Nunavut hopes to have new medical, duty travel contract signed by mid-2019
The Government of Nunavut is just a few months away from signing new agreements it hopes will change air travel for the better. The GN recently closed its request for proposals for new medical and duty travel contracts .
Four-year-old died of suspected head injury while at home with his family
The Nunavut diaspora
“The next three years are going to be quite remarkable”
“Reliable access to housing is foundational to Inuit health and well-being”
Five legislative assemblies, made-in-Nunavut laws, shifting time zones, diamonds and gold ᑕᓪᓕᒪᐃᕐᓱᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᖃᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᕐᔪᐊᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᐊᓯᙳᐃᓂᖅ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᔅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒎᓗᐃᑦ
“We want something that’s small, modular and leaves a minimal impact—no concrete”
Federal government report finds northern Canada warming at more than twice the global rate
Guide to include easy-to-understand infographics, Inuktitut and English text
At the annual spring opening of Nunavut’s courts in Iqaluit on Friday, March 29, Justice of the Peace Nicole Sikma, the daughter of a special RCMP constable in Chesterfield Inlet, was honoured for her 11 years of service. Inspired by her father and helped by her legal colleagues, Sikma said she tries her best to administer justice in a place where western justice is new. (Photo by Jane George)
MLAs ponder family-friendly improvements to their pay and benefit packages
QEC hopes to get approval this summer to launch its Independent Power Producer program
A book of condolences is now available at the Nunavut legislature in Iqaluit, where members of the public can leave messages or cards for the family of Joe Enook, the Speaker of the legislature,. who died on Friday, March 29, at the age of 61. Enook had represented the constituents of Pond Inlet, as MLA for Tununiq, since 2011. You can also send condolences by email to submissions@assembly.nu.ca or by mail “Messages of Condolences for the Enook family, c/o Office of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, P.O. Box 1200, Iqaluit. NU X0A 0H0. (Photo by Jane George)
“A good portion of them are holding onto jobs for the first time in their lives”
Throat singing is not a “pan-Indigenous free for all,” says Tanya Tagaq
District education authority has received some complaints, but “we don’t know how big of an issue it is”
The Nunavut Mining Symposium trade show in Iqaluit is the place to make contact with mining companies seeking new workers. But the show has a wider scope than just mining: it also features companies like the Nunavut-owned Arctic Fresh, an online retail store for affordable food and household products. The trade show is open to the public on Wednesday, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the Frobisher Inn. (Photo by Jane George)
Governments of NWT and Nunavut and Inuit orgs united in call for North-South road connection
Over the past 20 years, Nunavut has witnessed dramatic changes as the climate warms
ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂᒃ 20-ᓂ ᐊᓂᒍᓵᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑕᑯᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᓯᙳᕈᑎᒻᒪᕆᖕᓂᒃ ᓯᓚ ᐅᖅᑰᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓄᑦ
ACL teams up with Chrono Aviation on iron mine passenger-cargo deal
Interested in an Arctic read? Nick Newbery’s autobiography, “Never A Dull Moment: Forty Years in Education in Canada’s North (and in a few other places),” is released this month. In Iqaluit, the author will launch the book and sign copies at Arctic Ventures this weekend. Newbery’s book offers his perspective on historic events—particularly in Northern Ireland and the Canadian Eastern Arctic—and his critiques on the northern education system. It also shares his thoughts on the changing world of Inuit and situations faced by youth. Alongside these insights, the book follows Newbery’s time in the British residential school system, university life in Ireland, his teaching French in Toronto and moving North. The author now lives in Nova Scotia, where he’s taught courses on Nunavut at Mount St. Vincent University. Newbery will hold his book launch and signing in Iqaluit on Friday, April 5, at 5 p.m. and on Saturday, April 6, at 11 a.m. (Photo courtesy of Nick Newbery)
“There’s so much that Nunavut has created and there aren’t many places to see it”
Brian Penney, president and CEO of Baffinland Iron Mines, and David Akeeagok, Nunavut’s minister of economic development, sign an agreement on Tuesday, April 2, to work together to maximize Inuit employment at the Mary River mine. The memorandum of understanding, which is non-binding, calls for both parties to collaborate on four priorities: reducing barriers to unemployment, employment and training opportunities, community wellness programs and infrastructure and transportation. The agreement has been in the works for two years, said Akeeagok. (Photo by John Thompson)
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