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Northern Swedish municipality of Luleå bans mobile phones in schools

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 15:35
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A general ban on mobile phones in elementary schools is being prepared by the government parties and the Sweden Democrats.

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

‘I just started crying’: Appeal of Inuit language education lawsuit struck down

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 30, 2024 at 15:59
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By TJ Dhir  Lawsuit alleges discrimination against Inuit students, according to Inuit organization Bernice Kuutuu Clarke was attending a conference

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 

Yellowknife students return to school Thursday but official says bring extra food

CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 11, 2023 at 13:30
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The superintendent of the YK1 school board says YWCA after school programs will be up and running when students return

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Society Society (Canada) 

YK1, French school board say it’s unlikely students will begin classes Aug. 28

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 21, 2023 at 14:16
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By Guy Quenneville · CBC News Yellowknife’s largest school board taking its cues from political leaders Yellowknife school boards say it’s unlikely students

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 Russia Society (Russia) 

Ship with Russian university students goes aground in remote archipelago Franz Josef Land

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 11:06
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The vessel that was built at the Ukrainian Kherson Shipyard in 1975 got in trouble late evening 24th of July

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Iceland RCI Society Society (Iceland) 

New COVID-19 restrictions for Iceland’s schools and universities

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 10:05
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Iceland has put in place a new series of COVID-19 measures in educational institutions that came into effect November 3.

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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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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Arctic Canada: High school students want their issues known for Northwest Territories election

Sidney Cohen, CBC News
Posted: Friday, September 13, 2019 at 13:15
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They’re not yet old enough to vote, but young people in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories have some thoughts — and they

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Canada General Science Science (Canada) 

Feature Interview: ArcticNet’s 2015 scientific meeting

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 17:44 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:36
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The ArcticNet scientific meeting took place in Vancouver, British Columbia from December 7-11. There, hundreds of Canadian scientists and researchers

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General Society Society (USA) USA 

University of Alaska plans big push to increase, retain homegrown teachers

Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Dispatch News @teganhanlon
Posted: Monday, February 2, 2015 at 16:51 — Last Updated: Monday, February 2, 2015 at 20:29
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For decades, teacher Arnold Marks has called the small Interior Alaska village of Tanana, about 130 air miles west of

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General Society Society (USA) Special Features USA 

Aviation company inspiring new attitudes with altitude in rural Alaska

Sean Doogan, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Monday, December 22, 2014 at 18:02 — Last Updated: Monday, December 22, 2014 at 22:12
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A small helicopter company is hoping to expand its fledgling program designed to inspire Alaska village students into pursuing careers

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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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