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Nunavik leaders join other Indigenous communities eyeing banishment for bootleggers and ...

Pita Aatami, president of Makivvik which represents Inuit in Nunavik, says the policy, if implemented, would largely target non-Nunavik residents ... View article...

Nunavik leaders eye banishment for drug and alcohol traffickers

Inuit -centred treatment could help combat Nunavik's tuberculosis crisis, new study suggests · How a tiny First Nations community in N.S. is ... View article...

Canada's Arctic noise is no party for narwhals

For Ootoowak and others in Canada's Inuit communities, narwhal meat has been key to their survival for at least 1,000 years. It's an important source ... View article...

Art Gallery of Guelph to host Antiques Roadshow-style appraisal fundraiser

Get on-the-spot verbal appraisals for jewellery, art, Inuit objects, textile art, stamps, and coins from the region's experts. The appraisals are ... View article...

'I want to go home': Forced relocation impacts Sanikiluaq more than 50 years later

Inuit have inhabited the Belcher Islands for centuries, mostly in small camps scattered across the islands. Until the 1950s, the federal government ... View article...

Spring economic update has $2.1B for essential services in Indigenous communities

The money will support First Nations and Inuit non-insured health benefits, on-reserve education and child and family services beginning this fiscal ... View article...

Allen Maghagak remembered as 'diplomatic but firm' negotiator for Inuit rights

Maghagak, 73, died last week in Ottawa. “He was a determined man, so that Inuit can define their own future for their children, their grandchildren ... View article...

Pauktuutit holds workshops for Nunavummiut to learn more about UNDRIP

Hamlet in Nunavut celebrates being chosen as site of first Inuit -led university in Canada · Growing Alberta Inuit community hungry for local food, ... View article...

Nunavik leaders to unify efforts in fight against substance abuse in region

Declaration calls for better health services and infrastructure, and Inuit oversight on youth protection. Leaders from every Nunavik organization  ... View article...

Inuit short films shown for the first time in 50 years at Nunavut International Film Festival

“We see stories from Inuit culture that we immediately recognize, but also being able to see them, these narratives portrayed 1970s animation — it is ... View article...

'We want the world to see the brilliance of Inuit ingenuity'

Generations of Inuit artists have looked to each other for inspiration and encouragement. Armed with the music and resilience of their ancestors, ... View article...

Canadian mining company announces $10 million for new Nunavut university

Canadian mining company Agnico Eagle Mine has announced that they will be putting $10 million towards the Inuit Nunangat University that is set to ... View article...

Nunavut premier says Inuit need to be more involved in mining

Premier John Main spoke at the Nunavut Mining Symposium in Iqaluit and said getting involved in mining is especially important ahead of ... View article...

Inuit short films shown for the first time in 50 years at Nunavut International Film Festival

Short stop-motion and flip-book animated films by Kinngait artists were shown in a cinema for the first time on April 9 since they were created ... View article...

Ten candidates running for Nunavut Inuit organization president

Ten candidates running for Nunavut Inuit organization president. Ten candidates have registered to run for Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. ( NTI ) president on ... View article...

Mounties spied on 'Father of Nunavut' in 1970s amid fears of Inuit-Dene alliance

The RCMP Security Service spied on Inuit leaders like John Amagoalik as they developed their Nunavut proposal in the 1970s, newly declassified ... View article...

Workshop in Ulukhaktok teaches artists new ways to use fur

Growing Alberta Inuit community hungry for local food , culture, friendship · Newly uncovered Inuit animation from the '70s screening for the first ... View article...

Spring time festival in Iqaluit gets whole community involved

Toonik Tyme is a festival named after the Tuniit people and celebrates Inuit culture and spring returning in the Arctic . The festival started last ... View article...

Canada ramps up Arctic defence as record patrol ends

The mission tested mobility, infrastructure, and coordination in harsh northern conditions, with Inuit Rangers playing a critical role. The ... View article...

Inuit youth photographers hold first exhibit

Inuit youth photographers hold first exhibit ... Pitt Piallaq said he finds taking photos satisfying. The 20-year-old from Sanirajak said photography ... View article...