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New Quebec audio guide shows how to correctly pronounce Inuktitut place names in part of Arctic Canada

Steve Rukavina, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 17:21
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The Quebec government department responsible for authorizing place names, the Commission de toponymie du Québec, has launched a new online audio guide to

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Canadian government eyes ‘meaningful resolution’ to Indian hospitals class action lawsuit

Jorge Barrera, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 09:48
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The Canadian government has consented to the certification of a proposed $1.1 billion class action lawsuit filed over Indian hospitals

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Eye on the Arctic report Death in the Arctic wins prize at Canadian Online Publishing Awards

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, January 13, 2020 at 11:29 — Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2020 at 11:38
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Eye on the Arctic won a silver medal at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPA) for its report Death in

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Kelly Fraser, acclaimed Canadian Inuk singer, was ‘fiercely open with her fans,’ says family

CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 30, 2019 at 13:41
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Family confirms the 26-year-old, who was from Nunavut and had been living in Winnipeg, died by suicide Kelly Fraser, the

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Kelly Fraser, Canadian Inuk singer-songwriter, dead at 26

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Posted: Friday, December 27, 2019 at 12:15
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Kelly Fraser, an acclaimed Inuk singer-songwriter born in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, who had been living in Winnipeg, has died at age 26. Fraser’s advocacy

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Canadian PM stresses relationship with Indigenous peoples in mandate letters to new government ministers

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, December 13, 2019 at 14:23 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 14:15
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued his mandate letters to the ministers of his new government on Friday, stressing the

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30-year-old Canadian federal document shows plan to ‘block’ Inuktut services, Inuit group says

John Last, CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 9, 2019 at 10:20
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Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI), the organization that represents the Inuit of Nunavut in negotiations, says it has uncovered a 30-year-old

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Inuit artists in their own words

Gabriel Séguin, Regard sur l'Arctique
Posted: Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 15:57 — Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2020 at 16:10
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Inuit artists in their own words

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Arctic Canada: label ringed seals a species of concern, wildlife advisers tell feds

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 12:36 — Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 12:41
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Ringed seals in Nunavut are facing changes in their habitats because of climate change, says a group of wildlife advisers.

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Canadian exhibition showcases cutting-edge Indigenous art from around the globe, including Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, November 28, 2019 at 16:49
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A major art exhibit is underway in Canada featuring contemporary works by some 70 Indigenous artists, several of them from

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Arctic Canada: Nunavut parent and teacher groups decry changes to education, language acts

Jackie McKay, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 15:26
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The organization representing parents of Nunavut students, in Arctic Canada, is denouncing a controversial proposed law that would change the

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Beluga whales could carry a molecule preventing mercury poisoning

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, November 25, 2019 at 18:59
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Could the belugas of Northern Quebec hold the key to preventing mercury intoxication in local Inuit communities? This is what

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Canada’s Inuit look forward to working with newly appointed ministers

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 18:05
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Canada’s national Inuit organization, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), and the Canadian section of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) have indicated

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An open door to reconciliation: inside Ottawa’s new Indigenous Peoples building

Olivia Stefanovich, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 12:00
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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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New clinic at children’s hospital in Ottawa to address specific needs of Inuit patients

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Posted: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 10:12
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Young patients from Nunavut coming to CHEO (Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario) to be treated for complicated health issues will