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October 29, 2024

Special interlocutor releases final residential school graves report

Kimberly Murray issues 42 ‘obligations’, seeks 20-year probe Warning: This report refers to residential schools and may be disturbing for some readers. Help is available by calling the Residential School Survivor Support line at 1-866-925-4419 APTN News: After two years of investigation, Canada’s special interlocutor on residential school gravesites says the work is only beginning....

October 29, 2024

Special interlocutor releases final residential school graves report

October 18, 2024

Tobacco negotiations and health care funding for Nunavut

NationTalk: Today, Minister of Health John Main released the following statement: “I want to share an important update regarding Nunavut’s ongoing negotiations with Canada’s three largest tobacco companies. Nunavut, in collaboration with other provinces and territories, is actively working to recover health care costs associated with tobacco-related illnesses. This case stems from alleged wrongful practices...

October 1, 2024

Nunavut gov’t to rename 15 place names containing Indigenous slurs

Work to officially change derogatory names a ‘priority’ in 2025 WARNING: This article discusses an offensive slur. The word is included once for context, then otherwise avoided. CBC Indigenous: Years after a push to rename a cluster of islands named with a racial slur in Nunavut, the territorial government says it’s working on it. The Old...

September 19, 2024

After years of advocacy by a pediatrician, all Nunavut babies to get RSV immunization

APTN News: The Canadian Press – The Nunavut government says it will provide immunization against respiratory syncytial virus to all infants in the territory this fall, a policy change that one pediatric infectious diseases specialist has been advocating for decades. “This new immunization program is vital because RSV … poses a significant health risk to infants,” Dr....

August 16, 2024

Open-Access, No-cost Anti-Colonial Learning Resource Offers Art to Transform Healthcare Systems Across Canada

NationTalk: Lheidli T’enneh Territory, Prince George, BC – The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning in Healthcare (H.E.A.L. Healthcare) Project unlocks the potential of arts and humanities to disrupt longstanding and well-established health disparities. Starting from the premise that healthcare is both an art and a science, H.E.A.L. Healthcare uses poetry, storytelling, visual arts, and other...

July 24, 2024

NTI launches health survey in Nunavut

Qanuippitaa? survey completed in Pond Inlet, moving to more communities in August The Qanuippitaa? National Inuit Health Survey has already been completed in Pond Inlet and will move to Sanikiluaq, Sanirajak and Gjoa Haven next. (File photo) NationTalk: Nunatsiaq News – Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. is collecting health information from Inuit across Nunavut. The Qanuippitaa? National...

July 15, 2024

NTI is Seeking Expressions of Interests from Inuit Educators to Attend National Gathering for Indigenous Education

NationTalk: Iqaluit, Nunavut) Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) is seeking Expression of Interest from Inuit educators to attend the National Gathering for Indigenous Education, scheduled for Nov. 20-24, 2024, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. An Inuit-centred education system is one of the foundational promises of Nunavut. A part of the Nunavut Agreement’s purpose is to recognize and affirm...

July 2, 2024

NTI and Regional Inuit Organizations Announce the Rollout of Nunavut Inuit Post-Secondary Education Program

NationTalk: (Iqaluit, Nunavut) Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) and Regional Inuit Organizations announce the formal rollout of the Nunavut Inuit Post-Secondary Education Program (IPSEP) based on the new, jointly developed, Nunavut Inuit Post-Secondary Education Program Policy approved by the NTI Board of Directors in March 2024. Implementation of the unified policy will begin for the 2024...

June 3, 2024

Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Marks the Fifth Anniversary of National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) with Progress Report on the Implementation of the Calls for Justice

NationTalk: – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa, Ontario) – Today, on the fifth anniversary of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) Final Report, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) released a new progress report evaluating the advances made in implementing the National Inquiry’s 231 Calls for Justice. “Preventing violence against...

May 6, 2024

Ensuring incoming cohorts of medical students better represent the diversity of Indigenous communities in Canada

Nicholas Brisebois and Nicole Cardinal NationTalk: May 6, 2024 CMAJ April 29, 2024 196 (16) E563-E565; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.231272 KEY POINTS It has become increasingly evident that First Nations people living on reserves and Indigenous people from rural and Northern communities have a substantially lower chance of getting into medical school in Canada than their urban counterparts. This often unappreciated disparity likely contributes...

April 9, 2024

New training program aims to increase Nunavut Inuit working in trades

The $4.9M project will roll out across Nunavut over six years CBC Indigenous: A new $4.9-million project, announced Tuesday in Iqaluit, is a partnership between the Makigiaqta Inuit Training Corporation and NCC Development. The agreement provides funding over six years to train Inuit as apprentices in the construction industry. The program will be open to up...

March 14, 2024

New family wellness centre planned for Iqaluit

Centre to open in former group home for girls; building has 7 bedrooms, room for office and programs A new family wellness centre will open in Iqaluit on Monday in this building in the Happy Valley neighbourhood, Family Services Minister Margaret Nakashuk has announced. (Photo by David Lochead) NationTalk: Nunatsiaq News – Iqaluit is getting...

March 6, 2024

Indigenous athletes get ready to compete in 2024 Arctic Winter Games

The 2024 Arctic Winter Games will take place in Mat-Su, Alaska, from March 10 to 16. APTN News: The 2024 Arctic Winter Games is just days away, and that means young Indigenous athletes are getting their final practises in before heading to the North’s most prestigious sporting event. On March 9, Team Yukon will head...

March 5, 2024

Nunavut-bound doctors now getting cultural training

Health minister calls first round of training delivered in February ‘a success’ Health Minister John Main says doctors planning to practice in Nunavut are receiving cultural competency training. (File photo) NationTalk: Nunatsiaq News – Doctors who come to work in Nunavut are now required to receive cultural competency training, according to Health Minister John Main....

March 5, 2024

Government of Canada signs two bilateral agreements with Nunavut for better health care, closer to home

NationTalk: Health Canada: Canadians deserve a health care system that provides them with timely access to health services whenever and wherever they are needed, as well as the ability to age with dignity closer to home. Today, the Honourable Mark Holland, Canada’s Minister of Health, and the Honourable John Main, Nunavut’s Minister of Health, announced...

February 5, 2024

Cancer-care centre an ambition for Nunavut

Nunavut first began offering oncology services in-territory in July 2022, when an Iqaluit doctor, a team of physicians from The Ottawa Hospital and the Indigenous Cancer Care Program came up with a plan. By Kira Wronska Dorward, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Nunavut News NationTalk: Niagara Falls Review – Nunavut first began offering oncology services in-territory in...

December 5, 2023

Arctic research conference is held in the Arctic for 1st time

Holding ArcticNet conference in Iqaluit makes it more comfortable for Inuit to participate, says organizer CBC Indigenous: A national Arctic research conference is taking place in Iqaluit this week, marking the first time in the academic conference’s 19-year history that it’s being held in the North. The ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) brings researchers from...

November 21, 2023

Nunavut’s Health minister expresses optimism over Aqqusariaq treatment centre

The Aqqusariaq recovery centre in Iqaluit “will serve as a hub for Inuit-led treatment opportunities that are trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, and closer to home,” says Health Minister John Main. NNSL file photo NationTalk: Nunavut News: “Mental health and addictions pose huge challenges to many Nunavummiut throughout their lives,” Health Minister John Main said during the...

November 20, 2023

GN to pay thousands in bonuses to keep health-care workers

Nurses in Nunavut’s most remote communities to get $19,500 annual salary top-up Nunavut Health Minister John Main, NEU President Jason Rochon and Premier P.J. Akeeagok pose Nov. 10 after signing a memorandum of understanding between the union and the department of health. (File photo) NationTalk: Nunatsiaq News – The Government of Nunavut is offering thousands...

August 14, 2023

Tundra Turning Celebrates Historic $83.7M Investment to Build Aqqusariaq (formerly the Nunavut Recovery Centre) in Iqaluit

NationTalk: Iqaluit, Nunavut – Colonial trauma is deep-rooted and complex, affecting many generations. By bringing treatment closer to home with a centre that is founded on Inuit traditions and practices, healing can begin amongst community, families, friends and loved ones. Today, Vice President of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI), Paul Irngaut, Minister of Indigenous Services Patty...

July 7, 2023

Ben & Jerry’s Land Back tweet on Canada Day gets praise from First Nations people

Others called for boycott of ice cream company after tweet says Canada is on stolen land CBC News: Ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s is being praised by many First Nations people in Canada for a tweet supporting the #LandBack movement on Canada Day. The tweet from the Canadian branch of the company read: “Another day...

June 7, 2023

New head of Nunavut RCMP aims to hire more Inuit

‘We’re still struggling,’ said Chief Supt. Andrew Blackadar CBC News: The new head of the RCMP in Nunavut says he’ll continue to try to recruit more Inuit to work for the police service. “We don’t actually have a number in mind, but it’s to increase from where we are right now,” said Chief Supt. Andrew...

April 8, 2023

Excitement for Gjoa Haven’s future as Inuit take lead on historical site for Franklin Expedition wrecks

Agreement expected to bring jobs and tourism CBC News: The site where two Franklin Expedition ships wrecked over 170 years ago is under new management — and for people in nearby Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, it’s stirring up some excitement for the future. Last month, the federal government announced the Kitikmeot Inuit Association in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, and...

April 4, 2023

Cdn. Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) Releases Health Human Resources Assessment Report

NationTalk: Ottawa – Today, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) released its report on health human resources (HHR) in Canada. The report, titled “Canada’s Health Workforce: Pathways Forward”, provides key findings designed to inform stakeholders (including governments). The report provides evidence-informed approaches to addressing the current challenges facing the Canadian health workforce. The three...

March 16, 2023

MP Michael Mcleod announces over $1 million in funding for the Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation and the Northern Mosaic Network

NationTalk: Women and Gender Equality Canada – The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls highlighted the underlying systemic causes of ongoing violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. The COVID-19 pandemic also created unprecedented challenges for victims and survivors seeking help and the frontline organizations that support them. Today, Michael...

March 5, 2023

National Inuit organization, RCMP start work to prevent human trafficking

‘When Inuit women move south, they are at risk’ — Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada president CBC News: The national organization representing Inuit says it’s ready to start working with the RCMP to protect Inuit from human trafficking networks — especially in southern communities where they are more vulnerable. Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit...

February 15, 2023

Nunavut Recovery Centre expected to be completed 2025

Nunavut News: The Nunavut Recovery Centre, to be built in Iqaluit is expected to be completed in two years, by Jan. 2025, and expects to have occupancy by the following spring, according to Nunavut’s department of health. The federal government announced funding for the Nunavut Recovery Centre in August 2021, with construction expected to start...

February 11, 2023

As more high schools add Indigenous- focused compulsory courses, some warn against a siloed approach

‘Reconciliation will only exist … when we see it in every aspect of a student’s experience,’ says professor CBC News: As a Shakespeare fan who loves sharing his work with students, Windsor, Ont., English teacher Carolyn Howlett admits she felt a bit apprehensive when her board began work shifting its Grade 11 English course to focus...

January 10, 2023

Territorial Client and Family Engagement Plan

NationTalk: The Department of Health is developing a Territorial Client and Family Engagement Plan to offer community members an opportunity to provide input and feedback on healthcare services in Nunavut. This spring, the Department of Health will hold public consultations in several Nunavut communities to gather input and feedback from Inuit organizations, Elders, hamlets, community...

December 16, 2022

Almost $500K will help Ulukhaktok women’s society protect Inuit

A women’s society formed in Ulukhaktok last year is set to receive almost half a million dollars in federal funding as it works to create a shelter and more supports for Inuit families. Cabin Radio: Janine Harvey, executive director of the Tahiuqtiit Women’s Society, said the funding was a “massive accomplishment” for the community and...

November 16, 2022

Canada invests in new Inuit-led community wellness hub in Iqaluit

Infrastructure Canada: Iqaluit, Nunavut, November 16, 2022—Today, the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, and Gwen Healey Akearok, Executive and Scientific Director of the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre, announced more than $7.2 million in joint funding to support the construction of a new community wellness hub in...

November 9, 2022

National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence a significant step towards gender equality

Pictou County, Nova Scotia – Women and Gender Equality Canada Living a life free from violence is a fundamental human right, but gender‑based violence (GBV) continues to be a significant barrier to achieving gender equality in Canada. It is one of the most pervasive, deadly, and deeply rooted human rights violations of our time. Federal,...

November 8, 2022

Indigenous policing program to expand to Nunavut

First Peoples’ Law Report: Nunatsiaq News: A federal program that is supposed to support Indigenous-led approaches to public safety will expand to Nunavut over the next three years, the territory’s justice minister announced Tuesday. The Government of Nunavut and the federal government have signed an agreement in principle to bring the First Nations and Inuit...

July 11, 2022

AFN Calls For First Ministers Meeting on UNDRIP at Council of The Federation

Assembly of First Nations: BC Regional Chief Terry Teegee issued the following statement after a meeting with provincial and territorial premiers today in advance of the Council of the Federation meeting taking place later today in Victoria, BC. “It is important for First Nations to meet with premiers on priorities and initiatives that impact our...

May 4, 2022

Partnership with University of Ottawa Medical School to train Inuit doctors

NationTalk: With the goal of increasing the number of Inuit physicians, the Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) have partnered with the University of Ottawa Medical School to secure seats and provide targeted supports to students. The Government of Nunavut, Department of Health, has secured up to two seats beginning in September 2023....

May 31, 2021

Sir Joseph Bernier School

Nunatsiaq News – There have been calls to extradite one former residential staff member who is accused of abusing Inuit children during his time in Nunavut. Father Johannes Rivoire, now 90, was known to have worked in Chesterfield Inlet, the site of the infamous Sir Joseph Bernier School. The crimes he is accused of date back to the...

February 13, 2020

Young Hunters Program

$1,227,016 over 3 yrs (2018-21) The Aqqiumavvik Society with the support of Crown – Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada is developing and delivering a program where Inuit youth have the opportunity to monitor the local impacts of climate change, helping Nunavummiut address the impacts they are already experiencing, and build resilience for the future....

January 7, 2020

New Public Health Act

Nunavut’s new Public Health Act came into force January 1, replacing the version carried over from the Northwest Territories. This new and improved legislation works to modernize the territory’s health system and recognizes the unique needs of Nunavummiut. Minister of Health George Hickes aid, “The new Act modernizes our public health legislation to ensure processes...

September 9, 2019

Collaboration to reach agreement to support Inuktut in Nunavut

The Government of Canada, the Government of Nunavut, and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated are collaborating toward an agreement that will support, revitalize and strengthen Inuktut in Nunavut. In accordance with section 9 of the Indigenous Languages Act, the pathfinder agreement seeks to support: increasing access to Inuktut-language instruction in Nunavut; increasing and maintaining the number of...

August 20, 2019

Nunavut Recovery Centre for addictions and trauma

Improving mental wellness for Inuit in Nunavut means providing better access to care that is culturally appropriate, closer to home, effective, and sustainable. The Partnership Table on Health, the Government of Nunavut, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated and Government of Canada’s came together to sign a joint declaration of intent for the construction and operations of a...

July 26, 2019

Nunavut-developed ECE Resources

Department of Education and Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) announce new, Nunavut-developed early childhood education resources are being shared with child care facilities across the territory. “I am proud to share these early childhood education resources which reflect our language and culture,” says QIA President, Akeeagok. “These puzzles, toys, and books allow our children to learn,...

June 5, 2019

Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. concerns over Bill 25 “An Act to Amend the Education Act”

Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated regrets to announce that Bill 25 – An Act to Amend the Education Act and the Inuit Language Protection Act, which received first reading on June 4, is not a significant improvement over the failed Bill 37 in 2017. NTI’s Tusaqsimajavut Report highlighted what was heard during community consultations: Nunavut Inuit want...

June 5, 2019

NTI criticism of Bill 25 “An Act to Amend the Education Act”

Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) regrets to announce that Bill 25 – An Act to Amend the Education Act and the Inuit Language Protection Act, which received first reading on June 4, is not a significant improvement over the failed Bill 37 in 2017. NTI’s Tusaqsimajavut Report highlighted what was heard during community consultations: Nunavut Inuit...

March 28, 2019

A holistic approach to justice that aligns with Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit principles

Launch of a new pilot project this week to help address issues of mental health, trauma and addictions in the territory’s justice system through a new therapeutic justice program pilot in Cambridge Bay on April 1. The Justice Department calls the new program “a holistic approach to justice that aligns with Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit principles:” “This...

November 30, 2018

Inuktuuriaqarniq Namminiqaqtinut (Private Sector Inuktut Support Program)

The Department of Culture and Heritage Through Inuktuuriaqarniq Namminiqaqtinut (Private Sector Inuktut Support Program), grants of up to $5,000 can be used towards translations of marketing materials, Inuktut advertisement or to cover the costs of language training for staff in customer service. This Policy is based on the following principles: The protection, promotion and enhancement...

July 9, 2018

Microsoft Inuktut language software support

In Nunavut, 65 percent of the population identify Inuktut as their mother tongue. This means that Nunavut is the only jurisdiction in Canada with a homogeneous public majority language that is not one of the two official languages of Canada — French and English. Nunavut is the only jurisdiction in the Americas where the public majority speak...

May 30, 2018

Lack of health services offered in Inuktitut

The lack of health services offered in Indigenous languages is impeding the delivery of care to Indigenous populations, according to Aluki Kotierk, president of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, which administers treaty rights for the 49 000 Inuit inhabitants of Nunavut. The first language of 75% of the Inuit population in Nunavut is Inuktitut, yet patients are...

March 17, 2017

Certification of Indigenous Cultural Competence trainers

Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement and the Government of Nunavut (Depts. of Health, Education, and Culture and Heritage) announced that the territory’s first cohort of trainers in Indigenous Cultural Competence has now been certified, paving the way for more culturally safe health and social services....

March 17, 2017

Certification of first cohort of trainers in Indigenous Cultural Competence

March 10, 2017

Native Education Act delays target for education in Inuit K-9 instruction

Nunavut Education Act to reset target for bilingual education including instruction in Inuit from K-9 by 2020 alongside English and/or French and High School at a later date due to shortage of teachers who can teach in the Inuit language. Challenged by educators in Nunavut who recommend increased funding from the federal govt. to expedite...

October 7, 2016

MMIWG Commission given authority to hold inquiry

Nunavut order will give the federally-appointed MMIW commission the authority to hold the inquiry in Nunavut and use both federal and territorial powers...

January 1, 2011

Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit

The curriculum incorporates the principles of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit. Students benefit from lessons that integrate Inuit Societal Values that are based on Inuit traditional knowledge, language & belief. https://www.ccnsa-nccah.ca/docs/health/FS-InuitQaujimajatuqangitWellnessNunavut-Tagalik-EN.pdf...

January 1, 2008

Official Languages Act for Nunavut

Nunavut adopted the Official Languages Act for Nunavut, which recognizes Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English and French as the official languages of the territory. In 2013, it adopted the Inuit Language Protection Act, the first legislative instrument in Canada devoted to protecting and revitalizing an Aboriginal language....

January 1, 1999

Language Commissioner

When it was created in 1999, Nunavut established the position of Languages Commissioner...