Monitoring educational and professional success amongst Inuit of Nunavut who have registered in a post-secondary program (NGMP ID SE05)

The purpose of this research project is to collect data on success among Nunavut Inuit who are attending or have attended post-secondary programs and to make the data available to Nunavut decision-makers. Specifically: 1) Collect data on post-secondary educational success among Inuit students within and outside Nunavut (as measured by graduation rate, academic program, and number of years in a post-secondary program); 2) Collect data on professional success among Inuit with postgraduate education, depending on whether they have graduated or not (as measured by job satisfaction and relatedness of educational background to employment); 3) Collect data on the financial assistance programs and compare their effectiveness in terms of post-secondary success and graduation (as measured by source of financial assistance and appropriateness for student needs. Better data will contribute to better decision making and capacity building in Nunavut by enabling decision-makers to understand and quantify the impact of post-secondary education on young Inuit. Such data could be used either by the Department of Education to adapt its post-secondary programs or by FANS (Financial Assistance for Nunavut Students) to adapt their funding programs to student needs.