Nunavut Day is July 9. There will be various events hosted in communities across Nunavut. This year – 2019 – I will celebrate Nunavut Day with the community of Kugluktuk. Wherever you are, I hope that you can take time on Nunavut Day to reflect and consider Nunavut’s future [...]
NTI’s Tusaqsimajavut Report highlighted what was heard during community consultations regarding proposed changes to the Education Act and the Inuit Language Protection Act: Nunavut Inuit want to see Inuktut as the main language of instruction in our schools (K-12) and early childhood education; more focus on teaching Inuit [...]
2019 is the International Year of Indigenous Languages. #IYIL2019 Click to learn more.
In Nunavut where Inuktut constitutes a public language majority, it’s use is declining. The goals for protecting and promoting Inuktut are not being achieved. NTI commissioned a study to better understand some of the underlying issues related to the decline of Inuktut use and the role [...]