Inuit language celebration underway in Nunavut, Canada
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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Finland: Keep Swedish compulsory say teachers
Surveys show a majority of Finns would like to abolish the compulsory teaching of Swedish in Finnish schools. If that
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Tardy students? Arctic Canadian town turns to emergency alarm
Normally used to alert the hamlet to an emergency, the siren in Kugluktuk, a community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory
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Yukon, Canada program incorporates trapping, aboriginal culture into curriculum
Trapping, hiking and cooking over a fire. These aren’t the kinds of activities most Canadian students encounter as part of
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Town in northern Sweden leads the pack of best schools
The northern town of Piteå was selected as Sweden’s best school district for 2013 in the annual ranking of the
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Southeast Alaska school district shifts to 4-day school week
Ask most Alaska or Outside grade-school students if they would choose modestly longer school days in exchange for perpetual three-day
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Would optional Swedish widen Finland’s social divide?
Swedish-language advocate Paavo Lipponen is relieved that politicians are demonstrating a more positive attitude towards learning Swedish, the other official
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Alaska school a beacon of hope after flood waters recede
GALENA — Seventeen-year-old Anthony Solomon was not afraid in May as he watched the Yukon River crest its banks and
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Rural Alaska school saviors honored with scholarships
Two brothers who helped raise money to keep their village school open are among seven youth to win scholarships under
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More students in North Finland opting to study Russian
Record numbers of elementary school students in northern Finland are opting to learn Russian. Up to a quarter of youngsters
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If the Arctic booms, will Alaska’s workforce be ready?
As some of the world’s polar nations race to develop the melting Arctic, Alaska isn’t doing enough to prepare for
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Citizens against mandatory Swedish in Finland
A citizen’s initiative opposing mandatory Swedish-language classes in the Finnish school system has gathered 50,000 signatures within 6 months and
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Residential schools: Health Canada records to be examined
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC), a commission tasked with uncovering the full story of the residential school
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Nunavut, Canada community to get new high school
The hamlet of Igloolik, Nunavut, will be getting a new high school that is planned to open in September 2017.
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Moving F-16 squadron to Anchorage, Alaska could shutter elementary school, mayor says
A proposed move of nearly two dozen F-16 fighter jets from the Fairbanks area to Southcentral could force an Anchorage
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