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Government of Nunavut declares State of Emergency – Iqaluit
Iqaluit, Nunavut – Government of Nunavut’s (GN) Minister of Community and Government Services (CGS) the Honourable Jeannie Ehaloak, today declared a State of Emergency under Nunavut’s Emergency Management Act effective immediately in Iqaluit. “I want to assure the people of Nunavut, especially those in Iqaluit that we are taking this water issue very seriously”, said […]
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Read MoreGNT: COVID-19 temporary orders to be extended, new public health order anticipated
YELLOWKNIFE, October 14, 2021 – The Chief Public Health Officer (OCPHO) is announcing an extension to the Covid-19 Gatherings Order-Yellowknife, Dettah, and N’dilǫ today. The Behchokǫ̀ containment order is also being extended. Both have been extended until Friday October 22, 2021 at 5:00PM. The basis for the extensions is ongoing community transmission of COVID-19 cases in […]
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Read MoreIndigenous delegation pursues residential school ‘apology … on our lands’ from Pope Francis – CBC
Oct 15, 2021 Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya will join the delegation to Rome When Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya left residential school in Inuvik, he never imagined the prospect that in adulthood, he would have the chance to ask the Pope for a formal apology for survivors. “As a former residential school survivor, this […]
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Read MoreFuel in Iqaluit water not dangerous short term, but ‘very risky’ moving forward, says expert – Global News
October 14, 2021 A University of Saskatchewan professor who has worked in Iqaluit says any amount of fuel in drinking water is unsafe, but drinking it over the short term isn’t necessarily dangerous. Iqaluit residents were told not to drink the city’s tap water Tuesday after a fuel smell was detected at the water treatment […]
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Read MoreGNT: Public Health Advisory – October 13, 2021
YELLOWKNIFE October 13, 2021 – The Office of the Chief Public Health Officer (OCPHO) is declaring an outbreak at the Inuvik Homeless Shelter. An outbreak is declared when COVID-19 infections are acquired within a facility. OCPHO is working closely with the shelter management and staff along with the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority […]
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Read MoreInuit households more likely to have low income, StatsCan finds – Cabin Radio
October 13, 2021 Indigenous people living on-reserve and Inuit are more likely to have low incomes than other Canadians, a Statistics Canada report suggests. A study based on the 2016 census examined household incomes in First Nations communities and across the North. The study considered low income to mean earning less than half the median […]
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Read MoreNighthawk Completes 72,325 Metres as Part of its Successful 2021 Exploration Program
TORONTO, Oct. 14, 2021 – Nighthawk Gold Corp. (“Nighthawk” or the “Company”) (TSX: NHK) (OTCQX: MIMZF) is pleased to report that a total of 72,325 metres (272 drill holes) of drilling were completed as part of the 2021 exploration program on its district-scale property within the Northwest Territories, Canada. The Company commenced drilling during the […]
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Read MoreNTI court claim demands 5-year plan to deliver Inuit language education – Nunatsiaq News
NTI takes Government of Nunavut to court over alleged failure to provide Inuktitut instruction Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. has filed a lawsuit against the Government of Nunavut, claiming the government has failed its legal obligations to ensure Inuktitut language education throughout the territory’s public school system. “This claim is all about discrimination based on race and […]
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Read MoreNTI Files Lawsuit Against GN for Violating Equality Rights of Inuit Children and Youth
(October 13, 2021, Iqaluit, Nunavut) Today, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) has filed a landmark lawsuit with the Nunavut Court of Justice in Iqaluit, asserting that the Government of Nunavut (GN), by failing to provide a public school system offering Nunavut Inuit equal opportunities to complete schooling in their own language and culture, is violating constitutionally-protected […]
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Read MoreU Arctic – Postdoctoral position: Community-based Observing / Indigenous Knowledge / Data Science / Environmental Studies
Oct 13, 2021 The Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub (AAOKH) at the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow with expertise across some combination of community-based monitoring, data management and visualization, Indigenous Knowledge, adaptation planning, natural resource management, and/or human dimensions of Arctic […]
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