Changes to Jordan’s Principle unfair for N.W.T. children, some say
By Nadeer Hashmi Canada is repeating ‘discriminatory conduct from the past,’ says advocate for Indigenous children A woman working at
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Concerns in Nunavut as funding set to end for program that supports Inuit children
By Emma Tranter Federal government says it’s committed to Inuit Child First Initiative Concerns are growing in Nunavut over the
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Former priest expected to plead guilty to sexual assault against Nunavut children
By Emma Tranter Hearings scheduled in Iqaluit this week now adjourned to Thursday A former Catholic priest charged with eight
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Nunavut Inuit Women’s Association launches poster campaign against child abuse
The Amautiit Nunavut Inuit Women’s Association’s launched a child abuse awareness campaign on Friday, saying they hope it helps advocate
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National Inuit organization seeking $1.6B for school food program
A national Inuit organization is calling for about $1.6 billion in federal funding over 15 years to set up a
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‘Indian boarding home’ survivors in the North eligible to receive thousands of dollars in compensation
Indigenous northerners who were housed in private boarding homes to attend public schools in the latter half of the 20th
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Failed Danish social experiment haunts Greenlandic survivors taken from families 70 years ago
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Helene Thiesen says she froze when it came time to wave goodbye to her
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Dene national chief says Canada’s Northwest Territories should create own school curriculum
‘It’s time that we step up and take ownership of our education,’ says Norman Yakeleya Alberta’s decision to renew its
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UK variant cases prompt Iceland to tighten up border measures and domestic restrictions
Iceland is putting new COVID-19 rules in place at the border after Iceland’s chief epidemiologist says new COVID-19 domestic waves
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U.S. investigates Alaska’s psychiatric treatment of children
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into whether the state of Alaska unnecessarily institutionalizes
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Campaign launched in northwestern Canada to address impact of COVID-19 on families
The government of Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory, along with the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN), have launched a campaign
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Canada’s Arctic territory releases its school reopening plan
If Nunavut continues to have no cases of COVID-19, schools are set to open with no physical distancing requirements this upcoming school
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Finland has Nordics’ oldest first-time mothers
The average age of women giving birth is higher in Finland than any of the other Nordic countries, statistics from
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Publisher in Arctic Canada putting Inuit-language books online amidst COVID-19 closures
A publisher, in partnership with the organization that represents Inuit in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, are making Inuit-language
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Foster coalition reports major issues in Canadian Arctic territory child-care services
Child protection workers in the N.W.T. withheld important documents from foster families, “lied” about the behavioural issues of children in
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