RCMP have developed a plan with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami to improve policing practices, which have been fraught, especially due to the high number of Inuit shot and killed by police in recent years.Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed says a new agreement holds hope for changing the relationship between police and Inuit. (Blair Gable/Reuters)The national…
For days, the Katuarpalaaq drum dancing festival brought performers from Alaska, Canada and Greenland together in Nuuk to share their own ways of dancing and singing.Sylvia Cloutier, who now lives in Montreal, takes part in the Katuarpalaaq drum dancing festival in Nuuk, Greenland. “Sometimes we feel like there’s very few of us cultural performers, but when we…
The president of the Inuit representative body for treaty rights and negotiations said it’s only by recognizing Inuktitut as one of Canada’s official languages that schools would receive guaranteed support and funding to teach in Inuktitut, as do English and French schools.Aluki Kotierk, president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., said that Canada could show its commitment…
The organization that represents Inuit in Nunavut claims the territorial government is discriminating against Inuit, by not offering education in Inuktut to the same degree as English and French.Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) president Aluki Kotierk, centre, enters the Nunavut Court of Justice to file a lawsuit against the territorial government. NTI claims the Nunavut government…
The president of the national body representing Inuit in Canada says ongoing progress with reconciliation hangs in the balance in this federal election.Natan Obed, president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, is urging voters to elect members of Parliament who will sincerely push forward with reconciliation. (Kate Kyle/CBC)The president of the national body representing Inuit in…