Nunavik’s courts are struggling to deliver justice to Inuit population
1 in 6 adults in Nunavik is brought in front of the justice system each year, prompting calls for reform
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Inuktitut language education terminology developed for Inuit region of Arctic Quebec
How would you express “professional development” in the Inuit-language dialect of northern Quebec? What about concepts like “theoretical knowledge” or
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Petition to get suicide crisis declared in Arctic Quebec breaks 50,000 signatures
Long-time Inuit advocate Mary Simon has started a campaign to get the number of deaths by suicide in Nunavik recognized
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Kwasi Benjamin sentenced to life in prison for 2nd-degree murder of Inuk woman Nellie Angutiguluk in Montreal
A judge has sentenced 32-year-old Kwasi Benjamin to life in prison with no chance of parole for 14 years, for
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School board serving Quebec’s Inuit territory calls emergency meeting in wake of youth suicides
Kativik Ilisarniliriniq, the school board serving Quebec’s Inuit territory of Nunavik, has called an emergency meeting at the end of
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To sell or not to sell? The penultimate question about alcohol in Northern Canada
Alcohol abuse is an ongoing health issue in many of Canada’s northern communities. Some hamlet or village councils have voted
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