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Newly re-elected teachers union head sees contract, staff retention as priorities – Nunatsiaq News
Feb 10, 2025 Justin Matchett wins third term as Nunavut Teachers’ Association president; current collective agreement expires in June Fresh off a third-term win as president of the Nunavut Teachers’ Association, Justin Matchett says keeping teachers working in the territory and getting them an improved contract are priorities for the next two years. “Retention is […]
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Minister Cleveland meets with Education Leaders for the first time in 2025
February 6, 2025 Education, Culture and Employment (ECE) Minister Caitlin Cleveland met with Education Leaders in Yellowknife on January 23, 2025, the first meeting held during the 2024-2025 school year. The Education Leaders group is comprised of Board Chairs from every education body – District Education Authorities and District Education Councils – in the Northwest […]
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First Nations Are Rethinking Education in the Yukon. And It’s Working – The Walrus
Feb. 7, 2025 At the heart of the approach are year-round classes—with breaks for hunting and fishing In Old Crow, teenage students at Chief Zzeh Gittlit School, with land guardians and Elders, climbed onto snowmobiles and travelled 500 kilometres along a traditional route called Dagoo T’aii. On the journey, they harvested caribou and shared stories. […]
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Health and Wellbeing among Arctic Indigenous Peoples: Leveraging Legal Determinants of Health – The Arctic Institute
February 4, 2025 The Arctic Institute Health and Wellbeing Series 2025 The Arctic Institute Health and Wellbeing Series 2025: Introduction Health and Wellbeing among Arctic Indigenous Peoples: Leveraging Legal Determinants of Health News Update The Arctic is increasingly warmer, less frozen, and wetter, with regional extremes in weather, climate patterns, and ecosystem responses. The summer […]
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Update on PowerSchool data breach
February 4, 2025 The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is sharing an update on the cyber incident involving PowerSchool that impacted student and school staff data within the territory. PowerSchool is an information management system that has been used within the NWT since 2012. Two weeks ago, the GNWT shared that the breach impacted […]
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FANS spring/summer 2025 application deadline
February 3, 2025 Do you need financial support to reach your post-secondary education goals? Financial Assistance for Nunavut Students (FANS) provides support to eligible Nunavummiut attending designated post-secondary institutions and programs. If you are applying to college or university to start a post-secondary program in the spring/summer semester, the deadline to apply for FANS is March […]
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Q&A: Closing Aurora College’s community learning centres – Cabin Radio
January 27, 2025 How is Aurora College justifying closing its 19 community learning centres across the NWT? And what do the people who work in those centres think? Last week, the college said the community learning centres will close at the end of June. That’ll leave the college with just its three main campuses in […]
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Teach in Nunavut
January 23, 2025 The Department of Education is recruiting educators for all positions. We encourage qualified applicants with a Bachelor of Education degree and Canadian Teaching Certification to apply for full-time, indeterminate and term positions. In addition to great salaries and northern allowance for all educators, relocation assistance and subsidized housing are available for indeterminate […]
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Learn about Kindergarten registration in the Yukon
January 22, 2025 The Department of Education is hosting a Zoom webinar to provide information about Kindergarten registration and Early French Immersion Kindergarten programs for the 2025–2026 school year. The session will be held on Wednesday, January 22, at 7 pm. All Yukon parents and guardians are invited to attend this information session to learn […]
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Call for Proposals: childrearing community funding initiatives
January 16, 2025 The Department of Family Services is accepting proposals for projects in 2025-2026 that support community-based childrearing programs which aim to rebuild and strengthen Inuit traditional childrearing teachings and practices, and that help to reduce poverty. Non-profit organizations, societies, and municipal organizations can apply for funding for projects that include, but are not […]
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