Nunavut MLAs call for territorial search and rescue centre
Two Nunavut MLAs say developing a search-and-rescue operation centre within the territory could help improve response times when people go
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Inuktitut
Inuktitut added to language translator software
An old language is hitting a new platform. Microsoft announced it will be adding Inuktitut text translation to its translator
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Canada plans to conduct its first survey in Inuktut
Statistics Canada, which admits to having historical “data gaps” in the North, will conduct its first survey in all four
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College in Arctic Canada cancels training program for Inuktitut-speaking teachers this fall
Nunavut Arctic College is not offering a teacher training program for its first-year students this fall — a program seen
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How a Canadian interpreter is keeping Inuktut speakers safe through COVID-19
Nunavummiut have gotten used to hearing from their health minister and chief public health officer since pandemic precautions were put
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Inuit TV coming to Northern Canada from new Inuktut-language broadcaster
Nunavut is getting a new all-Inuktut TV channel this year. Inuit TV will have Inuktut programming in dialects from all Inuit
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New Quebec audio guide shows how to correctly pronounce Inuktitut place names in part of Arctic Canada
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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Elder in Canada’s eastern Arctic remembers Inuit language weather words rarely used today
Tommy Tatatoapik says changes in lifestyle and use of English contribute to language loss Does the sky look a little
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30-year-old Canadian federal document shows plan to ‘block’ Inuktut services, Inuit group says
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
INUIT ARTISTS IN THEIR OWN WORDS Ooloosie Saila, Untitled, 2017, coloured pencil and ink, 77 x 126.8 cm (Reproduced with
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Arctic Canada: Nunavut education minister says all parties fairly consulted on controversial education bill
Nunavut’s education minister says his department properly consulted partners on Bill 25, the Act to Amend the Education Act and
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Arctic Canada: Nunavut parent and teacher groups decry changes to education, language acts
The organization representing parents of Nunavut students, in Arctic Canada, is denouncing a controversial proposed law that would change the
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Inuit art, culture and language: Selected reports
Thursday was International Inuit Day, a celebration set up to acknowledge and celebrate Inuit culture and contributions. To mark this
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Residents in Arctic Canadian territory call for Inuktitut on federal election ballots
Some Nunavummiut (residents of Nunavut, in Canada’s eastern Arctic) are disappointed that there aren’t Inuktitut ballots for voters in the
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Organization representing Canadian Inuit adopts unified Inuktut orthography
Inuit in Canada are getting a unified orthography for the first time since Inuktut writing systems were introduced by Christian
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