Media Centre - 2009 October

NTI says GN must work with Inuit to address the issues in the Qanukkanniq Report Card

Released | October 26, 2009 | No Comments | Print this article

(Iqaluit, Nunavut) Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. 1st Vice-President, James Eetoolook isn’t surprised by the findings in the Qanukkanniq GN Report Card.
“A lot of the issues and recommendation in the report card are parallel to what we have been saying for years in regards to social issues.” said Eetoolook. “We have heard the same issues when [...]

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Released | October 22, 2009 | No Comments | Print this article

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NTI Opposes US Proposal to Stop World Trade on Polar Bear at CoP

Released | October 16, 2009 | No Comments | Print this article

(Iqaluit, Nunavut) Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Vice-President of Finance, Raymond Ningeocheak expressed his opposition to the US proposal to up-list the polar bear from the CITES Appendix II to Appendix I at the Conference of the Parties (CoP) of the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
“NTI does not support the proposal to list [...]

NTI Congratulates Artists of the Cape Dorset Print Shop

Released | October 15, 2009 | No Comments | Print this article

(Iqaluit, Nunavut) Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. 1st Vice-President James Eetoolook congratulates the artists of Cape Dorset who have earned the community the title of being Canada’s art capital over the last 50 years.
“I congratulate the artists of Cape Dorset on their achievement. Their work is found all over the world and their work represents us [...]

NTI AGM Nov 17-19, Iqaluit, Nunavut

Released | October 8, 2009 | No Comments | Print this article

Notice is hereby given to the membership of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. that the 2009 Annual General Meeting of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. will be held Nov. 17-19, 2009. The Annual General Meeting will commence at 8:30 a.m. (EST) Nov. 17, 2009 at the Nanook School in Iqaluit (Niaqunnguuk), Nunavut. Business to be transacted shall include [...]

NTI Rebukes Prime Minster Harper on Colonialism

Released | October 1, 2009 | No Comments | Print this article

(Iqaluit, Nunavut) Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. 1st Vice-President James Eetoolook expressed his surprise at Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s statement, made at the G20 summit, that Canada “has no history of colonialism.”
“The Prime Minister cannot make such an inaccurate statement that clearly contradicts history. The history of Inuit interaction with the Government of Canada is a study [...]

Inuit say Baffin Bay Polar Bear Population is not decreasing

Released | October 1, 2009 | No Comments | Print this article

(Iqaluit, Nunavut) Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Vice-President of Finance, Raymond Ningeocheak is calling on the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board not to make a hasty decision on Baffin Bay without full consideration of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit.
Inuit feel that their knowledge is being ignored.
“Hunters are on the land 12 months out of the year and are constantly observing the [...]