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4th annual First Nation Education Conference wraps up in Whitehorse

Leslie Amminson, CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 24, 2023 at 10:14 — Last Updated: Friday, March 24, 2023 at 10:21
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It was day one of the First Nation Education Conference in Whitehorse when Melanie Bennett started to relax and enjoy herself. Bennett is

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Canada Countries General News Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

‘The rebirth of our nation’: Gwich’in accord passed at biennial gathering

Jackie Hong, CBC News @xjackiehong
Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 09:55 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 14:47
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Gwich’in across northern Canada and Alaska will now be more coordinated and unified in efforts to tackle collective issues like

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Preserving Indigenous language, cultural teachings with tech in Northwestern Canada

Jasmine Kabatay, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 16:23
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Preserving language and culture is important for Indigenous people, and from creating language apps to cultural camps, there have been

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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 RCI 

N.W.T.’s Indigenous language program starts to pay off in Canadian Arctic

Luke Caroll, CBC News
Posted: Monday, November 22, 2021 at 16:16
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Susan Peffer says she can have conversations in Inuvialuktun as a result of the N.W.T.’s Mentor-Apprentice Program (MAP). “Every time

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Inuktitut added to language translator software

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 10:18
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An old language is hitting a new platform. Microsoft announced it will be adding Inuktitut text translation to its translator

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Danish PM apologizes to Greenlanders taken to Denmark as children in 1950s

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, December 11, 2020 at 09:23
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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen apologized this week to Greenlanders taken to Denmark as children in the 1950s. “I have

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Nı̨̀ı̨̀kè! Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories introduces stop signs in English and Wiliideh

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 26, 2020 at 09:00
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At some Yellowknife intersections, drivers might linger a little longer. If they do, it may be because the city has

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General RCI Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Sami in Sweden start work on structure of Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 08:36
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The Swedish government announced 1.2 million Swedish kroner  (approximately $170,00 CDN) this month for the Sami Paliament to begin laying

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Publisher in Arctic Canada putting Inuit-language books online amidst COVID-19 closures

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 10:19
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A publisher, in partnership with the organization that represents Inuit in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, are making Inuit-language

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Stop sign project in northern Canadian town on pause after questions over Gwich’in wording

Danielle d'Entremont, CBC North
Posted: Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 16:27
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The group behind newly translated signs in Inuvik, N.W.T., is pausing their project after people began questioning the Gwich’in translation that

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Stop signs in northern Canadian town to include Indigenous languages

Danielle d'Entremont, CBC North
Posted: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 14:43
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A new multilingual stop sign project in Inuvik, N.W.T., is hoping to highlight the importance of Indigenous language preservation. The community-based

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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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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) 

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

John Last, CBC North
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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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) 

Arctic Canada: Nunavut education minister says all parties fairly consulted on controversial education bill

Jackie McKay, CBC News
Posted: Friday, November 29, 2019 at 15:02
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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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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

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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