Nunavik

Health

Quebec ‘closely monitoring’ tuberculosis in Nunavik, minister says, as doctors call for more resources

Quebec’s Health Minister Christian Dubé has stated that the province’s public health service is closely monitoring the increasing number of…

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Politics

Calls for investigation after some in Nunavik left out of vote due to polling station issues

Tiivi Tulaugak, an 18-year-old resident of Ivujivik, Nunavik’s northernmost community located in Quebec, was eagerly looking forward to casting his…

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Canada

‘I lost my legal right to vote’: Booths closed early — or didn’t open at all — in some Nunavik villages

Elia Lauzon, a resident of Kuujjuaq, Quebec, has always been skeptical of the government and the electoral system. Despite her…

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Canada

Nunavik advocates push for more Inuit-led suicide prevention efforts

In the wake of several tragic suicides in the small community of Umiujaq, Nunavik, residents are grappling with the devastating…

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Canada

For some in Nunavik, federal apology for dog slaughter is a step toward reconciliation

For 25 years, Pita Aatami, the president of Makivvik Corporation, has been on a mission to get the Canadian government…

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Canada

Canadian government apologizes to Inuit in Nunavik for mass killing of sled dogs

Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Gary Anandasangaree issued a formal apology to the Inuit community in Nunavik for the federal government’s…

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Politics

Ottawa to compensate Inuit in Nunavik for mass sled dog slaughter

The federal government has announced plans to provide financial compensation to the Inuit community in Nunavik for the tragic mass…

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Politics

Canadian government to apologize for Nunavik dog slaughter

The Federal Government to Apologize to Inuit in Nunavik for Sled Dog Killings The federal government has announced that it…

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Canada

Tasers used prior to fatal police shooting in Nunavik, police watchdog says

The tragic incident that unfolded in Salluit, Que., involving a fatal police shooting has left the community in shock. According…

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Health

Quebec College of Physicians urgently calls for national health services plan for Nunavik

Quebec’s College of Physicians is calling for an urgent plan to improve health services in the province’s Far North after…

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