Diversity

About a month ago I went to an event called "Inuit Culture of North Canada". I went to this event not knowing what it was really going to be about, but it sounded fairly interesting. The speaker was a man that grew up in the Inuit culture  and he talked about what his life was like. By the way that he spoke about his home it was clear that he loved it. Many of the things that he talked about surprised me.

One part that I found surprising was that at around the age of seven the Inuit children were taken by government people to be taught in southern Canada. They were not allowed to stay with their families. Another surprise was that now the Inuit people are now embracing technology. Many of the villages have internet and most families have cell phones.

The speaker is now working with many other people to insure that the languages of the people in the north, not only in North America, but also in Europe and Asia, are preserved. It is very important to protect the culture of the past so that it will be there in the future.