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The program was created in collaboration with Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Kativik School Board and is presented by wildlife protection officers in the classroom free of charge. Participation by the teacher is essential. In fact, you are responsible for the major sections of the program, namely the presentation and the evaluation. To make this task easier, a teacher’s guide is provided to give you all the information you need to facilitate these activities.
To make this task easier, a teacher's guide is provided to give you all the information you need to conduct these activities.
Wildlife and you:
Comic strips:
- Tommy’s choice
Tommy tries to convince his brother not to exceed the total allowable catch of beluga whales.
- Markusie’s choice
While hunting beluga whales, Markusie and his friends come upon a female and her calf.
 Program goal
Bring participants to understand that, wildlife, as a renewable natural resource, must benefit from favourable conditions to maintain its populations at acceptable levels. The activities in this program should enable students to understand:
- that wildlife is a renewable natural resource;
- that certain conditions are necessary for its renewal;
- that a good quality habitat is important for wildlife;
- that there are rules to protect wildlife and its habitats;
- that they can act to ensure the sustainability of wildlife.
Description of activities
Preparatory activities – Duration : 30 minutes
These activities are presented by the teacher. They serve as a stimulus and make it possible to ascertain the students’ initial notions concerning wildlife as a resource, its needs and our relations with wildlife. The activities take place in class or at home prior to the officer’s visit.
The objective of the first activity is to make the differences between a renewable natural resource and a non renewable natural resource. Then, students will use a drawing to illustrate the use that humans make of wildlife. Finally, based on their knowledge, they must then put forward a hypothesis concerning the basic conditions necessary for the renewal of wildlife.
We invite you to send us your student’s drawings. They will appear in the Drawing gallery.
Officer’s visit to the class – Duration : 1 school day (4 hours)
The classroom visit consists of four parts. First of all, with the help of visual elements, students discover what is meant by "wildlife, a renewable natural resource". They overview the history of Nunavik, its wildlife and the importance of wildlife for the Inuit. Then, the officers will talk to them about their work, with the help of a game called The role of the officer. Finally, stories will be used that encourage ethical questioning to allow them to deduce the two essential requirements for the renewal of wildlife and thus to test the hypothesis that they formulated in one of the preparatory activities.
During the visit, the presence of the teacher is essential. For quality concerns, officers may not conduct the activity with more than one class at a time.
Evaluation – Duration : 30 minutes
This activity is facilitated by the teacher. By way of conclusion, a questionnaire will be used to check what the students have learned following their meeting with the wildlife protection officer. In this last activity, the students will have an opportunity to qualify to take part in a contest.
Nunavik Wildlife and you and the Québec Education program
The activities offered as part of Nunavik Wildlife and you are particularly well suited to the curriculum of the Québec Education Program. This learning situation covers several subject areas, including languages and personal development. It will also promote the development of certain competencies such as critical thinking. The broad area of learning on which Nunavik Wildlife and you places the primary focus is environmental awareness. |
Register your class now
Are you a 7 th grade teacher in Nunavik, would you like your students to learn about the Nunavik Wildlife and you program? All you have to do is get in touch with:
Direction de la protection de la faune
625, Kaivivik circle, C.P. 59
Kuujjuaq (Québec) J0M 1C0
(819) 964-2791
This program is available free of charge. When you register, the conditions governing the application of the program will be explained to you.
Take part in the contest
To be eligible, you must:
After the wildlife protection officers visit your class, you and your students must complete a final activity in order to be eligible for the contest. Send a completed “Hunting of Beluga Whales in the future” drawing, taken from the activity booklet: Will there always be Beluga Whales in Nunavik? You must also return the duly completed teacher’s evaluation form.
These documents must then be sent during the week following the officer’s visit. A prize will be awarded to the winning class among all those who complete the necessary documents and submit them.
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