https://nunavutnews.com/nunavut-news/there-is-value-in-celebrating-successes-nti-president/ When Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.’s (NTI) president Aluki Kotierk earned her master’s degree, a local newspaper wrote about her achievement. “People back home in Iglulik had seen it and would see my father and would make comments. My father called me and said he was feeling ashamed. I felt [...]
BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN Twenty years after legislators carved out Nunavut from the Northwest Territories as a new, majority-Inuit territory, advocates say Ottawa must do more to protect and enhance language and culture to live up to that vision. One of the main objectives in forming Nunavut was to [...]
“One of the aspirations for Nunavut was for Inuktut to remain the majority language” Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. marked Nunavut Day with a pledge to become an Inuktut-language workplace. NTI officials announced those plans at an event held in Kugluktuk on Wednesday, July 9. “One of the aspirations for Nunavut was [...]
[:en]Nunavut Day was celebrated on Tuesday and we’re 20 years into the creation of a territory with tremendous promise. Much has been accomplished over two decades and much remains to be done. Among the priorities is – or should be – the establishment of Inuktut-based education from kindergarten to Grade [...]
