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Baffinland critics question company’s regard for Inuit traditional knowledge – Nunatsiaq News
Critics of Baffinland Iron Mines’ proposed Mary River mine expansion questioned the company’s commitment to environmental sustainability and integration of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, or traditional knowledge, during the second day of a Nunavut Impact Review Board hearing. It revealed that a clear divide between company and community still exists, despite CEO Brian Penney’s assertion Monday his […]
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Nunavut family discovers father’s long-lost story on CBC podcast – CBC
Inuit Unikkaangit released 3 episodes with unidentified storytellers, but one has now been revealed Jan 26, 2021 A family in Nunavut recently discovered their late father’s voice on a CBC North podcast. The podcast, Inuit Unikkaangit, released an episode with an unknown storyteller talking about how to interpret the wind, and the things it can […]
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Kinngait artist’s sculpture front and centre at Winnipeg Inuit gallery – Nunatsiaq News
26 January 2021 Visitors who walk through the plaza outside of Winnipeg’s soon-to-open Inuit art gallery will be met with Inuit mythology and symbolism in the form of a marble carving by Kinngait-born artist Goota Ashoona. The sculpture was transported by crane to its permanent home in front of the gallery, named Qaumajuq, which means […]
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Wealthy couple chartered a plane to the Yukon, took vaccines meant for Indigenous elders, authorities said – Washington Post
Jan. 26, 2021 Located deep in Canada’s Yukon, the remote community of Beaver Creek is home to only about 100 people, most of them members of the White River First Nation. So when an unfamiliar couple who claimed to work at a local motel showed up at a mobile clinic to receive coronavirus vaccines, it […]
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COVID-19 resurfaces in Arviat with caseload rising to 17 – Nunatsiaq News
The Government of Nunavut announced two new cases of COVID-19 in Arviat Monday, bringing the hamlet’s total number of cases to 17. Monday is the fourth consecutive day new COVID-19 cases have been reported. The new outbreak comes after nearly a month of no new cases being detected in the entire territory. During Monday’s COVID-19 […]
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Tech company sets sights on training northern Indigenous youth – Nunatsiaq News
21 January 2021 PLATO Testing founder says of working in Nunavut: “if I had a partner up there, I’d do it tomorrow” After leaving what he thought was his dream job in business with no backup plan at 43, Scott Dillon says he thought to himself, “OK creator, I’m ready for whatever’s next.” Then, he […]
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‘I’ll cry with you, laugh with you’: Finding hope through traditional Indigenous healing – TVO
At Misiway Milopemahtesewin, in Timmins, counselling is grounded in traditional teachings — helping people process a shared set of traumas and reconnect with their cultures Jan 21, 2021 Jules Tapas is telling a story about how his younger brother once shot him with a rifle after a particularly nasty fight. “I died twice that night,” […]
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Nunavut government backs away from Iqaluit-Nuuk fibre-optic cable – Nunatsiaq News
The Government of Nunavut’s $209 million plan for plugging the territory into an ultra-fast fibre-optic cable will likely take a big detour this year, a government spokesperson told Nunatsiaq News earlier this week in an email. “There has been significant work on this project over the past year as the GN had an opportunity to […]
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One year on, Dene skincare company is doing business differently – Cabin Radio
January 20, 2021 It’s been a wild year for Dene entrepreneur Melissa Daniels since starting her own business at the beginning of 2020. Daniels, who lives in Fort Smith and is a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, launched Naidié Nezų – or “good medicine” – in January of last year. Combining Dene botanical […]
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SSi Canada strikes deal to expand satellite capacity – Nunatsiaq News
Nunavut internet provider now working with Luxembourg-based SES Networks One of Nunavut’s main internet providers says it has struck a deal to obtain more satellite capacity through a new provider. SSi Canada says the new arrangement means that, for now, its customers don’t need to worry about big price increases or the shutdown of its […]
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