Reflecting on the lessons of Dec. 6, 1989

"Staying silent should not be an option"

DR. MADELEINE COLE
Iqaluit

Earlier this year, along with her family and community, the hospital staff who I work with were devastated to learn of the domestic murder of Sula Enuaraq and her two daughters.

Sula was a warm and generous spirit, and was a friend and colleague to us all.  She had...

New horizons for northern arts

Innovative collaborations between arts organizations

JIM SHIRLEY
Special to Nunatsiaq News

I first came to the north, to Rankin Inlet, in the late 1970s. Even though it was at the very end of an important historic period for Inuit, one could see the forces that would play an important role particularly in the growth and development of the arts.

In...

Let’s save Inuktitut

Inuit need better education and skills training to make it happen

COLIN ALEXANDER

Nunavut’s newly published annual report on the state of Inuit culture and society deserves some credit for considering the standardization of Inuktitut dialect and script.

Why, however, after all these years, does it lack recommendations for implementation? There are many...

Tory crime bill would erode democracy, public safety

“Tough on crime policies are not sustainable”

On few occasions in the relatively young history of our country have Canadians engaged in an informed and rational public discussion on criminal sentencing.

In light of the tabling of Bill C-10, The Safe Streets and Communities Act, by the Conservative government on September 20th, it is...

The Northwest Passage in competition? No such thing.

“Arctic transit shipping holds little promise for Canada”

FRANKLYN GRIFFITHS

France’s ambassador for polar affairs, Michel Rocard, recently suggested that Canada has given up on the competition with Russia to attract commercial shipping into the Arctic.  In fact, there is no such competition, nor has there been one.

Still, the ambassador got a rise from...