Nunavut
Each province and territory in Canada has its own public education system, governed by different legislation, policies, and funding structures. While certain patterns—like collective punishment, underfunded inclusion, or inconsistent accommodations—may appear nationwide, the details vary by region. This page brings together posts, policies, and resources relevant to schools and families in Nunavut, offering local insight into national issues.
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Why we’re tracking collective punishment across Canada
In classrooms across this country, children still lose recess for things they didn’t do. Field trips are cancelled because someone else acted out. Privileges are revoked—en masse—because a teacher felt the group needed a lesson. These are not isolated incidents. They are symptoms of a widespread practice known as collective punishment: the disciplining of a group…
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Comparison of Provincial and Territorial rules on collective punishment in schools
Across Canada, policies on student discipline vary widely—but only one province, Nova Scotia, has taken the decisive step of explicitly banning collective punishment in schools. In April 2025, Nova Scotia revised its Provincial School Code of Conduct Policy to require individualised responses to student behaviour, affirming that group-based discipline is not just ineffective but unjust.…
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Three-quarters of Nunavut teachers witnessed or dealt with violence at school: survey
In June 2024, the Nunavut Teachers’ Association released findings from a territory-wide survey that captured what many educators already knew: violence and burnout in Nunavut schools are endemic—and escalating. Teachers weren’t asking for harsher discipline. They were asking for help. Violence isn’t the story—it’s the signal Educators in the survey overwhelmingly described these behaviours not as…
