New media company puts Canada’s Dene Indigenous narratives first, founder says
As the Wet’suwet’en Nation conflict over a gas pipeline in B.C. unfolded earlier this year, Tyra Moses, an N.W.T. woman with roots in
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New body aims to create First Nations school board in Canada’s Yukon territory
First Nations leaders in Yukon say a newly-created directorate will help them exert more control over the education of Indigenous students in the
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Artist from Canada’s Northwest Territories designs new Royal Canadian Mint collector coin
Inuvialuk artist Myrna Pokiak from Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT) has designed the new collector coin for the Royal Canadian Mint to
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American cartoonist says his new book on Canadian Indigenous history helped decolonize part of himself
Renowned comic artist Joe Sacco has taken a journalistic eye to bringing some of contemporary history’s biggest conflicts — including
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Continuing education a priority for new Yukon University president in Canada’s North
Mike DeGagné says continuing education and applied professional programs will be a focus of his tenure as president of the
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$1-million for Indigenous men’s mental health in Manitoba, Canada
The Movember organization will contribute $1-million to an Indigenous mental health addictions program in northern Manitoba, saying such programs are
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Canadian local leaders voice anger with N.W.T. policy on identifying communities with COVID-19
A pair of letters, sent from Fort Resolution Mayor Patrick Simon and Deninue K’ue First Nation Chief Louis Balsillie, are
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Indigenous leader wants clarity on impacts from mines outside of Canada’s Northwest Territories
The withdrawal of Teck Resources Ltd.’s application to develop a new oilsands project in northeastern Alberta has not silenced concern in
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Northwestern Canadian First Nation asks N.W.T. to speak out against northern Alberta mine
The chief of Smith’s Landing First Nation near Fort Smith, , is calling on the territorial government to speak out
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Goldman Sachs will no longer fund drilling in Arctic refuge sacred to First Nations
In the wake of a U.S. banking giant’s announcement that it will no longer invest in new oil projects in
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Disability rates highest for Inuit outside of traditional homeland, lowest in Nunavik, says Statistics Canada study
A new study from Statistics Canada looking at disability rates amongst First Nations, Métis and Inuit has found that disability
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Joachim Bonnetrouge re-elected chief of Deh Gah Got’ie First Nation in Northern Canada
Joachim Bonnetrouge is back in the chief’s chair for the Deh Gah Got’ie First Nation after a tight election campaign
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Commission seeks public input for land use plan in northwestern Canada
The Dawson Regional Planning Commission in Yukon is releasing its work to date for public feedback. The commission, which is
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An open door to reconciliation: inside Ottawa’s new Indigenous Peoples building
Inside the ornate former U.S. embassy across from the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, a set of plain tools sits in
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Atlantic Canada: Inuit helping Innu community deal with suicide crisis
As support workers continue around-the-clock support to help people in Sheshatshiu deal with the community’s suicide crisis, the effort has
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