Access to Justice for Deaf Persons in Nunavut: Focus on Signed Languages

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Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Executive Summary
• 1. BACKGROUND
• 2. CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECT: SIGNING SYSTEMS IN NUNAVUT
• 3. METHODOLOGY
  • 3.1 Telephone survey
  • 3.2 Field visits
• 4. RESULTS
  • 4.1 Telephone Survey
  • 4.2 Interviews in the field
    • 4.2.1 Iqaluit
    • 4.2.2 Rankin Inlet
    • 4.2.3 Pangnirtung
• 5. DISCUSSION
  • 5.1 Sign language used by deaf persons in Nunavut
  • 5.2 Linguistic theories
  • 5.3 Historical and comparative perspective on education of Inuit deaf children
  • 5.4 Signed languages in Nunavut
• 6. CONCLUSION
• 7. RECOMMENDATIONS
• Endnotes
• References
• Appendix A: Selected Vocabulary Items of Videotaped Interview In Iqaluit
• Appendix B: Selected Vocabulary Items Of Videotaped Interviews In Rankin Inlet
• Appendix C: Selected Vocabulary Items Of Videotaped Interview In Pangnirtung
• Appendix D: CBC Interviews

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