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Leah's "class" makes a wild dash to get indoors. Some days as many as 23 children, ranging from toddlers to teenagers, turned up for lessons.
Date
September 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB83140 [162-L]
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Ted Grant
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line

Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928

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Leah tells her friends about the many fascinating things she saw during her stay "down south". Eskimo children are very anxious to learn about the white man's life as well as their own storied past.

Date
September 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB83141
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Ted Grant
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line

Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928

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While almost all of Canada's Eskimo population can read and write their own language, only about 10% can read and write English. This percentage is expected to rise sharply as the number of pupils in Canada's northland, which has grown from 450 to 1300 in 10 years, continues to increase. Leah (right, above) hopes eventually to qualify as a teacher's aid.

Date
September 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB83142
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Ted Grant
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line

Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928

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Photostory #162L: English Lessons with Leah

Photographers
Ted Grant
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
June 17, 1958
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
There was no School at bleak Resolute Bay, 560 miles inside the Arctic circle when Leah returned to her people after 2 years in a tuberculosis sanatorium. While away, the young Eskimo girl had learned to read and write English and, encouraged by the interest of youngsters who lived in the tiny 13-house settlement, Leah decided to hold some classes of her own. The experiment was encouraged by the local member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who provided a small warehouse which served as a school and here for 2 years Leah and her young friends studied together.
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