NFB Collection
Northern Campus
196114 min 26 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Donald Wilder
Production: Richard GilbertFrank Spiller
Script: Jacques Parent
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources.
A picture of Canada's plan for educating Inuit, First Nations and non-Indigenous children of the Canadian northland. At Sir John Franklin School in Yellowknife, academic and vocational training is adapted to the special needs of northern students. The development of mineral, oil and timber resources should lead to new vocations. Students (including Margaret Mangalana) are shown arriving and in class.
Availability
Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > Arctic RegionChildrenEducationResidential Schools
- Education > Child EducationIndigenous PeoplesVocational Schools
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > ChildrenCultureNorthwest Territories, Nunavut and YukonRegional DevelopmentResidential Schools
Credits
- director
- Donald Wilder
- producer
- Richard Gilbert
- executive producer
- Frank Spiller
- script
- Jacques Parent
- photography
- François Séguillon
- participant
- Margaret Mangalana