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20 years of working to reconnect with her home community – CBC
May 20, 2022 Through a repatriation program, Rolanda Murphy found she had a sister in U.S. Rolanda Murphy comes back from her bedroom wearing an orange “every child matters” T-shirt and a traditional Indigenous skirt. The skirt has been tailored to fit her small frame. It’s red, with a beautiful flower print and a ribbon […]
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Read MoreNunavik Parks bookings filling up as summer tourists return – Nunatsiaq News
May 20, 2022 Nunavik Parks is hoping for a tourist boom this year as visitors from outside the region begin booking their summer travels. Nunavik is home to four Quebec national parks that are operated and staffed locally by Kativik regional government: Kuururjuaq National Park and Ulittaniujalik National Park in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Tursujuq National Park in […]
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Read MoreBooks for preschoolers latest tool against language loss in northern Quebec – CBC
May 19, 2022 Cree Child and Family Services set to release seven culturally-based picture books In the hopes of reversing a worrisome trend of language loss, Quebec Cree are expanding their library of Cree-language books that are culturally-based and aimed at preschool aged children. After launching a call for stories in 2020, the Cree Nation […]
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Read MoreMohawk community’s only ambulance off the streets after collision – APTN News
May 12, 2022 First Nations Paramedics still waiting on permit for a backup vehicle from Quebec’s ministry of health What happens when your town’s only ambulance gets into a car accident? Kanehsatà:ke found out the hard way. A car ran a stop sign on April 30 and collided with the only ambulance used by the […]
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Read MoreSafe house in tiny Nunavik village aims to break generations of trauma for Inuit – CTV News
May 12, 2022 KANGIQSUALUJJUAQ, Que. -On any given day in Kingaqsualujjuak, Que., a person or family in crisis can call a 24-hour number and speak to a community member who can help. Qarmaapik House offers a safe house for parents and children, and its goal is to keep families together, ensuring Inuit resources intervene when […]
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Read MoreCree Nation Bears make history on ice as first all-Indigenous team in Quebec pee-wee tournament – CBC
May 12, 2022 Cree Nation Bears team won their game 5-4 and have to win one game to make finals A Cree pee-wee BB hockey team made history as the first all-Cree team to play in a prestigious international pee-wee hockey tournament in Quebec held annually for most of the last 62 years. On Monday, the […]
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Read More‘Today was a day of hope’: Governor General’s tour of Nunavik includes visiting a family safe house – APTN News
May 12, 2022 At the Kuururjuaq National Park Interpretive Centre there hangs a large topographical map of the area with points marking the campsites that have been used by Inuit for generations. During a tour Governor General Mary Simon points to the one marked with the letter D and says “That’s where I was raised.” […]
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Read MoreIndigenous languages ‘marginalized all the time’ in Canada: Mary Simon – larongeNOW
May 11, 2022 KANGIQSUALUJJUAQ, Que. — Think of your morning routine — after your alarm goes off and before breakfast, you probably unlock your phone and check emails, social media, text messages. The constant connection is a habit. But in Canada’s North, that isn’t the reality much of the time. There’s no service on most […]
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Read MoreFirst Nations leaders say Quebec has ignored their pleas to be exempt from Bill 96 – CBC
May 10, 2022 Bill 96 ‘puts another burden’ on Indigenous communities working to revitalize languages, leaders say Quebec says it won’t change Bill 96 to exempt Indigenous youth from having to take extra French courses in CEGEP, despite mounting calls from First Nations leaders who say their efforts to rebuild their languages and cultures are in […]
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Read MoreThe land is my therapy’: healing centre encourages reconnecting with Inuit identity – Toronto Star
May 10, 2022 KUUJJUAQ, Que. – On the shore of a still-frozen lake in front of a traditional Inuit dwelling with the spring sun melting the snow underfoot, the Governor General met eight women who are reconnecting with their Inuit roots as they try to heal from addiction. Mary Simon wiped away tears hearing what […]
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