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New film tackles Nunavik’s complex history with mining industry – Nunatsiaq News
Oct 30, 2024 ‘Nunatta Ataani (Beneath Our Feet)’ takes viewer from the beginning of prospecting in region to present day A new documentary explores the intricate relationship between Nunavimmiut, the land and the mining industry. The nearly two-hour movie Nunatta Ataani (Beneath Our Feet) took about three years to make, says director Jean-Philippe Brochu, who […]
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Read MoreNew Arctic trade show emerges after controversy cancelled Northern Lights – Nunatsiaq News
Oct 30, 2024 Baffin chamber of commerce and Makivvik Corp. announce plans for ‘Aqsarniit’ in Ottawa in February The Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce and Makivvik Corp. are partnering to create the first “Arctic-led” trade show and conference in Ottawa in February. The Aqsarniit Trade Show and Conference will be held at the Rogers Centre […]
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Read MoreWhy is Montreal appealing a historic ruling on racial profiling by its police? – CBC
Oct 30, 2024 City says it wants to pay victims but claims ruling is ‘stained with multiple errors’ Last month, a Superior Court judge found the City of Montreal responsible for the “systemic” practice of racial profiling by its police officers. While the city agreed it should compensate victims, it still wanted to appeal the decision. […]
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Read MoreJeffery Vacante: Mary Simon, Nick Suzuki and the burden of bilingualism – National Post
Oct 29, 2024 New federal and Quebec laws and certain media in the province are making bilingualism a burden to be borne primarily by anglophones The language skills of Mary Simon are once again coming under scrutiny. Some in the French-language media in Quebec are expressing shock and outrage that Simon, who speaks English and […]
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Read More‘My name is Jeannie and I am from Inukjuak’: Inuktitut translators try out Google Translate – Nunatsiaq News
Oct 29, 2024 This month, Inuktut became first Indigenous language in Canada to be added to platform Legally, your hands might be tied — but run that phrase through Google Translate’s new Inuktut translation service, and you’d literally be saying your hands are ‘tied up.’ “It’s a machine,” Suzie Napayok laughed. “It doesn’t know any […]
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Read MoreFinal Report and Indigenous-led Reparations Framework on Missing and Disappeared Children Set for Release – NetNewsLedger
Gatineau, QC – On October 29, 2024, the Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves, Kimberly R. Murray, will unveil her highly anticipated Final Report and the Indigenous-led Reparations Framework at the 7th National Gathering on Unmarked Burials. The event, to be held at the Hilton Lac-Leamy Hotel, marks a significant step in […]
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Read MoreKimberly Murray to release final report on missing children, unmarked graves Tuesday – CBC
Oct 29, 2024 Special interlocutor’s office holding final national gathering in Gatineau, Que. Residential school survivors, Indigenous leaders and advocates are gathering in Gatineau, Que., Tuesday, as the office of the Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools holds its final gathering. Special Interlocutor Kimberly […]
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Read MoreMichel Maisonneuve: I survived Liberal-funded cancellation – National Post
Oct 28, 2024 Our country is headed downward, but it doesn’t have to go on like this National Post will be running three excerpts from a new book by Lt.-Gen. (retd.) Michel Maisonneuve. In part three, he discusses his experience with being cancelled after expressing a conservative opinion. It is September 2023. I am behind […]
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Read MoreHow Canadian miner Coniagas will power Quebec’s green shift and EV future – BNN Bloomberg
October 28, 2024 Disseminated on behalf of: Coniagas Battery Metals Inc. Critical minerals are essential in our transition to a green economy, used in making everything from electric vehicle batteries to wind turbines. China’s control of critical minerals complicates supply chains. Domestic sourcing of raw ore and its processing into metal pure enough for EV […]
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Read MoreConcordia co-hosts the first major gathering focused solely on Inuit visual arts since 2011 – Concordia University
October 25, 2024 An upcoming symposium on Inuit art will mark the seventh and final year of Inuit Futures in Arts Leadership, led by former Concordia faculty Heather Igloliorte. The professor of visual arts at the University of Victoria has had the support of a partnership grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council […]
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