Northern strategy needs spirit of Inuit consensus building

“The way we see our land may be very different from the way that Ottawa sees it.”

MARY SIMON
President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

I live in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik’s largest community, located on the western shore of Quebec’s Koksoak River, about 50 kilometres upstream from Ungava Bay.

Along with my birthplace, Kangiqsualujjuaq to the east, Kuujjuaq sits almost directly on the 58th...

Commentary: A Canadian motto embracing the North?

"The government's Northern Strategy has the real potential to unite us all"

P. WHITNEY LACKENBAUER

Now that the Conservative government has unveiled its Northern Strategy, Prime Minister Stephen Harper needs to turn his mind towards convincing Canadians that a long-term investment in the Arctic is key to our future as a nation. 

A symbolic, popular, pan-Canadian,...

Inuit need representation in the Senate

MARY SIMON
President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Before he retired this week at age 75, Willie Adams, the senator for Nunavut, was the longest-serving current member of the Canadian Senate. In his retirement, I wish him many good days of hunting and fishing in his home community of Rankin...

Governments ignored Inuit justice needs for years

PIERRE ROUSSEAU
Special to Nunatsiaq News

Unfortunately, you are quite right (”Dial V for Violence,” Nunatsiaq News, June 19)

This situation was entirely predictable and, possibly, preventable if the report’s findings and recommendations had been acted upon as well as other recommendations about...

Nunavut's environment minister comments on upcoming wildlife symposium

Let us learn from each other

In a few weeks, Hunters and Trappers Organization representatives from all Nunavut communities will gather in Rankin Inlet with federal and territorial representatives involved in wildlife management for the Nunavut Wildlife Symposium.

I am very optimistic about this event, especially having...