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Former Inuit leader to receive Canada’s highest civilian honour

28 December 20182 January 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Eva Aariak, Governor General of Canada, Inuktitut, Iqaluit, Julie Payette, languages, Nunavut, Order of Canada

Nunavut’s former premier Eva Aariak was named to the Order of Canada by Governor General Julie Payette on Thursday along

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Senate report says Canada’s coast guard should recruit Inuktitut speakers

3 December 2018 Katie Toth, CBC News 0 Comments Canadian Coast Guard, Coast Guard, indigenous languages, Inuit, Inuktitut, Nunavut, Senate

When people in Nunavut (Canadian east-Arctic) are trying to speak with the Canadian Coast Guard communications office in Iqaluit, they

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Canadian Inuit rock band Northern Haze returns with first album in 33 years

6 November 2018 CBC News 0 Comments Inuit, Inuktitut, music, Northern Haze, Nunavut

The ground-breaking rockers from Igloolik, Nunavut are back. It’s been 33 years since Northern Haze recorded their first indigenous-language rock

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With one word a day, this man is teaching the world how to speak Inuktitut

29 October 20182 November 2018 Meagan Deuling, CBC News 0 Comments education, indigenous, indigenous languages, Inuit, Inuktitut, Labrador, Language, social media

Angus Andersen doesn’t have internet at home. Every day he goes to the mall, Tim Hortons, his favourite bakery in

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Canadian Inuit language settings coming soon to Facebook

9 July 20189 July 2018 Michelle Pucci, CBC News 0 Comments Facebook, indigenous, Internet, Inuinnaqtun, Inuit, Inuit Nunangat, Inuktitut, Inuktut, languages, Nunavut, social media, technology

Facebook users could be clicking “piugijara” instead of the “like” button to show they support someone’s post by next year.

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Canadian government invests over $35M to preserve Indigenous languages in the North

29 May 201729 May 2017 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Gwich’in, indigenous languages, Inuktitut, Northwest Territories, Nunavut

The federal government is pledging to invest $35.4 million to support and preserve Indigenous language services in Nunavut and the Northwest

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Canada: Inuit Youth Summit begins on Thursday

19 August 201519 March 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, indigenous, Inuktitut, Iqaluit, languages, Nunavut

Canada’s National Inuit Youth Summit will kick off on Thursday in Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory

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Inuit language celebration underway in Nunavut, Canada

25 February 201419 March 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments aboriginal, culture, education, First Nations, history, indigenous, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, languages, Society

An Inuit Language celebration is now underway in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. The annual event is held to promote and

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Auditor General: Nunavut, Canada won’t meet bilingual education goals

20 November 2013 CBC News 0 Comments Arctic, Inuit, Inuktitut, Language, schools

When a made-in-Nunavut Education Act was passed by the legislative assembly in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut in 2008,

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Osmos iPad game translated into the Inuit language

21 June 201325 August 2014 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, Inuit, Inuktitut, Nunavut, Pinnguaq

Ever wondered how to translate ‘Mote’ into the Inuit language? What about ‘biosphere’? Those were just some of the challenges

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