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4th annual First Nation Education Conference wraps up in Whitehorse – CBC
Mar 24, 2023 Almost 400 participants registered in person and virtually It was day one of the First Nation Education Conference in Whitehorse when Melanie Bennett started to relax and enjoy herself. Bennett is executive director of the Yukon First Nation Education Directorate (YFNED), which organized the conference. The event is in its fourth year, […]
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N.W.T. wants to contract an Indigenous-led treatment facility, but none are bidding for the work – CBC
Mar 23, 2023 The territory received proposals from two facilities, but neither met its criteria for Indigenous-led services The N.W.T. government’s search for an addiction treatment facility with Indigenous-led programing isn’t going well. The territory’s Health and Social Services Department was taking proposals from facilities it could work with early in the year, but the […]
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Kenn Harper speaks Wednesday on Knud Rasmussen’s Arctic journey – Nunatsiaq News
Mar 22, 2023 Explorer travelled across the North a century ago to learn more about the lives of Inuit Author, historian and Nunatsiaq News contributor Kenn Harper will hold a talk in Ottawa Wednesday describing and celebrating the Fifth Thule Expedition of Knud Rasmussen that occurred close to a century ago. Throughout the early 1900s, […]
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NWT Indigenous leaders call for investigation of oil sands’ impacts – Cabin Radio
March 22, 2023 Leaders of northern Indigenous peoples are calling for a “full, independent investigation” of the downstream impacts of oil sands pollution. The call, issued at a water summit held in Inuvik last week, comes in the wake of controversy over months-long contamination emanating from Imperial Oil’s Kearl facility in northern Alberta. The Dene […]
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Health worker breached privacy rights over adoption: report – Nunatsiaq News
Mar 22, 2023 ‘Any slip, no matter how well-intentioned, can have serious consequences.’ privacy commissioner says Nunavut’s Health Department should apologize for a health clinic worker who violated an adoptive parent’s privacy, Nunavut’s privacy commissioner says. The incident — in which the clinic worker told another person about the pending adoption before the adoptive parent […]
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Biden’s green light to drill oil in Alaska threatens Indigenous Canadians – rabble
March 21, 2023 Joe Biden has broken with his party’s long held opposition to oil drilling in the Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. On the eve of his first visit to this country, U.S. President Joe Biden approved a massive oil drilling project in Alaska – a project which will have significant impacts on the […]
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Fans get to choose winners for Arctic Music Awards – Nunatsiaq News
Mar 20, 2023 Deadline to vote is Wednesday; top vote-getters to be announced during weekend online Arctic Music Conference Music fans have until Wednesday to vote for their favourite artists in the Arctic Music Awards. Nominees were announced earlier this month, with winners to be determined by popular vote. After the March 22 voting deadline, […]
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Reclaiming Inuit ingredients sets this body-care company apart – while connecting it to community – The Globe and Mail
Mar 20, 2023 Bernice Clarke first sought out a solution for her dry skin in 2012. It’s a chronic problem living in the North’s “arctic desert,” she says. She was recommended body butter – which she purchased from a craft market in Ottawa. But with the high price of shipping to Iqaluit, Ms. Clarke sought […]
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Solar projects in 5 Nunavut communities to receive federal funding – Nunatsiaq News
Mar 17, 2023 $4.1M intended to support transition to renewable energy and away from fossil fuels Five Nunavut communities’ solar energy projects are set to share $4.1 million from the federal government. The funding, announced by Northern Affairs Minister Daniel Vandal in Baker Lake Wednesday, comes from the Northern REACHE program. The REACHE program is […]
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Our Home: HAP’s end, and prospects for a new legacy – Nunatsiaq News
Mar 16, 2023 Part 4: Homegrown builders are needed to make housing program work, says KIA leader Our Home’ is a four-part series examining the old Government of the Northwest Territories Homeownership Assistance Program and the economic and social benefits of Nunavummiut building their own houses. Read more: Part 1: When northern hands build northern […]
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