An Existentialist in Iqaluit: Existentialism and Reflexivity Informing Pedagogy in the Canadian North

摘要

Reflecting on the personal experience of teaching human resource manage ment in the Canadian Arctic, the author explores the utility of an existential ist approach to pedagogy. The author outlines select aspects of existentialisn that are pertinent to the teaching and discusses the implications of usin; reflexive existential thought as guidance in a specific educational context The author's aim is to extend the dialogue concerning freedom and peda gogy using existentialism as a mechanism to navigate the implications of such