ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᒋᑦᑎ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᒋᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖓ 20 ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᓕᐊᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓇᕈᑎᓂᒃ.
Join us in celebrating Nunavut’s twentieth birthday with our commemorative supplement.
SupplementAgreement will ensure managed of artifacts is Inuit-informed, representatives say
Parks Canada and the Inuit Heritage Trust have signed an agreement on how to care for the Franklin expedition’s new and yet-to-be-discovered artifacts. In 2018, the United Kingdom gifted Canada the remaining items gathered from the wrecks of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, the two ships that took part in Franklin’s 1845 expedition in…
European scholars say territory's school system may be “criminally inadequate”
“Alleviating the chronic housing shortage will be a key element in the elimination of TB in the Canadian Inuit Nunangat”
“It highlights the need to be cognizant of what you're flushing”
High turnover leads to low patient satisfaction, worse outcomes, poor communication, research shows
Pond Inlet elders played a crucial role in the development of the exhibit, which will tour the U.S. in 2020
On April 8, Kuujjuaq’s Isuarsivik Recovery Centre was visited by Sylvie D’Amours, the Quebec minister of aboriginal affairs (far right), and Denis Lamothe, the member for Ungava (fourth from right). The pair met with chairperson David Forrest (third from the right) and executive director Alicia Aragutak (far left), as well as three Isuarsivik board members, to discuss the progress of the centre’s projects and the impacts of trauma and substance abuse on communities. Their meeting ended with the government officials taking part in the opening ceremony of a men’s recovery cycle. Isuarsivik wrote on Facebook: “We are enthusiastic and optimistic that we can develop a positive and #constructiverelationship with the newly elected officials and are looking forward to fostering #closecommunication with them for the benefit of our programs and services.” (Photo courtesy of Isuarsivik Recovery Centre/Facebook)
ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᓕᕐᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ, ᑖᓐᓇ ᐊᓯᙳᕐᓯᓚᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ ᖁᓕᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ
Official opening of the building is “imminent,” says rep
“We want to connect your Arctic to our Arctic”
Toronto Blue Jays’ foundation will install a new baseball diamond in Pond Inlet
Program consultation in Cambridge Bay on Monday, April 29
This year’s theme is “traditional knowledge: generation, transmission and protection”
Sarah McNair-Landry and Willie Hyndman make their final push toward the finish line during Iqaluit’s Toonik Tyme skijoring race on Sunday, April 14. Hyndman and his dog Aven ended up finishing first while McNair-Landry and her dog Scoby placed second. (Photo courtesy of Bill Williams)
ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᔨ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓅᓱᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒋᐊᖅᑐᖁᔭᐅᕗᖅ
Eizabeth Kasarnak and Solomon Koonoo face second-degree murder charges
“We are not confident we have the required technical information that is necessary,” QIA says
Leevedee Atagoyuk and his grandchild, Joseph Lalonde Maatiusi, proudly show their Easter winnings at the Ottawa Inuit Children’s Centre’s Easter Dinner Party and egg hunt on April 17. Families enjoyed a ham dinner before their children stormed the playground in search of chocolate, each with individually decorated collection bags. At the end, the centre gave out loot bags. (Photo by Kahlan Miron)
Residents of Pond Inlet watch as smoke billows out of the hamlet’s garage on Wednesday, April 17. Early that morning, community members heard a loud boom—the sound of an explosion in the engine of one of the hamlet’s water trucks. Although the water truck was damaged, the fire did not destroy the garage and no one was injured in the incident, the hamlet said. The community’s fire department is investigating the cause of the explosion. (Photo courtesy of B. Arreak)
Concert Infrastructure Fund acquires majority share in consortium that manages facility
“ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕆᓪᓚᕆᒍᒪᙱᒻᒪ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋ, ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᒋᓂᐊᕐᓗᒋ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ”
More than 800 skilled workers at Mary River get wage-benefit deal
“A student, a teacher, a community volunteer, an elder or a co-worker”
A Nunavik Sivunitsavut student poses during a school trip to Kuururjuaq Park. Last week, students went to the park for their physical education class. As they were guided through the area, some activities included playing some traditional drum songs, fishing and eating country foods. (Photo courtesy of Nunavik Sivunitsavut/Facebook)
The staff at Nunatsiaq News wish our readers a restful Easter. Our offices will be closed on Good Friday, but we’ll be back hopping to it on Monday, April 22—much like this Arctic hare, spotted by Clare Kines outside Arctic Bay in June 2017. (Photo courtesy of Clare Kines)
Screening decision report found the project unlikely to cause significant adverse impacts
Plan ahead so that you can return home safely
“It’s a growing industry and we want more Inuit involved”
Racers in Toonik Tyme’s kids snowmobile race, 200 class, speed towards the finish line on Friday, April 12, at AWG Lake. The event, for children between the ages of 8 and 12, is part of Iqaluit’s annual springtime festival. (Photo courtesy of Bill Williams)
“We can empower Inuit women living in Nunavut”
