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Puvirnituq students turn slimy, smelly fish skins into strong, supple leather

April Hudson, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 13:57
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It’s a material many people never encounter outside of museums or cultural gatherings — a strong, supple leather decorated with

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Society Society (Canada) 

Lack of clean water in Nunavik means schools are closing, staff fleeing

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 11:52
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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

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 12:18 — Last Updated: Monday, September 26, 2022 at 11:20
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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

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, September 23, 2022 at 12:19 — Last Updated: Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 13:22
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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

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, June 17, 2022 at 14:45
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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

Daniel Leblanc, Radio-Canada @danlebla
Posted: Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 15:46
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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

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 08:36 — Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2019 at 13:23
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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

CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 21, 2019 at 09:15 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:36
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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

Steve Rukavina, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 14:50 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 14:51
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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

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 13:13
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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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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

To sell or not to sell? The penultimate question about alcohol in Northern Canada

Émilie Dubreuil, Radio-Canada
Posted: Friday, January 26, 2018 at 11:25 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 11:26
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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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