Problems of Eskimo relocation for industrial employment : a preliminary study / by D.S. Stevenson.: R42-4/1968-1E-PDF

"Under the auspices of the Northern Science Research Group, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, research was conducted during 1967 into the possible reasons for variable success in relocating Eskimo families to centres of industrial employment. A number of interim conclusions have been drawn. Where the migrants lack comprehension of the informal rules governing behaviour that is acceptable in southern communities, and where attempts are made by the migrants to retain former life patterns, assimilation and/or acceptance into the community is seriously retarded. Further, although technical training and grade-school education are necessary for migration, by themselves they are not sufficient for successful adjustment to community life-styles. The problem lies partly in community awareness of the migrant, and partly in the more insistent demands by the community for conformity of the migrant to ‘normative’ behaviour. In short, because the migrant is unaware of the informal rules governing àcceptable behaviour in southern communities, and because his only recourse is to assume that the actual behaviour he observes is acceptable, he models his own behaviour accordingly and, in consequence, is rejected by the community."--Abstract.

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Department/Agency Northern Science Research Group (Canada)
Canada. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
Canada. Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada.
Title Problems of Eskimo relocation for industrial employment : a preliminary study / by D.S. Stevenson.
Series title NSRG ; 68-1
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada].
Publishing information Ottawa : Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Northern Science Research Group, 1968.
Author / Contributor Stevenson, D. S. (David Stuart), 1924-
Description ix, 25 p. : maps
Catalogue number
  • R42-4/1968-1E-PDF
Subject terms Inuit
Social problems
Industrial workers
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