Xàgots’eèhk’ǫ̀ translates to having a campfire in the Tłı̨chǫ language. Fire is important to Northerners; a campfire is where people gather, share stories, seek warmth, cook food, and many other activities. Like a campfire, this journal is a space to exchange information and bring together voices from across the North.
Listen to Rosa Mantla from Behchokǫ̀ pronounce Xàgots’eèhk’ǫ̀ in this audio clip.
Within our pages you’ll find student, faculty and community submissions, scholarly articles reviewed by our Editorial Advisory Committee, opportunities to connect, research tools and sections highlighting research being done at Aurora College and the Aurora Research Institute, as well as external organizations across the NWT. If it’s research about the North, or information on how to do research in the North, we want to hear about it!
About the Logo
In 2020, Xàgots’eèhk’ǫ̀ Journal invited northerners to submit logo designs for the journal. The selected design was created by Aidan Cartwright, a teacher and resident of Yellowknife, in collaboration with his wife Simone Tielesh.
The overlaid sticks are the foundation of the fire, representing collaboration and cooperation between distinct entities with a common purpose. (LAND)
The two flames of the fire are representative of learners, scholars, youth, and Elders. The one with greater knowledge is the larger flame and the learner or student is the smaller flame. Eventually the smaller flame becomes the larger flame through experience, an example of the cycle of learning and knowledge-sharing. (CULTURE)
The rings of light emanating from the fire are representative of what comes from knowledge sharing – stories, research, philosophy, and art. (WAYS OF LIVING)
Editorial Team
Xàgots’eèhk’ǫ̀ is comprised of a full-time Managing Editor, a staff position hosted by Aurora College, and a volunteer Editorial Advisory Committee.
The Editorial Advisory Committee provides guidance to help the Journal meet our vision of sharing knowledge about the North, created in the North, and by Northerners. Committee members will actively participate as peer reviewers, and work with the Managing Editor to develop an innovative and decolonized approach to the review process.
The membership of the Committee should reflect the variety of content published by the Journal, and so every effort will be made to include members from across the NWT with a variety of cultural and Indigenous backgrounds, and a diversity of knowledge and expertise. We especially invite individuals who self-identify as racialized persons, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQ+ persons to apply.
The Committee will meet six (6) times per year, virtually, and applicants do not have to reside currently in the North to be considered. Current students are encouraged to apply, as well as established scholars, faculty, staff, community members, Elders, researchers and artists. Individual’s expertise will be utilized to work with authors each issue to help develop their work, with the goal of unifying different ways of knowing within the academic setting. Annually a public call out will ask for new members.
Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement and appreciation: Dr. Pertice Moffitt
In 2020, Pertice Moffitt along with Co-Applicants Jessica Dutton, Kerry Lynn Durnford, Kim Lemky, Perez Oyugi, Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox, and John B. Zoe, received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for a Connection Grant enabling the development and creation of the Journal. With support from Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning, Hotıì ts’eeda, Aurora College, and the Government of the Northwest Territories, the first edition was published in November 2022. In April 2023, the position of Managing Editor was created to sustain the Journal at Aurora College.
Past Issues
Contact
Principal Contact
Editorial team
Phone (867) 767-8211
xagotseehko@auroracollege.nt.ca