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Inuit languages declining in Canada’s Nunavut territory, stats show

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 10:30
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Inuit languages declined in Nunavut in the 15 years between 2001 and 2016, according to a Statistics Canada report released

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Cape Dorset, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, considers returning to Inuktitut name

CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 5, 2019 at 11:40
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The Nunavut community of Cape Dorset could go back to its traditional name. The community was named by English explorer

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Nunavut educator Edna Agnes Ekhivalak Elias among appointments to Order of Canada

Peter Zimonjic, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 15:57 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 16:03
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Gov. Gen. Julie Payette has announced the names of 83 new appointments to the Order of Canada, including actor Donald

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada’s new Indigenous languages law does not protect Inuit languages, leaders say

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 10:24
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Inuit leaders are calling on the Canadian government to make a real commitment to protect Inuit languages, saying the recently

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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) General 

Archivists poring over 75,000 hours of stories in northern Indigenous languages collected by Canadian broadcaster

Alyssa Mosher, CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 24, 2019 at 14:00
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About 65 years ago, Joe Kiloonik was hunting caribou near Taloyoak, Nunavut, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, when he came across

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Leaked report says teacher education program not sufficient in Nunavut, Arctic Canada

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 10:52
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A leaked report by a Vancouver-based research firm concluded that the Nunavut Teacher Education Program (NTEP) was “not capable of

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Arctic Canada: Proposed changes to Nunavut education act would phase in Inuktitut over 20 years

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 10:55 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 14:20
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The government of Nunavut is planning to push the deadline for bilingual Inuktitut-English education for Grade 12 students, 20 years

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada’s Northwest Territories to launch 911 emergency service in November

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 10:53
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The Northwest Territories’ long-promised 911 service will be functional starting in November, says the territory’s minister of municipal and community

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

A Canadian first: Federal court issues decision in Indigenous Cree and Dene languages

David Thurton, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 09:59 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 14:42
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In a bid to make the justice system more accessible, Canada’s Federal Court has issued its first ruling in Cree

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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) General News 

Gijiht’aii (try), says 23-year-old taking year off to learn Gwich’in language in Northern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Monday, April 29, 2019 at 16:29
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The Gwich’in language seems to roll off the tongue when 23-year-old Arlyn Charlie speaks, but according to Charlie, “Gwiintsàl Dinjii

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Indigenous leaders at UN meeting push for decade dedicated to language revitalization

Chantelle Bellrichard, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 13:43
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Indigenous leaders are calling for the UN’s year of Indigenous languages to be expanded to a decade in speeches at

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Canadian eastern Arctic: Inuit organization accuses Nunavut’s education system of ‘cultural genocide’

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 10:57 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 11:56
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An Inuit organization in charge of overseeing the implementation of the Nunavut Agreement that created Canada’s newest Arctic territory 20

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Inuit, First Nations, Métis welcome Canadian gov’s Indigenous child protection legislation

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 13:34 — Last Updated: Friday, March 1, 2019 at 09:37
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Canada’s Inuit, First Nations and Métis organizations say they welcome the Indigenous child protection legislation introduced by the federal government

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Not a ‘bad thing’ if Canada’s Nunavut territory sued over bilingual education, says lawyer

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 11:34 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 11:42
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A Nunavut lawyer says it wouldn’t be such a “bad thing” if the government of Nunavut (Canadian eastern Arctic) was

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Nunavut’s Hunter Tootoo lone MP against Canadian gov’s Indigenous Languages Act

CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 22, 2019 at 14:49
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Nunavut MP Hunter Tootoo was the sole MP to vote against the Liberal government’s Indigenous Languages Act Wednesday night, saying

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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