Nunavut’s premier, many university and college students and those away from the Kivalliq region for long-term medical treatment are finding out they can’t vote in the upcoming election for the Kivalliq Inuit Association (KIA).  Changes made to the Inuit organization’s election policy in October 2017 require Kivallirmiut to have been “physically and actually resident” in the…

Andrea Sullivan-Clarke doesn’t believe that any one particular group of people has a monopoly on being thankful. Still, ask the University of Windsor Indigenous scholar how she feels about the holiday annually celebrated in the U.S. on the fourth Thursday of November, and she’ll tell you her feelings on the subject have changed over the…

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has pushed back a deadline set for submissions on how compensation should be distributed under its Sept. 6 order that the federal government compensate First Nations children apprehended through the on-reserve child welfare system.  The tribunal changed its Dec. 10 deadline on submissions to Jan. 29, 2020, according to a letter…

Many women who attended the Mamawe! Mekowishwewin-miyomachowin gathering earlier this month walked away with a handcrafted ribbon skirt.  In fact, 150 of the skirts were handed out at the gathering.  The ribbon skirts were made by Agnes Woodward, who’s originally from Kawacatoose First Nation, about 115 kilometres north of Regina, but now calls Indiana home.  Woodward…

The organization representing parents of Nunavut students is denouncing a controversial proposed law that would change the Nunavut Education Act and the Inuit Language Protection act.  The Coalition of Nunavut District Education Authorities says Bill 25, An Act to Amend the Education Act and the Inuit Language Protection Act, would create a “two-tiered education system”…

An authority responsible for the care of thousands of foster children in southern Manitoba left itself open to hackers and ignored warnings that its internal information technology network was at risk, according to the head of one foster care provider. “I don’t want to be the guy, but I told you so,” said Richard De…