Territory in Northern Canada considering ‘domestic violence leave’
Employees in the Northwest Territories, in Canada’s central Arctic, may soon be able to take leave from work if they
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Exhibit in Arctic Canada to showcase evolution of parkas
Mary Avalak deftly threads a needle with caribou sinew and makes a couple of stitches in a caribou-skin parka. Picking
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Alaska reckons with missing data on murdered Indigenous women
Indigenous women and girls are murdered or disappear from American cities in alarming numbers. But no one knows the true
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Alaska: Anchorage celebrates Bettye Davis’s legacy for women, Black Alaskans and education
Former Alaska lawmaker Bettye Davis retired from the Anchorage School Board (southern Alaska) at the end of September after more
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Violence against Indigenous women still a hot topic for Alaska Federation of Natives
The three-day-long Alaska Federation of Natives Convention wrapped up on Saturday. This year’s theme was Innovation in the past, present
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Rebecca Alty elected mayor of city of Yellowknife, in Northern Canada
Rebecca Alty will be the next mayor of Yellowknife. Voters cast their ballots in municipal elections across the N.W.T. on
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Nunavut people speak out about Arctic mayor’s controversial statement on male Inuit leaders
Sexual harassment and how to talk about it has been a topic of conversation both on and off social media
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Mayor in Arctic Canada faces backlash after calling out some male Inuit leaders as sexual predators
Sexual harassment in the workplace remains a challenge for women in the territory of Nunavut, according to Iqaluit Mayor Madeleine
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Mining and energy projects near Indigenous communities undermine womens’ safety, experts tell Canada’s inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women
Energy and mining projects in remote parts of Canada jeopardize the safety of Indigenous women and their families living there,
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Finland’s foreign minister’s presence at anti-abortion event in Canada criticized by Chancellor of Justice
The Chancellor of Justice (which ensures that government bodies and their representatives comply with the law) has condemned Foreign Minister
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Canada’s inquiry into violence against Indigenous women focuses on resilience to end hearings in Arctic
A passionate speech from one of the commissioners of Canada’s national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls,
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Indigenous LGBTQ issues discussed at inquiry into violence against Indigenous women, in Northern Canada
A glaring gap in supports for LGBTQ and two-spirit Indigenous people is putting them at risk of harm, commissioners heard
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Support in early-life key to well-being, Canada’s inquiry into violence against Indigenous women hears
The importance of health and well-being in early life for Indigenous people — and their ties to colonial violence —
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Alaska wouldn’t be affected by U.S. Supreme Court’s restriction of abortion rights, says anti-abortion lawyer
With the nomination of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh pending in the U.S. Senate, many Americans are hoping —
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Loss of Inuit culture highlighted at Canada’s inquiry into violence against Indigenous women
Inuit life, culture and healing — both past and present — dominated the discussion on the first day of hearings in Iqaluit for the
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