating consequences for her ancestors. One such practice was known as the Eskimo Disc System whose impact is still felt today.
Norma’s story highlights a little known part of Canadian history. In her search for the answer of “who am I?” it also raises the troubling question of “who are we?” to Canadians.
Info on Guest:
Norma Dunning is an Ass’t Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. She’s written several books and is the Governor General’s Award winner for “Tainna: The Unseen Ones”
Her latest book is called “Kinauvit: What’s Your Name?” The Eskimo Disc System and A Daughter’s Search for her Grandmother.”
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