Council of Commissioners
June 2024 (Kuujjuaq)
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Sivumuattiit was initiated on the basis of a mandate received by the Kativik Ilisarniliriniq commissioners at their June 2024 meeting in Kuujjuaq.

Recognizing the need for broader consultations within and outside the organization to examine how we go about ensuring student success, the commissioners identified key questions that will guide the “Listening” phase, the first in a 4-phase consultation process.

School administrators (Youth Sector) and backbone service managers
August 1, 2024 (Montreal)
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More than 100 Nunavik school administrators and Montreal-based managers gathered together for a day of collective storytelling, discussions and collaboration around the question:

What might Kativik Ilisarniliriniq courageously do to strengthen student success?

The day aimed to create a shared understanding of the Sivumuattiit process and everyone’s role in it. The beginning of a shared vision of student success emerged through discussions of our aspirations for student success, the various profiles of success in our communities and the diversity of the many pathways to success participants testified to.

Ideas on how to maximize community engagement in the upcoming process were also collected, based on participants’ past experiences of successful community outreach efforts. Throughout the day, a shared purpose for Sivumuattiit was co-created, identifying the changes and outcomes that participants hope will result from the process.

Adult Sector
August 27, 2024 (Montreal)
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More than 75 employees working with the Adult Education and Vocational Training department in Nunavik and Montreal took part in a one-day working session that brought together managers, professionals, teachers and support staff. Participants engaged with the Sivumuattiit student success initiative, its process and approach.

The proposed activities strengthened relationships within the department and wove an adult education perspective into the student success vision that had emerged from a previous consultation (August 1, Montreal).

Success stories from the journeys of adult education students were harvested, along with pathways to success from teachers and staff. Creative participatory activities brought a new clarity to adult education strengths, challenges, ideas for improvement and staff’s hopes for positive change moving forward.

Youth Sector (backbone services)
September 11, 2024 (Kuujjuaq)
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More than 40 employees came together for a one-day working session for Youth Sector staff (backbone services) working with Complementary and Compassionate Services, School Operations and Education Services.

Over the course of the day, participants were introduced to the Sivumuattiit team and to the processes and approaches to be employed during the session. They took part in activities designed to integrate a Youth Sector perspective into the emergent vision of student success. Participants also contributed their own ideas and perspectives to enrich the mapping of student and staff pathways.

The activities led to deep interdepartmental exchanges and knowledge-sharing. Interactive sessions fostered the development of ideas on how to encourage community engagement and promote positive change as we move forward together.

Existing gaps in both student and staff journeys at Kativik Ilisarniliriniq were clearly identified, along with key questions to address at the next consultation. This upcoming session will be held with the staff of Jaanimmarik and Pitakallak Schools, along with the members of the Kuujjuaq community.

Consultation with the staff from Pitakallak and Jaanimmarik Schools
October 9, 2024 (Kuujjuaq)
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On October 9, a hundred-plus employees from Jaanimmarik School, Pitakallak School and the Kajusivik Adult Education centre were invited to the Kuujjuaq Forum for an opportunity to learn about the Student Success Initiative, Sivumuattiit.

Through the various interactive activities organized for this day of consultation, participants from the three schools re-established their ties as they offered their insights to help further develop the vision of student success emerging from the consultations that have been taking place. Identifying Kativik Ilisarniliriniq’s strengths and the challenges the organization faces, employees shared their points of view on such topics as community engagement in education, learning as a journey rooted in the environment and the parallel experiences of students and staff in our schools.

While these consultation activities were taking place, a training session on visual thinking was being given at Jaanimmarik School to all Secondary 4 and 5 students.

Community consultation (public event)
October 9, 2024 (Kuujjuaq)
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On the evening of October 9, members of the Kuujjuaq community were invited to take part in a discussion of results coming out of the internal consultations that began in August involving Kativik Ilisarniliriniq employees. Activities were set up at various stations for the Kuujjuammiut to participate in, and they were called on to ask questions and offer their reflections on the information being presented. Approximately ten parents took part in the gathering.

Consultation with the staff from Nuvviti School
October 29, 2024 (Ivujivik)
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On October 29, the staff of Nuvviti School in Ivujivik had the opportunity to get acquainted with the Student Success Initiative, Sivumuattiit. Through a variety of activities, the group of about 30 participants were invited to share their insights and help further develop a common vision of student success, in addition to putting together a definitive picture of the challenges being faced and the strengths and innovative ideas to be implemented in the effort to support students.

In the course of interactive activities, participants also discussed matters such as the Inuktitut language, the concept of Inuguiniq and the education process rooted in the environment, while at the same time helping to map the various respective journeys of the school’s staff and students.

The day before this consultation, a training course on visual thinking was also given to all Secondary students at Nuvviti School.

Community consultation (public event)
October 29, 2024 (Ivujivik)
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Later in the evening of October 29, members of the Ivujivik community were invited to attend a presentation of the findings from internal consultations begun in August involving Kativik Ilisarniliriniq employees. Activities were set up at several stations for participants to visit, after which their questions and reflections were welcomed concerning the information presented. Eight community members took part.