Ajunngittutit Community Learning Program

What is Ajunngittutit?

Ajunngittutit is a supportive community-based learning program for children and youth to learn at their own pace. Ajunngittutit can also provide an opportunity to reconnect with school and learning environments. Ajunngittutit Community Learning Program focuses on:

Hands on learning at your own pace
Learning about Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit values and skills
Inuktitut language development
Some land-based learning and programming
Finding out what you’re really good at and what you might like to do for a job in the future
Learning job readiness skills
Learning ways to take care of your mental health and well-being
Having fun!

Brochure PDF

Caregiver Package

Youth Package

Why Choose Ajunngittutit?

If you’re thinking about attending Ajunngituttit, you have come to the right place! We are here to support your personal and learning goals. We can help you reconnect with your community assigned school if that is one of your goals.

We can help you with math and English
We can help you strengthen your Inuktitut skills
We can help you with life skills like grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, keeping a schedule and much more!
We can support you with social and relationships skills
We can help you find tools and strategies that help you learn and focus best
We have two sensory spaces and many books and devices to help you feel calm and safe in your body while learning or taking a break.
We offer music and arts programming
Our learning themes focus on the Inuit seasonal calendar
We understand that everyone learns differently and at their own pace.

At this time, attendance at Ajunngittutit Community Learning Program will not give you a grade 12 diploma, but you will receive a certificate for the time you spend in our program. We can also help you with your job or post-secondary school goals.

Inuit Guiding Principles

Pilimmasarniq: practise skill development

Tunngasainiq: becoming inclusive of everyone

Ikajuriuqsantisiniq: learning to be helper

Piliriqatigiiniq: working together

Learning activities and programs will centre on general seasonal times of the Inuit year and when guest speakers, Elders and community teachers can join us.