Syllabic eye charts: Doctors’ groundbreaking approach for Indigenous patients
Inuit in northern Quebec are now able to take vision tests using the Inuktitut writing system, after two Montreal doctors
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Report finds untapped potential for cooperation in North American Arctic
There’s untapped potential for cooperation in the eastern region of the North American Arctic that remains worth exploring despite the
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Pilot project launched to improve emergency call service in Nunavik
A pilot project has been launched in Quebec to improve emergency call service in Nunavik and make it more reliable.
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Nunavik, Nunavut and Ottawa to get shelters for Inuit women
Four projects set up to support vulnerable Inuit women have been approved for funding, Pauktuutit, the organization representing Inuit women
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Nunavik Inuit name negotiators for self-determination discussions
The organization that represents the Inuit of Nunavik has named two negotiators to lead self-determination discussions with the Canadian and
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Quebec Inuit jailed 15 times more than provincial incarceration average
By Jacob Serebrin · The Canadian Press 617 Inuit were jailed from March 2021 to March 2022 Osman Ilgun was arrested in
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Day after nurse sit-in in western Nunavik, union denounces employer actions
The day after a sit-in by nurses in the western part of northern Quebec, their union is denouncing the employer
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Weasel ‘discovery’ in Nunavik highlights gap between local knowledge and research
Residents of Salluit, Que., regularly see weasels. But you wouldn’t know it from the science journals. A researcher has, for
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For Nunavik Inuit, care closer to home could cut down on stressful medical travel
By Leah Hendry, Benjamin Shingler · CBC News · Plans for new hospital could reduce the number of patients forced to travel south If
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Inuit come to Montreal for medical care. Patients say lodge riddled with problems
By Benjamin Shingler, Leah Hendry · CBC News · Ullivik’s newly named director, its 5th since 2020, says she’s committed to creating a welcoming
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Class action lawsuit on behalf of Nunavik crime victims gets the go-ahead
A class action lawsuit on behalf of crime victims in Nunavik, the Inuit region of northern Quebec, has got the
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Head of Montreal hospital should assist Nunavik health board, province suggests
To establish confidence in the Nunavik health-care system, Quebec’s Health Ministry has proposed that the region’s health board hire the
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Ottawa exhibition spotlights the art and artists of Nunavik
A exhibition spotlighting the art and artists of Nunavik opened this Friday in Ottawa with a view to showcasing the
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Former candidates call to improve elections for Indigenous voters in Quebec
Missing names and missing voter cards, candidates say too many northern voters turned away Two Indigenous candidates who ran — and
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Nunavik: Demands for health network to be put under trusteeship
“We’re not sinking: we’re sunk.” A worker shortage, coupled with poor management of the Nunavik health care system, is creating
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