“I feel more like a proper citizen of Nunavut, and have never felt more proud”
Imagine that you had no rights. That people were legally allowed to discriminate against you for employment opportunities, among various other forms of discrimination, and that this was considered legally allowed, all on the basis of you being who you are and for how you were born.
“ᐃᓱᒪᓕᕐᑐᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖃᑕᐅᒻᒪᕆᓕᕐᓂᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᕙᓐᓂᑦ ᐱᒃᑯᒋᒻᒪᕆᒃᖢᖓ”
The need for self-determination
Confessions of a kid born in Manitoba, raised in the N.W.T. and a proud(ish) Nunavummiut since 1999
Probably, says Kenn Harper. But the Inuit language will be different. Much of it may even be unrecognizable.
ᐄᖑᓂᐊᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᕗᖅ, ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᑭᐊᓐ ᕼᐋᐳ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓ ᐊᓯᙳᕐᓯᒪᓂᐊᕐᑐᖅ. ᐃᓚᖏᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᕐᓇᔾᔮᙱᖢᑎᒃ.
The challenges of Nunavut’s education system
ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕈᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᑦ
We need to focus on improving the quality of life in these smaller communities
ᑕᐅᑐᖕᓂᕐᓴᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᕋᑦᑕ ᐱᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᓇᓂ ᒥᑭᓐᓂᕐᓴᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ
“We need healthy exploration today to find the mines that will carry on the jobs and benefits”
The more time passes and the Arctic changes, the wiser a 2005 decision to provide an annual summary of Arctic research and conditions now seems
A climate change emblem becomes a symbol of bitter conflict
Advances in telecoms, robotics, sensor technology and AI have opened the door to better health care
“We are finding a disturbing legacy of sterilization of Indigenous women”
The Crown office isn’t doing enough to curb police brutality, contends Thomas Rohner
“The entire group doesn’t need to die for a deportation to be considered genocide”
“Retailers can sell subsidized food for any price they see fit. And they do.”
“Sharing the wisdom and power of culturally relevant financial literacy education”
“Do local populations feel engaged in climate change action? I doubt it.”
“Indigenous populations in northern Canada are especially at risk for vitamin D deficiency”
Air transport regulations conflict with northern realities
Why marine mammals in the western Arctic are contaminated with more mercury than those in the east
“It’s hard to see how the current GN policy could deter harassment, mostly because the process operates in secret”
“I hope federal regulators such as the Competition Bureau are watching”
Sgaawaay K’uuna (Edge of the Knife) produced by Jon Frantz of Kingulliit, formerly Isuma
