Media Centre - 2008 June

NTI Responds to Apology to Former Residential School Students

Released | June 12, 2008 | No Comments | Print this article

NR 08-26 APO ENG Residential Schools Apology.doc
(June 12, 2008 -Iqaluit, Nunavut) Nunavut Tunngavik President Paul Kaludjak today accepted Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s apology to Canada’s Aboriginal residential school students. Kaludjak was in Ottawa with NTI 1st Vice-President James Eetoolook to hear the apology.
Today, some closure is offered to former students and their families. The [...]

Kakiniit Grants Deadline for Submissions Extended

Released | June 4, 2008 | No Comments | Print this article

NR 08-25 KAK ENG Kakiniit Extended Deadline.doc
(June 4, 2008 — Iqaluit, Nunavut) Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. has extended the deadline for submissions for the Kakiniit Academic and Cultural Grants to June 20, 2008.
The grants program awards $1,000 to five students seeking to improve their cultural or traditional skills and $1,000 to five students enrolled in academic [...]

Hall Beach selected for additional bowhead whale hunt this summer

Released | June 3, 2008 | No Comments | Print this article

NR 08-24 BOW ENG 2nd Bowhead Hunt.doc
(June 3, 2008 - Iqaluit, Nunavut) The Wildlife Policy Advisory Committee comprised of the chairs of each of the regional wildlife organizations and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. has selected the community of Hall Beach for a second bowhead whale hunt to take place in Nunavut this summer. The first community [...]

NTI concerned about the fate of the Inuit Language Protection Act

Released | June 2, 2008 | No Comments | Print this article

NR 08-23 LAN ENG Language Protection Act.doc
(June 2, 2008 - - Iqaluit, Nunavut) The agenda for the sitting of the Legislative Assembly indicates that the Official Languages Act, Bill 6, will tentatively be read a third time during this sitting, without any reference to the Inuit Language Protection Act, Bill 7. This has Nunavut Tunngavik [...]

Naniiliqpita Magazine - Winter 2009

Released | June 1, 2008 | No Comments | Print this article

Naniiliqpita Magazine - Winter 2009