Students at Cape Dorset (Kinngait) Federal Hostel, in April 1964. A nationwide class action lawsuit against the Canadian government for survivors of federal Indian day schools has reached a proposed settlement amount, which is expected to be approved by a federal court next month. (Library and Archives Canada)
Inuit groups say the claims process and deadlines pose significant barriers to access
A federal court has rejected an Inuit group’s motion to intervene in a class action lawsuit for survivors of Indian federal day schools. Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
Carolyn Heller snapped this image from a spring picnic outside Iqaluit on Tuesday, April 16: “When your day involves travelling by snowmobile across the frozen ocean from Iqaluit and picnicking on caribou stew and smoked Arctic char on the ice, with caribou skins to keep us warm,” she wrote. (Photo courtesy of Carolyn B. Heller)
Riit sparkled, alongside Kathleen Merritt and Tom Power of CBC Radio q, on stage at Inuksuk High School in Iqaluit on Thursday, April 25. Read more later on nunatsiaq.com. (Photo by Patricia Lightfoot)
Edmon Kooneeliusie stops for a break on his snowmobile ride to take in the view from Pingujua, a 3,000 foot high peak just outside of Qikiqtarjuaq. (Photo by E. Kooneeliusie)
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)
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)