UN names 2019 as international year of Indigenous languages
The United Nations has named 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages.
The UN typically observes a different topic each year to raise awareness...
Canada’s genocide: The case of the Ahiarmiut
As a human rights scholar, I have long argued that Canada committed cultural genocide against Indigenous peoples. But recently, I’ve come to conclude, in...
A new performance collaboration brings Inuit myths to life on Canada’s...
As the lights dimmed in the Ottawa’s National Arts Centre theater on Friday, Jan. 10, a woman’s voice began to speak softly in Inuktitut....
The latest US defense budget finally pays more attention to the...
The Pentagon is about to get one of its biggest spending increases in U.S. history but the Trump administration and Congress are making no...
A red alert for the future Arctic
Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod was right when he issued a “red alert” in November and called for an urgent national debate on the...
The Week Ahead: Pipe dreams
The Alaska LNG Project shows the potential benefits of a healthy trade relationship between United States and China.
Chinese investors are among the largest potential...
Iqaluit museum is collecting donations from Pope’s visit
The Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum is seeking donations of items from the visit Pope Francis made to Iqaluit two weeks ago.
The Pope visited Nunavut’s capital...
How telepresence technology can bridge the gap on mental health counselling...
Spread over an area five times the size of France, the territory of Nunavut in Canada is home to only 38,000 people. With small...
Gjoa Haven center has big plans to display Franklin Expedition artifacts
Planning continues for expansion at Gjoa Haven’s community heritage center so it can showcase artifacts from two historic shipwrecks that Inuit helped locate.
“There’s a...
Canadian Coast Guard finishes Arctic operating season
The Canadian Coast Guard and its seven icebreakers have finished their Arctic operating season and left the North, the federal organization announced in a...
