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Health staff in Fort Smith receiving made-in-the-North anti-racism training

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 11:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 11:46
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Health-care staff in Fort Smith, N.W.T., are receiving made-in-the-North anti-racism training.  The two-day program, run by the territory’s health and social services

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Pope Francis apologizes for forced assimilation of Indigenous children at residential schools

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 10:18
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The first day of Pope Francis’s “penitential pilgrimage” began with a heartfelt apology delivered at the site of one of

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Canadian Inuit leader reflects on report of CFL team changing name

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 20, 2020 at 10:32
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Natan Obed doesn’t feel that he, himself, made the Edmonton football team change its name. But the national Inuit leader — whose 2015 op-ed in

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Inuit women in Canada’s Arctic suffer ‘unnecessary violence’ from police, legal aid board says

Thomas Rohner, CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 8, 2020 at 13:41
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WARNING: Details in this story may be disturbing to some readers. Inuit in Nunavut, especially women, suffer systemic police abuse,

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

‘Start by changing your team name’: Inuk MP responds to Edmonton Eskimos post referencing racism

Chantelle Bellrichard, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 10:40
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A social media post by the Edmonton Eskimos referencing racism drew criticism over the weekend given the ongoing controversy over

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finnish gov agrees to formation of Sámi Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 09:47 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:07
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After years of negotiations and planning in the Sámi Parliament, the Finnish government has agreed to the formation of a

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Quebec should apologize for systemic discrimination in treatment of Indigenous people, Viens report says

Benjamin Shingler and Kamila Hinkson, CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 30, 2019 at 10:35 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:44
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The Quebec government should apologize to First Nations and Inuit for the harm they have endured as a result of

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Inuit class-action lawsuit to allege racism in Canada’s health-care system

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 09:24
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Lawyers known for their representation of Indigenous northerners are preparing a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Inuit who have faced

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Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Kids’ band booted from Finnish show over “racist” Indigenous costume

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 11:10 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 11:33
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Producers at Finland’s public broadcasting company recently decided to remove inserts by the children’s music group “Herra Heinämäki’s Shed Orchestra”

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Canada Society Society (Canada) Special Features 

National Nursing Week – Working in the Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, May 12, 2014 at 08:49
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National Nursing Week kicks off in Canada on Monday, May 12 and runs until May 18. In honour of the

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Business Finland 

Finland’s berry pickers face negative attitudes, middling crop

Yle News
Posted: Friday, August 2, 2013 at 11:48
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Thousands of foreign berry pickers are descending on Finland for the annual harvest ritual. In some cases the workers have

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Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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