Inuvik students bag two moose as part of on-the-land program

FLHTCUI said:
Man, those ribs are making me hungry !
Does Alberta still teach the hunting course in regular curriculum in jr.High ???
Rob
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If they did, my education would have been far more interesting. I couldn't imagine 95% of my friends being able to handle a hunting class.
 
Awesome... I'm a teacher and although I just switched schools/districts I taught a hunting/trapping class in my previous school. We went on both spring and fall hunts, as well as winter trapping trips. Fall hunts were never successful, but we got a nice 6'7" cinnamon phase black bear one spring.
 
Years ago we began our training lessons at about 5 & 6 years old... The dad's would take out their sons as a group and introduce the young boys to the safe use of firearms... The rifle that was used was a single shot Cooey M-39. After the teaching part - each boy was able to take one shot if he wanted to take one. Money was limited and we were told not to waste ammo as one box may need to last a long time.

There was no internet and channels were limited on the TV set. No cell phones and being in the outdoors all day was the best part of being a child...

The youth who reside in the north have similar circumstances and they do not have access to the type of domestic meat products that are available at more southerly located communities. They depend on moose, caribou, elk (in some places) fish, rabbits, grouse and other animals. It's refreshing to see a school provide an education that will serve these youth over the course of their lifetimes.
 
Knowing how the education system works in the NWT they will likely be the best thing they do learn in school.

If they want a post secondary education they will likely find out that their high school education is not considered up to pare and will have to upgrade before they can attend a southern college or university.

To address the chronic under performance of students in the NWT the government has recently had the bright idea that they will reduce the number of class room hours, seriously if you don't believe this look here:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-school-hours-second-reading-1.4141021
 
HeadDamage said:
Knowing how the education system works in the NWT they will likely be the best thing they do learn in school.

If they want a post secondary education they will likely find out that their high school education is not considered up to pare and will have to upgrade before they can attend a southern college or university.

To address the chronic under performance of students in the NWT the government has recently had the bright idea that they will reduce the number of class room hours, seriously if you don't believe this look here:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-school-hours-second-reading-1.4141021
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Northwest Territories high school curriculum follows that of Alberta. It was was good enough to get me into a University Undergrad program without upgrading.
 
HeadDamage said:
Knowing how the education system works in the NWT they will likely be the best thing they do learn in school.

If they want a post secondary education they will likely find out that their high school education is not considered up to pare and will have to upgrade before they can attend a southern college or university.

To address the chronic under performance of students in the NWT the government has recently had the bright idea that they will reduce the number of class room hours, seriously if you don't believe this look here:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-school-hours-second-reading-1.4141021
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It's not the system. Case in point, why is the school teaching something that's been traditionally taught by parents?
 
As a 'wasp' couple who are probably never going to be drawn for an adult moose tag again in ontario we're jealous.
The lottery in our wmu is pretty screwed up with about 30 selections in thousands of applicants this year.:mad:
 
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