Puvirnituq students turn slimy, smelly fish skins into strong, supple leather
It’s a material many people never encounter outside of museums or cultural gatherings — a strong, supple leather decorated with
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Lack of clean water in Nunavik means schools are closing, staff fleeing
Dozens of employees at primary and secondary schools in Nunavik are sounding the alarm about the region’s deteriorating water supply,
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Election Spotlight—Health Care in Nunavik
It was a crisis that made headlines across the country this summer—a health-care worker shortage so acute in Nunavik that
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Election Spotlight: Justice in Nunavik
The dysfunction of the justice system in northern Quebec is increasingly making headlines, with everyone from Nunavik residents, to Inuit
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$9.5M staff house to be built in Nunavik for Air Inuit employees
A $9.5M residence will be built for Air Inuit employees in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, something the
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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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