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Canadian Inuit organization launches climate change strategy

7 June 20197 June 2019 Kate Kyle, CBC News 0 Comments climate change, global warming, indigenous, Inuit, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Inuvik, ITK, Northwest Territories, NWT

Gerry Kisoun stands gazing out at the eastern shore of the Mackenzie River Delta and its expansive network of rivers,

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Inuit leaders call on Canada to go “beyond symbolic gestures” for Indigenous language preservation

1 February 20191 February 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, ITK, Makivik Corporation, Nunatsiavut, United Nations, Year of Indigenous Languages

Inuit leaders from across Canada issued a joint statement on Friday calling on the federal government to do more to

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ITK, an Arctic Council rejig and the summit Finland won’t let die : Northern news to watch for in 2019

3 January 20194 January 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic Policy Framework, Donald Trump, indigenous, Inuit, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, ITK, Natan Obed, Sauli Niinistö, Vladimir Putin

All year long, Eye on the Arctic brings you news, and newsmakers, from around the North. But as 2019 gets

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Human remains and artifacts left at doorstep of Canadian Inuit organization

21 June 2018 Leah Hansen, CBC News 0 Comments artifacts, colonialism, history, indigenous, Inuit, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, ITK, Ottawa, reconciliation

A box containing human remains was dropped off anonymously at the Ottawa offices of a national organization representing Inuit on

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Inuit perspectives crucial as Canada develops Northwest Passage says report

9 February 20188 February 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, business, fishing, Greenland, indigenous, ITK, shipping

Inuit must be at the negotiating table as climate change redefines the future of the Northwest Passage, says a new

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Too soon to say what Indigenous affairs overhaul means for Arctic, says Inuit leader

30 August 2017 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments INAC, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, ITK, Justin Trudeau, Natan Obed, Society

Canada’s National Inuit leader says his organization is watching the dissolution of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada into two separate departments

A male polar bear in the Beaufort Sea in 2005. (Steven C. Amstrup/USGS/AP)

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Canada creates Marine Protected Area in the Arctic

17 November 2016 Lynn Desjardins, Radio Canada International 0 Comments indigenous traditional knowledge, Inuit, ITK, Northwest Territories

Calling it a highly ecologically productive area and home to many marine species, the Canadian government announced the creation of

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Canadian government ignores calls for Inuk commissioner on inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women

3 August 20163 August 2016 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, Dawn Lavell-Harvard, ITK, Justin Trudeau, Melanie Omeniho, MMIW, National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Native Women's Association of Canada, Pauktuutit, RCMP, Rebecca Kudloo

The long-awaited details of Canada’s National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls were released on Wednesday but

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Canadian Inuit release suicide prevention strategy

29 July 201619 March 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, indigenous, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, ITK, Jane Philpott, Natan Obed

Canada’s National Inuit organization, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), released its National Inuit Suicide Prevention Strategy this week saying the country can

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Canadian Inuit women’s organization slams federal government

25 July 201619 March 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, ITK, Justin Trudeau, National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Pauktuutit, RCMP, Rebecca Kudloo

The president of Canada’s Inuit women’s organization is slamming the federal government over its handling of the upcoming National Inquiry into

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Indigenous mental health funding sends important signal says Canadian Inuit leader

17 June 201620 June 2016 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, ITK, Justin Trudeau, Natan Obed, politics, Suicide

Canada’s national Inuit organization says the indigenous mental health funding announced this week is important not only for the resources it will provide,