Nunavik
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon warmly welcomed as she begins Nunavik tour
Mary Simon faced some tough questions in three languages on Monday, May 9, 2022, from students at the Jaanimmarik School in Kuujjuaq, a community in northern Quebec.
Canada's first Indigenous Governor General asked for briefing on the Indian Act
Canada's first Indigenous Governor General, within months of being appointed to the role, requested government officials outline what departments were doing to allow First Nations to move away from the Indian Act.
Health Canada green-lights rapid COVID-19 test
Health Canada has given the green light to a rapid test for COVID-19 that could be deployed to long-term care homes and schools to take pressure off provincial testing systems.
Ottawa to address growing COVID-19 threat to First Nations, Inuit communities
The federal government will be under pressure today, May 1, 2020, to explain what it's doing to prevent COVID-19 from spreading like wildfire through First Nations reserves and remote Inuit communities in the North.
Inuit women in Canada's North face 'racialized policing'
A national organization representing Inuit women in Canada is calling for a radical shift in the way police work is done in the North.
Inuk woman bikes across Canada to raise awareness about Indigenous suicides
Hannah Tooktoo, an Inuk mother from Nunavik, Que., descended from her bike on Thursday, August 8, 2019, 55 days after pedalling across the country to raise awareness to the suicides that are ravaging her community.
Philpott wants to see health care 'by Inuit, for Inuit'
Canada's Indigenous services minister said a combination of better addictions treatment, remote medical technology, funding for travel companions, training for midwifery and cultural sensitivity and a shift to Indigenous delivery models can help to address some of the tragic health outcomes.
Quebec Inuit and the impossible dilemma
Leah was 17 when she first flew to Montreal, in early fall of 2002, and she was scared of heights. As the plane lifted above Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, she kept her eyes on her ten-month-old daughter, Katie. She had never had a bird’s-eye view of her town, built along the Koksoak River, but she couldn’t bear to look down.
For young Inuit, getting an education can mean choosing between cultures
When she graduated in June of this year, Patricia Deveaux won a Governor General’s Academic Medal for having the highest grades in her high-school class. Meanwhile, she had long since learned the ropes in the world of work, having talked her way into a job at a local hotel when she was 13. “She was always the one I looked up to,” says her 16-year-old sister, Lissa.
Montrealers propose food insecurity solution
A Montreal-based startup wants to tackle food insecurity in the north with aquaponic farms that could produce food all year long.