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The great paradox of the North – Policy Options
February 3, 2025 Canadians have a complex relationship with the North. While the territory is a strong symbol of our identity, and we react strongly to threats to its sovereignty, this vast region is often forgotten and chronically underfunded. The empowerment of northern institutions and communities has been slow and incomplete. Local northern authorities are […]
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Longtime friends bringing ringette to Kuujjuaq this spring – Nunatsiaq News
Feb 3, 2025 Registration opens for March training camp and exhibition game Ringette is coming to Kuujjuaq this spring, thanks to an initiative launched by a couple of former teammates. Linda Guitard, who has lived in the North for nine years including the past three in Kuujjuaq, and Montrealer Louise Duguay are inviting girls and […]
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Uplifting Northern Homes – Kativik
Jan 29, 2025 We had the pleasure of speaking with Daniel Gleason, a dedicated Maintenance Manager in Kuujjuaq. Through improved housing standards, he and his team have created a homey atmosphere and fostered wellness within the School Board’s infrastructure. Before taking on his current role, Daniel worked as a carpenter. “Initially, I came up here […]
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Indigenous narratives, sovereignty and narrative sovereignty – thelinknewspaper
January 28, 2025 Sovereignty over Indigenous stories is equally as important as sovereignty over Indigenous lands On a frigid February day in 2020, when Nicolas Renaud heard the news of an injunction to clear a rail blockade in Kahnawake, he was angry. The Mohawk people had been protesting in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en communities in British […]
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Fox population spike raises risk of rabies on Nunavik’s Hudson coast: Researcher – Nunatsiaq News
Jan 27, 2025 Scarcity of usual food sources and lack of sea ice driving foxes into communities More foxes are making their way into some Nunavik villages this winter, bringing with them a growing risk of rabies. Rabies is endemic in the fox population, meaning it always circulates, said Andreas Schaffhauser-Carpentier, spokesperson for the Nunavik […]
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Miscellaneous News – FNQLHSSC
Each week, we compile news on health, wellness, social services and First Nations, which is organized by category of our service offer. As a result, people in charge of the service offer can disseminate information specific to their field, or any other news relevant to First Nations. Culture Indigenous dinner conference with Robert Falcon Ouellette […]
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Hydro-Québec fined $5M for acting in institutional bad faith toward Innu community – CBC
Jan 21, 2025 Crown corporation has ‘heightened obligations toward Indigenous peoples,’ says lawyer The Quebec Superior Court has found that Hydro-Québec acted in institutional bad faith in its dealings with the Innu First Nation of Uashat and Mani-Utenam, failing to honour an agreement reached with the community during the development of the La Romaine hydroelectric complex a […]
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Air Inuit seeks damages over Nunavik runway maintenance concerns – Skies Mag
January 20, 2025 Air Inuit has filed a lawsuit in Quebec’s Superior Court, alleging a lack of maintenance on runways in Nunavik, according to multiple reports. The regional airline is seeking damages from Quebec’s provincial government, as well as Kativik Regional Government, CBC reported. Air Inuit is seeking nearly $9 million in damages for repairs […]
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Dismantling encampments could hurt people: Montreal report on housing difficulties – CTV News
January 20, 2025 The City of Montreal unveiled on Monday the results of a report by its ad hoc committee on the issues and needs of people unable to obtain housing. In the 63-page report obtained by Noovo Info, the committee points out that dismantling homeless encampments could have dire consequences on people’s health, including […]
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Canada Supreme Court dismisses Indigenous appeal and paves way for McGill construction – Jurist
January 17, 2025 The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal led by Indigenous elders who claimed that an under-renovation McGill University building contains Indigenous burial grounds. The Supreme Court’s rejection effectively permits McGill’s renovation of the building, which previously served as a psychiatric teaching hospital, to commence. The case arose after Historic Human Remains […]
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