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An Inuit View of the Canadian Election
With the Canadian parliamentary election scheduled for October 21, it seemed reasonable to anticipate articles providing Inuit perspectives on Prime Minister Trudeau’s accomplishments over the past four years. A published opinion piece by P. J. Akeeagok, President of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA), provides a perspective from the Baffin Island region of Nunavut. Mr. Akeeagok […]
Canadian Government Apologizes to the Inuit
The government of Canada apologized last week to the Inuit of Baffin Island for treating them very badly during the middle of the twentieth century. The apology was reported by a story in the CBC on Wednesday, August 14. Carolyn Bennett, the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, went to Iqaluit, the capital of the Nunavut Territory, […]
Canada Apologizes for Treatment of Indigenous Children
For over one hundred years, Canada removed children from their First Nation, Inuit, and Metis families, sometimes forcibly, and raised them in boarding schools a long ways from their homes. Some of the children were subject to considerable mental and physical abuse, in addition to the strains of being separated from their families and cultures. […]
